---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elections, judge of probate, required notice to give prior to each election reduced, time frames for delivery of ballots in runoff elections revised, Secs. 17-9-5, 17-11-12, 17-13-3, 17-13-17, 17-13-18 am'd."
description: "Elections, judge of probate, required notice to give prior to each election reduced, time frames for delivery of ballots in runoff elections revised, Secs. 17-9-5, 17-11-12, 17-13-3, 17-13-17, 17-13-18 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2019rs"
identifier: "HB 247"
citation: "Alabama HB 247 (2019rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Marques"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-03-20T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6622d240-ab64-4ecb-9526-ca4b101c1fe1"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB247"
source_hash: "8a304ada32dda715217863a1322d3c5a2e76329dec181dc41098a06c02caa911"
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 247 (2019rs) — Elections, judge of probate, required notice to give prior to each election reduced, time frames for delivery of ballots in runoff elections revised, Secs. 17-9-5, 17-11-12, 17-13-3, 17-13-17, 17-13-18 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/HB247-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 198510-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/198510-2.pdf)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB247-eng.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB247-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 312 — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 313 — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1106 — **30–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Marques — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-20T04:00:00+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 with 1 substitute and `reading-2`
- **2019-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Constitution, Campaigns and Elections first Substitute Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 312 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 313 `passage`
- **2019-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2019-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Governmental Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1106 `passage`
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2019-318. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Forwarded to Governor on May 23, 2019 at 1:08 p.m. on May 23, 2019. `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6622d240-ab64-4ecb-9526-ca4b101c1fe1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).