---
type: "Bill"
title: "Junior colleges, commercial driver's license (CDL) programs, required to provide human trafficking training"
description: "Junior colleges, commercial driver's license (CDL) programs, required to provide human trafficking training"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2019rs"
identifier: "HB 261"
citation: "Alabama HB 261 (2019rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Human Trafficking"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Coleman"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-03-21T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5a18adef-e91c-492b-88d1-f288451ff102"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB261"
source_hash: "095021875c03e3d1699ff18ea22b413a878722d26be18cc2f92c1436a39649ca"
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 261 (2019rs) — Junior colleges, commercial driver's license (CDL) programs, required to provide human trafficking training

## 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/HB261-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 202377-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/202377-1.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB261-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Orr motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1447 — **27–2** (pass) · upper
- Coleman motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1265 — **101–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1448 — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1000 — **99–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Coleman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-25T04:00:00+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 1000 `passage`
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Sorrell intended to vote "Nay"
- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Education Policy `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Orr Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Orr motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1447 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1448 `passage`
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Coleman motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1265 `passage`
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Second House Amendment
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2019-417 on 06/06/2019. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Forwarded to Governor on May 31, 2019 at 3:48 p.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/5a18adef-e91c-492b-88d1-f288451ff102`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).