---
type: "Bill"
title: "Historical Commission, plan for monuments for Rosa Parks and Helen Keller on State Capitol grounds, use of public and private funds"
description: "Historical Commission, plan for monuments for Rosa Parks and Helen Keller on State Capitol grounds, use of public and private funds"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2019rs"
identifier: "HB 287"
citation: "Alabama HB 287 (2019rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Historical Commission"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hall"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-03-21T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-08T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/43c208ff-6205-48d5-b78d-1303fed9b9ad"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB287"
source_hash: "fde2ac01dda65c7eb0a05ef82f632380a9e69da029d2d5afb6461bdd938f5ce0"
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 287 (2019rs) — Historical Commission, plan for monuments for Rosa Parks and Helen Keller on State Capitol grounds, use of public and private funds

## 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/HB287-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 198784-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/198784-2.pdf)
3. **Amd/Sub 199375-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/199375-1.pdf)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB287-eng.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB287-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 348 — **102–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 613 — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Table adopted Roll Call 346 — **101–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 347 — **101–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hall — 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 State Government `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** State Government first Substitute Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Table adopted Roll Call 346 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Hall first Substitute Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 347 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 348 `passage`
- **2019-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Grimley intended to vote "Yea"
- **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 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`
- **2019-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 613 `passage`
- **2019-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2019-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2019-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2019-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2019-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 2:47 p.m. on May 8, 2019. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2019-178. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/43c208ff-6205-48d5-b78d-1303fed9b9ad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).