---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elections, revealing the contents of another voter's ballot prohibited, violation a Class B misdemeanor, Sec. 17-9-50.1 added"
description: "Elections, revealing the contents of another voter's ballot prohibited, violation a Class B misdemeanor, Sec. 17-9-50.1 added"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2019rs"
identifier: "SB 128"
citation: "Alabama SB 128 (2019rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Elliott"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-03-19T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ad3008b2-2477-43de-a38d-b73a91af68da"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB128"
source_hash: "df219324fcfb8c890103e92c46f947eb988aa8ff7f85f3c56bf6f36523fd2b7b"
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 128 (2019rs) — Elections, revealing the contents of another voter's ballot prohibited, violation a Class B misdemeanor, Sec. 17-9-50.1 added

## 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/SB128-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 198907-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/198907-2.pdf)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/SB128-eng.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/SB128-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Elliott motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 268 — **25–6** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 638 — **23–7** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 979 — **99–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Elliott — 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 Governmental Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar with 1 substitute and `reading-2`
- **2019-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Carried Over to Call of the Chair
- **2019-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Governmental Affairs first Substitute Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Elliott motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 268 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Elliott motion to Carry Over to the Call of the Chair adopted Voice Vote
- **2019-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 638 `passage`
- **2019-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2019-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Constitution, Campaigns and Elections `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 979 `passage`
- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2019-370. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ad3008b2-2477-43de-a38d-b73a91af68da`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).