---
type: "Bill"
title: "Courts, circuit and district court judges, qualifications, min times of state licensure to practice law without professional disciplinary actions, Secs. 12-11-1, 12-12-1 am'd."
description: "Courts, circuit and district court judges, qualifications, min times of state licensure to practice law without professional disciplinary actions, Secs. 12-11-1, 12-12-1 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2019rs"
identifier: "HB 529"
citation: "Alabama HB 529 (2019rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Faulkner"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 33
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eea321be-d09a-4c2c-ab4a-db2be8cab6dd"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB529"
source_hash: "449be302f05ccba6e3604d79f61057205cda9de61646d6914169b7b29a786838"
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 529 (2019rs) — Courts, circuit and district court judges, qualifications, min times of state licensure to practice law without professional disciplinary actions, Secs. 12-11-1, 12-12-1 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/HB529-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 201375-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/201375-1.pdf)
3. **Amd/Sub 201386-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/201386-1.pdf)
4. **Amd/Sub 201387-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/201387-1.pdf)
5. **Amd/Sub 201430-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/201430-1.pdf)
6. **Amd/Sub 201756-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/201756-2.pdf)
7. **Amd/Sub 202343-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/202343-1.pdf)
8. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB529-eng.pdf)
9. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB529-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 727 — **80–13** (pass) · lower
- Faulkner motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1287 — **102–0** (pass) · lower
- Smitherman motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1457 — **27–4** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 725 — **76–5** (pass) · lower
- Givhan motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1456 — **27–4** (pass) · upper
- Faulkner motion to Table adopted Roll Call 726 — **70–24** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1458 — **27–2** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 724 — **81–1** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 723 — **83–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Faulkner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-30T04:00:00+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 `reading-2`
- **2019-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Carried Over
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Wadsworth Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 723 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Sorrell Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 724 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Sorrell 2nd Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 725 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Givan Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Faulkner motion to Table adopted Roll Call 726 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 727 `passage`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **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 with 1 substitute and `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** Ward motion to Carry Over to the Call of the Chair adopted Voice Vote
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Judiciary zeroeth Substitute Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Givhan motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1456 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Smitherman Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Smitherman motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1457 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1458 `passage`
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Faulkner motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1287 `passage`
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Second House Amendment
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Judiciary first Substitute Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2019-539. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 6:26 p.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/eea321be-d09a-4c2c-ab4a-db2be8cab6dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).