---
type: "Bill"
title: "Limestone Co., churches, self-defense or defense of others, physical force authorized, const. amend."
description: "Limestone Co., churches, self-defense or defense of others, physical force authorized, const. amend."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2020rs"
identifier: "HB 199"
citation: "Alabama HB 199 (2020rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Churches"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crawford"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-02-11T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-05-07T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b68da855-4caa-419b-8a88-5da66f6bd665"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB199"
source_hash: "dc3add00bd19894de5b287cfe3a3b53e7e36e9ef4e0bfc307026ccba04c8d297"
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 HB 199 (2020rs) — Limestone Co., churches, self-defense or defense of others, physical force authorized, const. amend.

## 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/2020rs/PrintFiles/HB199-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2020rs/PrintFiles/HB199-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 559 — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 88 — **63–0** (pass) · lower
- Chambliss motion to Miscellaneous adopted Roll Call 560 — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Local Application adopted Roll Call 89 — **55–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Crawford — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Local Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2020-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 88 `passage`
- **2020-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Local Application adopted Roll Call 89
- **2020-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Local Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2020-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 559 `passage`
- **2020-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Chambliss motion to Miscellaneous adopted Roll Call 560
- **2020-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2020-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2020-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2020-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2020-92. `executive-signature`
- **2020-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2020-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Secretary of State at 4:40 p.m. on May 7, 2020.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b68da855-4caa-419b-8a88-5da66f6bd665`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).