---
type: "Bill"
title: "Unemployment benefits, maximum amount paid to an individual revised contingent on the state's average unemployment rate, maximum weekly benefits revised, terms of losing benefits due to disqualification, Secs. 25-4-72, 25-4-74, 25-4-78 am'd."
description: "Unemployment benefits, maximum amount paid to an individual revised contingent on the state's average unemployment rate, maximum weekly benefits revised, terms of losing benefits due to disqualification, Secs. 25-4-72, 25-4-74, 25-4-78 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2019rs"
identifier: "SB 193"
citation: "Alabama SB 193 (2019rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Unemployment Compensation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Orr"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-04-02T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-14T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/20d5bbd3-c187-40c1-a708-51bb44cc7f0f"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB193"
source_hash: "6dfe76eb213454800683196b91aaccbf01643416b3fee373eccfd3dfb0b3d2b4"
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 193 (2019rs) — Unemployment benefits, maximum amount paid to an individual revised contingent on the state's average unemployment rate, maximum weekly benefits revised, terms of losing benefits due to disqualification, Secs. 25-4-72, 25-4-74, 25-4-78 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/SB193-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 201188-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/201188-1.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/SB193-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 672 — **74–26** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 353 — **29–2** (pass) · upper
- Garrett motion to Table adopted Roll Call 671 — **72–27** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Orr — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2019-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 353 `passage`
- **2019-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Commerce and Small Business `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2019-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Clarke Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Garrett motion to Table adopted Roll Call 671 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 672 `passage`
- **2019-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2019-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2019-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2019-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2019-204. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/20d5bbd3-c187-40c1-a708-51bb44cc7f0f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).