---
type: "Bill"
title: "Athlete agents, student athletes, payment of expenses prior to signing an agency contract to student athlete or the family of the athlete under certain conditions, Sec. 8-26B-14 am'd."
description: "Athlete agents, student athletes, payment of expenses prior to signing an agency contract to student athlete or the family of the athlete under certain conditions, Sec. 8-26B-14 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2019rs"
identifier: "SB 5"
citation: "Alabama SB 5 (2019rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Athlete Agents"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-03-05T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fdb5c98d-f226-4b4d-a4bd-775a5882786a"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB5"
source_hash: "4c07b3b43d720b0d06a6871680e8e0adbf71f91277ce1b04d489ab60a93db0aa"
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 5 (2019rs) — Athlete agents, student athletes, payment of expenses prior to signing an agency contract to student athlete or the family of the athlete under certain conditions, Sec. 8-26B-14 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/SB5-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 198064-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/198064-1.pdf)
3. **Amd/Sub 198476-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/198476-1.pdf)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/SB5-eng.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/SB5-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 131 — **30–1** (pass) · upper
- Smitherman motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 130 — **30–1** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1179 — **75–18** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Allen — 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 Governmental Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2019-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Carried Over
- **2019-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Allen Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Allen motion to Carry Over adopted Voice Vote
- **2019-04-03T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-03T04:00:00+00:00** Allen Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-03T04:00:00+00:00** Allen motion to Table adopted Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-03T04:00:00+00:00** Smitherman Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-03T04:00:00+00:00** Smitherman motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 130 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-03T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 131 `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 State Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Acted on by State Government as Favorable
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1179 `passage`
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **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. 2019-504. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fdb5c98d-f226-4b4d-a4bd-775a5882786a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).