---
type: "Bill"
title: "Appellate procedure, certain legislative entities and officers authorized to file amicus briefs in appeals"
description: "Appellate procedure, certain legislative entities and officers authorized to file amicus briefs in appeals"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2019rs"
identifier: "HB 353"
citation: "Alabama HB 353 (2019rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Legislature"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rowe"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-04-04T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6dec274-ef3a-49d2-8f5e-2b3a5a94998d"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB353"
source_hash: "6c2f2701db177f0e961641a50b3dd428846d7f926361455281dd7b559dece13c"
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 353 (2019rs) — Appellate procedure, certain legislative entities and officers authorized to file amicus briefs in appeals

## 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/HB353-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 201738-3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/201738-3.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB353-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1233 — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Rowe motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1101 — **101–0** (pass) · lower
- Singleton motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1232 — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 799 — **72–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rowe — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 799 `passage`
- **2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Judiciary Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Singleton motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1232 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1233 `passage`
- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Rowe motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1101 `passage`
- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Second House Amendment
- **2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2019-443. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 1:33 p.m. on May 29, 2019. `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c6dec274-ef3a-49d2-8f5e-2b3a5a94998d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).