---
type: "Bill"
title: "Parental rights, blind individuals, blindness may not serve as a basis for denial or restriction of visitation or custody"
description: "Parental rights, blind individuals, blindness may not serve as a basis for denial or restriction of visitation or custody"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2019rs"
identifier: "HB 24"
citation: "Alabama HB 24 (2019rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Parental Rights"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hollis"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-03-05T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-22T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf7c72e9-b15d-462a-bb65-9d0cb7628ed6"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB24"
source_hash: "bcf4bb98ae94083b5ae284529f8ce31a4c66c73b50d991edf9af808463a9fc20"
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 24 (2019rs) — Parental rights, blind individuals, blindness may not serve as a basis for denial or restriction of visitation or custody

## 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/HB24-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 199408-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/199408-1.pdf)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB24-eng.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB24-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 353 — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 947 — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 354 — **102–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hollis — 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 Children and Senior Advocacy `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-03T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2019-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Hollis first Substitute Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 353 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 354 `passage`
- **2019-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Cosponsors Added
- **2019-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2019-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Children, Youth and Human Services `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2019-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 947 `passage`
- **2019-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2019-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2019-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2019-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2019-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2019-274. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 2:45 p.m. on May 22, 2019. `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cf7c72e9-b15d-462a-bb65-9d0cb7628ed6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).