---
type: "Bill"
title: "Absentee voting, allow permanently disabled voters to automatically receive absentee ballots before elections"
description: "Absentee voting, allow permanently disabled voters to automatically receive absentee ballots before elections"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2019rs"
identifier: "HB 174"
citation: "Alabama HB 174 (2019rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Absentee Voting"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gaston"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-03-19T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/37acb88a-f257-420a-a26c-691d6fa4cbde"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB174"
source_hash: "2d5fa722343d34c7028877a671f90a307eeb32a5c3eb86555098dd638072df37"
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 174 (2019rs) — Absentee voting, allow permanently disabled voters to automatically receive absentee ballots before elections

## 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/HB174-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 201774-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/201774-1.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB174-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Reed motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1149 — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 394 — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Bracy motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1103 — **102–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1150 — **24–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gaston — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Constitution, Campaigns and Elections `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2019-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 394 `passage`
- **2019-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Governmental Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2019-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Carried Over to Call of the Chair
- **2019-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Figures motion to Carry Over to the Call of the Chair adopted Voice Vote
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Reed Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Reed motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1149 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1150 `passage`
- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Bracy motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1103 `passage`
- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Second House Amendment
- **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. 2019-359. `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/37acb88a-f257-420a-a26c-691d6fa4cbde`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).