---
type: "Bill"
title: "Homeowner's insurance, endorsement required for new policies or renewals upgrading home to fortified standard when roof damage requires roof to be replaced, Sec. 27-31D-4 added."
description: "Homeowner's insurance, endorsement required for new policies or renewals upgrading home to fortified standard when roof damage requires roof to be replaced, Sec. 27-31D-4 added."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2019rs"
identifier: "HB 283"
citation: "Alabama HB 283 (2019rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brown (C)"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-03-21T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/73ac1820-d2b7-4e4e-a259-8b912e735789"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB283"
source_hash: "d6ec98d89106e03bbb19f1782b4c68e70dee91a3c8f3d148c0c2ccccfb4ad8b0"
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 283 (2019rs) — Homeowner's insurance, endorsement required for new policies or renewals upgrading home to fortified standard when roof damage requires roof to be replaced, Sec. 27-31D-4 added.

## 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/HB283-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 198290-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/198290-2.pdf)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB283-eng.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB283-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 315 — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 792 — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 316 — **101–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brown (C) — 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 Insurance `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-03T04:00:00+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** Insurance Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 315 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 316 `passage`
- **2019-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Banking and Insurance `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2019-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 792 `passage`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2019-240. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 10:01 a.m. on May 16, 2019. `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/73ac1820-d2b7-4e4e-a259-8b912e735789`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).