---
type: "Bill"
title: "Firearms, pistol permits, provide deadline for sheriff to issue or reinstate an appellant's pistol permit after a successul appeal, Sec. 13A-11-75 am'd."
description: "Firearms, pistol permits, provide deadline for sheriff to issue or reinstate an appellant's pistol permit after a successul appeal, Sec. 13A-11-75 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2019rs"
identifier: "HB 17"
citation: "Alabama HB 17 (2019rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Pistol Permits"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rowe"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-03-05T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ce0e6393-4d68-43ca-bf74-d6be9e8b971e"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB17"
source_hash: "0e42c3b8ad315c85132413b77f19678301e10f95c3cea584d14e12403fdcd85e"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-al"]
---

# Alabama HB 17 (2019rs) — Firearms, pistol permits, provide deadline for sheriff to issue or reinstate an appellant's pistol permit after a successul appeal, Sec. 13A-11-75 am'd.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB17-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 198124-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/198124-1.pdf)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB17-eng.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB17-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1221 — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 82 — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 83 — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rowe — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Rereferred from Judy to PS&HS
- **2019-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2019-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Public Safety and Homeland Security Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 82 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 83 `passage`
- **2019-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Mooney intended to vote "Yea"
- **2019-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2019-04-03T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1221 `passage`
- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2019-440 on 06/07/2019. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 1:33 p.m. on May 29, 2019. `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ce0e6393-4d68-43ca-bf74-d6be9e8b971e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).