---
type: "Bill"
title: "Discrimination in wages, prohib. employer from paying employees of another sex or race for equal work less wage rates, except pursuant to seniority system, a merit system, and system that measures earnings by quantity or quality of production"
description: "Discrimination in wages, prohib. employer from paying employees of another sex or race for equal work less wage rates, except pursuant to seniority system, a merit system, and system that measures earnings by quantity or quality of production"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2019rs"
identifier: "HB 225"
citation: "Alabama HB 225 (2019rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business and Labor"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Clarke"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 38
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2019-03-19T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e75f1f2d-5fc4-4900-a3af-a6922fc9eb69"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB225"
source_hash: "75a27682a5b7c9333eb7d003c30b790c6fdd6574ed87c08c39bf11324fe767bf"
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 225 (2019rs) — Discrimination in wages, prohib. employer from paying employees of another sex or race for equal work less wage rates, except pursuant to seniority system, a merit system, and system that measures earnings by quantity or quality of production

## 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/HB225-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 200487-3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/200487-3.pdf)
3. **Amd/Sub 201590-4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/201590-4.pdf)
4. **Amd/Sub 201871-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/201871-1.pdf)
5. **Amd/Sub 202229-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/202229-1.pdf)
6. **Amd/Sub 202356-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/202356-2.pdf)
7. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB225-eng.pdf)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB225-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Gudger motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1398 — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 743 — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Figures motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1244 — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Clarke motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1236 — **102–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 742 — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Gudger motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1245 — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Gudger motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1303 — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1304 — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Clarke motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1165 — **90–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Clarke — 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 Commerce and Small Business `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar with 1 substitute and `reading-2`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Commerce and Small Business first Substitute Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 742 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 743 `passage`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Members intended to cosponsor
- **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 Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Carried Over to Call of the Chair
- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Figures motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1244 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Gudger Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Gudger motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1245 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Figures motion to Carry Over to the Call of the Chair adopted Voice Vote
- **2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Gudger Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Gudger motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1303 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1304 `passage`
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Clarke motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1165 `passage`
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Second House Amendment
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Mooney and Holmes intended to vote "Yea"
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Forwarded to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Executive Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Clarke motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1236 `passage`
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** House of Origin Concurs in Executive Amendment
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Gudger motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1398 `passage`
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Second House Concurs in Executive Amendment
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2019-519. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 10:30 a.m. on May 31, 2019. `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e75f1f2d-5fc4-4900-a3af-a6922fc9eb69`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).