---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sex offenses against child, chemical castration treatment authorized as mandatory condition of parole for certain sex offenders"
description: "Sex offenses against child, chemical castration treatment authorized as mandatory condition of parole for certain sex offenders"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2019rs"
identifier: "HB 379"
citation: "Alabama HB 379 (2019rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes and Offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hurst"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-04-09T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fd984cbb-a44c-49e6-9c5c-417b779ac62f"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB379"
source_hash: "366a7f0523ce8629fabbedb69709a7faeefbbb1041db55c8a4da0d861af3009e"
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 379 (2019rs) — Sex offenses against child, chemical castration treatment authorized as mandatory condition of parole for certain sex offenders

## 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/HB379-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 200794-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/200794-2.pdf)
3. **Amd/Sub 200927-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/200927-1.pdf)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB379-eng.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB379-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 831 — **72–16** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1423 — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 829 — **74–13** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 830 — **72–10** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hurst — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 2 amendments `reading-2`
- **2019-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Judiciary 1st Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 829 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Judiciary 2nd Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 830 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 831 `passage`
- **2019-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2019-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Carried Over to Call of the Chair
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Singleton motion to Carry Over to the Call of the Chair adopted Voice Vote
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1423 `passage`
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **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** 
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2019-522. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 10:30 a.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/fd984cbb-a44c-49e6-9c5c-417b779ac62f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).