---
type: "Bill"
title: "Dauphin Island Sea Lab, designated as the official aquarium of Alabama"
description: "Dauphin Island Sea Lab, designated as the official aquarium of Alabama"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2019rs"
identifier: "HJR 239"
citation: "Alabama HJR 239 (2019rs)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["Resolutions", "Designation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brown (C)"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/39c91813-7fc5-47dc-89c3-014bbad5956d"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HJR239"
source_hash: "6bc1322d3f621858b86e77c035d12a37a9655764674d22cd316b2f2d0b8fb0f9"
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 HJR 239 (2019rs) — Dauphin Island Sea Lab, designated as the official aquarium of Alabama

## 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/HJR239-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/HJR239-enr.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Brown (C) — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Rules `introduction`
- **2019-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Reported from Rules `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Jones (M) motion to Adopt adopted Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Received in Senate and referred to the Senate committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Reported from Rules `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Waggoner motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Voice Vote `passage`
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2019-292. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Forwarded to Governor on May 23, 2019 at 12:02 p.m. on May 23, 2019. `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/39c91813-7fc5-47dc-89c3-014bbad5956d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).