---
type: "Bill"
title: "Limited Liability Company Law, name revised, duty of partner not to compete before dissolution of partnership, clarified, retroactive effect, Secs. 10A-5A-1.01, 10A-8A-1.02, 10A-8A-4.11 am'd."
description: "Limited Liability Company Law, name revised, duty of partner not to compete before dissolution of partnership, clarified, retroactive effect, Secs. 10A-5A-1.01, 10A-8A-1.02, 10A-8A-4.11 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2019rs"
identifier: "HB 251"
citation: "Alabama HB 251 (2019rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Corporations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Poole"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-03-20T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bc14b8d4-a40b-486c-969e-5d6d9d3db90b"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB251"
source_hash: "1047c30b76746ed0646c251657b5fadf4f10de4165a9dfa9b319a758b8b70116"
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 251 (2019rs) — Limited Liability Company Law, name revised, duty of partner not to compete before dissolution of partnership, clarified, retroactive effect, Secs. 10A-5A-1.01, 10A-8A-1.02, 10A-8A-4.11 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/HB251-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 199142-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/199142-2.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB251-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 126 — **102–0** (pass) · lower
- Smitherman motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 361 — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 362 — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- England motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 883 — **94–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Poole — 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 Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-03T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2019-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 126 `passage`
- **2019-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2019-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Judiciary Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Smitherman motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 361 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 362 `passage`
- **2019-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
- **2019-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** England motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 883 `passage`
- **2019-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Second House Amendment
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2019-304. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 9:45 a.m. on May 23, 2019l. `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bc14b8d4-a40b-486c-969e-5d6d9d3db90b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).