---
type: "Bill"
title: "Telecommunications, Broadband Using Electric Easement Accessibility Act, Secs. 37-16-1 to 37-16-10, inclusive, added."
description: "Telecommunications, Broadband Using Electric Easement Accessibility Act, Secs. 37-16-1 to 37-16-10, inclusive, added."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2019rs"
identifier: "HB 400"
citation: "Alabama HB 400 (2019rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Telecommunications"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shedd"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 38
vote_count: 12
first_action: "2019-04-09T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/770cf2c2-8fc3-4952-bdcb-0c3e79c944ab"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB400"
source_hash: "98f225464ffa3f13739ba67b55888df69a9d6af6f06384f774b70f5f061e964f"
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 400 (2019rs) — Telecommunications, Broadband Using Electric Easement Accessibility Act, Secs. 37-16-1 to 37-16-10, inclusive, 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/HB400-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 199941-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/199941-1.pdf)
3. **Amd/Sub 200530-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/200530-1.pdf)
4. **Amd/Sub 200550-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/200550-1.pdf)
5. **Amd/Sub 201500-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/201500-2.pdf)
6. **Amd/Sub 201835-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/201835-1.pdf)
7. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB400-eng.pdf)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB400-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Givhan motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 989 — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 513 — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Adopt U&RD substitute adopted Roll Call 511 — **84–2** (pass) · lower
- Livingston motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 901 — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Ingram motion to Carry Over Temporarily lost Roll Call 509 — **31–42** (fail) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 515 — **92–2** (pass) · lower
- Shedd motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 887 — **102–0** (pass) · lower
- Lovvorn motion to Carry Over Temporarily lost Roll Call 510 — **33–46** (fail) · lower
- Baker motion to Carry Over Temporarily lost Roll Call 512 — **29–53** (fail) · lower
- Blackshear motion to Carry Over Temporarily lost Roll Call 508 — **40–48** (fail) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 990 — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 514 — **94–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Shedd — 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 Urban and Rural Development `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar with 1 substitute and `reading-2`
- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Carried Over
- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Urban and Rural Development Substitute Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Shedd motion to Carry Over Temporarily adopted Voice Vote
- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Urban and Rural Development Substitute resumed
- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Blackshear motion to Carry Over Temporarily lost Roll Call 508
- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Fridy intended to vote "Nay"
- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Ingram motion to Carry Over Temporarily lost Roll Call 509
- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Lovvorn motion to Carry Over Temporarily lost Roll Call 510
- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt U&RD substitute adopted Roll Call 511 `substitution`
- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Fridy intended to vote "Yea"
- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Baker motion to Carry Over Temporarily lost Roll Call 512
- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Jones (M) Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 513 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Shedd Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 514 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 515 `passage`
- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2019-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Carried Over
- **2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Livingston first Substitute Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Livingston motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 901 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Livingston motion to Carry Over adopted Voice Vote
- **2019-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Givhan Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Givhan motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 989 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 990 `passage`
- **2019-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
- **2019-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Shedd motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 887 `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. 2019-326. `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/770cf2c2-8fc3-4952-bdcb-0c3e79c944ab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).