---
type: "Bill"
title: "Occupational licensees, process created to allow persons convicted of crime to apply for if granted relief by court"
description: "Occupational licensees, process created to allow persons convicted of crime to apply for if granted relief by court"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2019rs"
identifier: "SB 163"
citation: "Alabama SB 163 (2019rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Licenses and Licensing"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ward"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-03-21T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/974dccd9-4b87-4dcf-a908-d5ecd21e91b8"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB163"
source_hash: "57bc7d5dd1cb57e9024a19ca0948f711dbf1ab05232b19fd8d4585d89ce9ef7e"
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 163 (2019rs) — Occupational licensees, process created to allow persons convicted of crime to apply for if granted relief by court

## 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/SB163-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 199429-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/199429-2.pdf)
3. **Amd/Sub 200974-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/200974-1.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/SB163-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Marsh motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1181 — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 927 — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 157 — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 925 — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 926 — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ward — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-03T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2019-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 157 `passage`
- **2019-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Judiciary Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 925 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** England Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 926 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 927 `passage`
- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Marsh motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1181 `passage`
- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Second House Amendment
- **2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2019-464. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/974dccd9-4b87-4dcf-a908-d5ecd21e91b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).