---
type: "Bill"
title: "Voyeurism, crime created, criminalize the taking of a video or photo depicting intimate areas of a person without that person's consent, penalties"
description: "Voyeurism, crime created, criminalize the taking of a video or photo depicting intimate areas of a person without that person's consent, penalties"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2019rs"
identifier: "SB 26"
citation: "Alabama SB 26 (2019rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Voyeurism"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chambliss"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-03-05T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8e5be91d-4e8b-4063-92b2-bf7d26e0d994"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB26"
source_hash: "41f53f68b367afbe43a608ae80def6089917e99f7d4b6c04dce296f3230fb33c"
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 26 (2019rs) — Voyeurism, crime created, criminalize the taking of a video or photo depicting intimate areas of a person without that person's consent, penalties

## 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/SB26-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 198560-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/198560-1.pdf)
3. **Amd/Sub 198589-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/198589-1.pdf)
4. **Amd/Sub 200405-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/200405-1.pdf)
5. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/SB26-eng.pdf)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/SB26-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Chambliss motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 152 — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- Marsh motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1379 — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1229 — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1228 — **101–0** (pass) · lower
- Chambliss motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 153 — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 154 — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chambliss — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-05T05:00:00+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 2 amendments `reading-2`
- **2019-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Judiciary Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Judiciary Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Chambliss motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 152 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Chambliss motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 153 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 154 `passage`
- **2019-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **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`
- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Judiciary Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1228 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1229 `passage`
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Marsh motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1379 `passage`
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Second House Amendment
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2019-481. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8e5be91d-4e8b-4063-92b2-bf7d26e0d994`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).