---
type: "Bill"
title: "Dogs, used for agricultural work, exempt from local leash laws, exception"
description: "Dogs, used for agricultural work, exempt from local leash laws, exception"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2019rs"
identifier: "SB 102"
citation: "Alabama SB 102 (2019rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Animals"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Whatley"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-19T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f0bc8689-f680-40d1-984c-a1120e319c45"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB102"
source_hash: "e0a506456a063fb4ca9147d075857eecb03614da84cb87df67d975d81d2fcd6b"
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 SB 102 (2019rs) — Dogs, used for agricultural work, exempt from local leash laws, exception

## 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/SB102-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/SB102-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 200 — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1244 — **102–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Whatley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-03T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2019-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 200 `passage`
- **2019-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Agriculture and Forestry `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1244 `passage`
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+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** Assigned Act No. 2019-486. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f0bc8689-f680-40d1-984c-a1120e319c45`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).