---
type: "Bill"
title: "Capital punishment, death penalty, attendance at executions, further provided, Sec. 15-18-83 am'd."
description: "Capital punishment, death penalty, attendance at executions, further provided, Sec. 15-18-83 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2019rs"
identifier: "HB 436"
citation: "Alabama HB 436 (2019rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Law and Procedure"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["South"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-04-16T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d41c83bf-1a45-485d-8b91-c89a233a2ab1"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB436"
source_hash: "3274a8efb8f14fe99f52cc7de24aefbd69f1a686744b6b6c3208ef5324f432ea"
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 436 (2019rs) — Capital punishment, death penalty, attendance at executions, further provided, Sec. 15-18-83 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/HB436-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 200015-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/200015-1.pdf)
3. **Amd/Sub 200281-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/200281-1.pdf)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB436-eng.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB436-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 449 — **97–1** (pass) · lower
- South motion to Table adopted Roll Call 448 — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 450 — **93–1** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 780 — **22–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- South — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on State Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** State Government Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** South motion to Table adopted Roll Call 448 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** South Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 449 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 450 `passage`
- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2019-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 780 `passage`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2019-188. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 5:30 p.m. on May 15, 2019. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** State Government first Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d41c83bf-1a45-485d-8b91-c89a233a2ab1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).