---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal history background checks, required for any adult working in a child care institution, group home, maternity center, or transitional living facility, Secs. 38-13-2, 38-13-4 am'd."
description: "Criminal history background checks, required for any adult working in a child care institution, group home, maternity center, or transitional living facility, Secs. 38-13-2, 38-13-4 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2019rs"
identifier: "SB 277"
citation: "Alabama SB 277 (2019rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Background Checks"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Smitherman"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-04-11T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7459f5e9-750c-4b8f-9208-eb9d20649093"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB277"
source_hash: "e634a25979c75a1512ff20bb1a7211f5578de9e5820bccd353e9d409c5fff40b"
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 277 (2019rs) — Criminal history background checks, required for any adult working in a child care institution, group home, maternity center, or transitional living facility, Secs. 38-13-2, 38-13-4 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/SB277-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/SB277-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 912 — **83–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 417 — **25–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Smitherman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Children, Youth and Human Services `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 417 `passage`
- **2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Children and Senior Advocacy `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-08T04:00:00+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 912 `passage`
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2019-303. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7459f5e9-750c-4b8f-9208-eb9d20649093`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).