---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child advocacy centers, requirements for membership in the Alabama Network of Children's Advocacy Centers, forensic interviews, Sec. 26-16-70 am'd."
description: "Child advocacy centers, requirements for membership in the Alabama Network of Children's Advocacy Centers, forensic interviews, Sec. 26-16-70 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2019rs"
identifier: "HB 79"
citation: "Alabama HB 79 (2019rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Children"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Reynolds"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-05T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/91b04d7f-f015-46ce-9b70-724226b423d8"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB79"
source_hash: "c06dcbb5ce52a140ec05998e4919f26faaf98151d99c189ce27ee4ec6c0260ed"
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 79 (2019rs) — Child advocacy centers, requirements for membership in the Alabama Network of Children's Advocacy Centers, forensic interviews, Sec. 26-16-70 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/HB79-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB79-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 86 — **96–1** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1471 — **30–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Reynolds — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Children and Senior Advocacy `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2019-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 86 `passage`
- **2019-04-03T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Children, Youth and Human Services `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1471 `passage`
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **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** Assigned Act No. 2019-455. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 5:44 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/91b04d7f-f015-46ce-9b70-724226b423d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).