---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education, school resource officers, qualifications further provided for, Sec. 16-1-44.1 am'd."
description: "Education, school resource officers, qualifications further provided for, Sec. 16-1-44.1 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2019rs"
identifier: "HB 209"
citation: "Alabama HB 209 (2019rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pettus"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 32
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2019-03-19T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f16e4f21-7cdd-4d2d-83ad-7d101b449d81"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB209"
source_hash: "692c31180b4aac0db1afd598e6fe11367623919fb90d2a5e8bac639325d633ff"
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 209 (2019rs) — Education, school resource officers, qualifications further provided for, Sec. 16-1-44.1 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/HB209-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 199587-8** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/199587-8.pdf)
3. **Amd/Sub 199827-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/199827-1.pdf)
4. **Amd/Sub 201392-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/201392-2.pdf)
5. **Amd/Sub 202338-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/202338-1.pdf)
6. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB209-eng.pdf)
7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB209-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Bracy motion to Non Concur and Appoint Conference Committee lost Roll Call 1288 — **44–49** (fail) · lower
- Pettus motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1289 — **55–41** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1433 — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 747 — **41–39** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 745 — **92–2** (pass) · lower
- Melson motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1432 — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 748 — **95–3** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 746 — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pettus — 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 Public Safety and Homeland Security `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Standridge Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 745 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Bracy Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 746 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Robertson Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 747 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 748 `passage`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Education Policy `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Carried Over to Call of the Chair
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Melson first Substitute Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Melson motion to Carry Over to the Call of the Chair adopted Voice Vote
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Melson second Substitute Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Melson motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1432 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1433 `passage`
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Pettus motion to Concur In and Adopt pending
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Bracy motion to Non Concur and Appoint Conference Committee lost Roll Call 1288
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Pettus motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1289 `passage`
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Second House Amendment
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2019-532. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Forwarded to Governor on May 31, 2019 at 6:26 p.m. on May 31, 2019. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** 

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f16e4f21-7cdd-4d2d-83ad-7d101b449d81`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).