---
type: "Bill"
title: "Civil procedure, Asbestos Trust Claims Transparency Act, disclosure of all viable asbestos trust claims required, Secs. 6-5-690 to 6-5-696 added."
description: "Civil procedure, Asbestos Trust Claims Transparency Act, disclosure of all viable asbestos trust claims required, Secs. 6-5-690 to 6-5-696 added."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2019rs"
identifier: "SB 45"
citation: "Alabama SB 45 (2019rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil Procedure"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Roberts"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-03-05T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5781948d-d73c-4e8e-b4e0-e5e9a6ed728d"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB45"
source_hash: "efaa5de5a26b71de3bd39ed536110f80d4c36a83376eef70caa0fec617d06a4c"
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 45 (2019rs) — Civil procedure, Asbestos Trust Claims Transparency Act, disclosure of all viable asbestos trust claims required, Secs. 6-5-690 to 6-5-696 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/SB45-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 199427-5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/199427-5.pdf)
3. **Amd/Sub 199572-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/199572-1.pdf)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/SB45-eng.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/SB45-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roberts motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 424 — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- Roberts motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 423 — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 740 — **101–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 425 — **27–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Roberts — 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`
- **2019-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar with 1 substitute and `reading-2`
- **2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Judiciary first Substitute Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Roberts motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 423 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Roberts Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Roberts motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 424 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 425 `passage`
- **2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Commerce and Small Business `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 740 `passage`
- **2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2019-261. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5781948d-d73c-4e8e-b4e0-e5e9a6ed728d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).