---
type: "Bill"
title: "Lauderdale Co., churches, self-defense, deadly physical force, use in self-defense or defense of others, const. amend."
description: "Lauderdale Co., churches, self-defense, deadly physical force, use in self-defense or defense of others, const. amend."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2019rs"
identifier: "HB 461"
citation: "Alabama HB 461 (2019rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Churches"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Greer"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-04-18T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ddfa01d2-d3c0-40c5-8a1a-c2df1a34014b"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB461"
source_hash: "f99f5948aab4e9e78788f65f1ced96d76963b1258b2b67fc2f665c635792f2da"
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 461 (2019rs) — Lauderdale Co., churches, self-defense, deadly physical force, use in self-defense or defense of others, const. amend.

## 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/HB461-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 199685-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/199685-2.pdf)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB461-eng.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB461-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 414 — **81–4** (pass) · lower
- Melson motion to adopt Local Application Resolution adopted Roll Call 745 — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 413 — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 744 — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Local Application adopted Roll Call 415 — **72–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Greer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Local Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** England Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 413 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 414 `passage`
- **2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Local Application adopted Roll Call 415
- **2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Local Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-07T04:00:00+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 744 `passage`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Melson motion to adopt Local Application Resolution adopted Roll Call 745
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2019-193. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Secretary of State at 10:03 a.m. on May 16, 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ddfa01d2-d3c0-40c5-8a1a-c2df1a34014b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).