---
type: "Bill"
title: "Workers' compensation, benefits payable to surviving spouse of law enforcement officer or firefighter, killed in line of duty, provide retroactive effect, Secs. 25-5-60, 25-5-66, 25-5-68, 25-5-69, 36-29A-9 am'd."
description: "Workers' compensation, benefits payable to surviving spouse of law enforcement officer or firefighter, killed in line of duty, provide retroactive effect, Secs. 25-5-60, 25-5-66, 25-5-68, 25-5-69, 36-29A-9 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2019rs"
identifier: "HB 187"
citation: "Alabama HB 187 (2019rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Workers' Compensation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fridy"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-19T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5bd649b4-ed56-487b-a2f1-8888f6ca4f53"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB187"
source_hash: "2e50cdf921f7278f304f469886f4089c6a7cbb5f0e52d3ef972618e30c654dac"
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 187 (2019rs) — Workers' compensation, benefits payable to surviving spouse of law enforcement officer or firefighter, killed in line of duty, provide retroactive effect, Secs. 25-5-60, 25-5-66, 25-5-68, 25-5-69, 36-29A-9 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/HB187-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB187-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1341 — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 374 — **102–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Fridy — 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 Ways and Means General Fund `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-18T04:00:00+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 374 `passage`
- **2019-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Finance and Taxation General Fund `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1341 `passage`
- **2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2019-445. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 9:17 a.m. on May 30, 2019. `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5bd649b4-ed56-487b-a2f1-8888f6ca4f53`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).