---
type: "Bill"
title: "County jails and state penitentiaries, prisoners, sheriff and Dept. of Corrections, required to provide feminine hygiene products to female inmates, Secs. 14-3-44, 14-6-19 am'd."
description: "County jails and state penitentiaries, prisoners, sheriff and Dept. of Corrections, required to provide feminine hygiene products to female inmates, Secs. 14-3-44, 14-6-19 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2019rs"
identifier: "HB 308"
citation: "Alabama HB 308 (2019rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Jails"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hollis"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-04-02T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/41fc7166-14ba-431f-ad87-094446db92f3"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB308"
source_hash: "6a0a7754ba7c894ca88e2b1092a37a8543baecdf4d1b809d775070d4aecc9599"
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 308 (2019rs) — County jails and state penitentiaries, prisoners, sheriff and Dept. of Corrections, required to provide feminine hygiene products to female inmates, Secs. 14-3-44, 14-6-19 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/HB308-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 199116-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/199116-1.pdf)
3. **Amd/Sub 199119-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/199119-1.pdf)
4. **Amd/Sub 200612-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/200612-1.pdf)
5. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB308-eng.pdf)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB308-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Coleman-Madison motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 941 — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 197 — **101–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 942 — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 198 — **101–0** (pass) · lower
- Alexander motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 886 — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 199 — **101–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hollis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on County and Municipal Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 2 amendments `reading-2`
- **2019-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** County and Municipal Government Amendment #1 Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** County and Municipal Government Amendment #2 Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 197 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 198 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 199 `passage`
- **2019-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2019-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2019-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Coleman-Madison Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Coleman-Madison motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 941 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 942 `passage`
- **2019-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
- **2019-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Alexander motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 886 `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. 2019-306. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 9:45 a.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/41fc7166-14ba-431f-ad87-094446db92f3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).