---
type: "Bill"
title: "Law enforcement officers, murdered in line of duty, state employee granted administrative leave when subpoenaed for trial"
description: "Law enforcement officers, murdered in line of duty, state employee granted administrative leave when subpoenaed for trial"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2019rs"
identifier: "HB 597"
citation: "Alabama HB 597 (2019rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Law Enforcement Officers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wood (R)"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-05-09T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9469f0dd-fe44-49d0-8028-59a21605bb08"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB597"
source_hash: "fc4b88405d4bacb7cd6e37d4f1bf8ab1b08f78df68f21273c3bd07e04fc8f38c"
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 597 (2019rs) — Law enforcement officers, murdered in line of duty, state employee granted administrative leave when subpoenaed for trial

## 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/HB597-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB597-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1337 — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 819 — **90–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wood (R) — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on State Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2019-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 819 `passage`
- **2019-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Howard intended to vote "Yea"
- **2019-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Governmental Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1337 `passage`
- **2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2019-379. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 9:17 a.m. on May 30, 2019. `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9469f0dd-fe44-49d0-8028-59a21605bb08`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).