---
type: "Bill"
title: "Talladega Co., churches, self-defense or defense of others, use of physical force, const. amend."
description: "Talladega Co., churches, self-defense or defense of others, use of physical force, const. amend."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2020rs"
identifier: "HB 94"
citation: "Alabama HB 94 (2020rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Churches"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-02-04T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-03-05T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/54c812f3-395e-4d11-9aee-1560da1ea42d"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB94"
source_hash: "1b0c8f1ec779a70cfb4bdbdf2563fe50215725beab48e65f671b4dccb7e4e667"
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 94 (2020rs) — Talladega Co., churches, self-defense or defense of others, use of physical force, 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/HB94-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 204882-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2020rs/PrintFiles/204882-1.pdf)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2020rs/PrintFiles/HB94-eng.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2020rs/PrintFiles/HB94-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 254 — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 12 — **43–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Local Application Resolution adopted Roll Call 14 — **45–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 13 — **67–0** (pass) · lower
- McClendon motion to Local Application Certification adopted Roll Call 255 — **28–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Johnson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Local Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2020-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Adopted
- **2020-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Johnson Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2020-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 12 `amendment-passage`
- **2020-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 13 `passage`
- **2020-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Local Application Resolution adopted Roll Call 14
- **2020-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2020-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Local Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2020-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 254 `passage`
- **2020-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** McClendon motion to Local Application Certification adopted Roll Call 255
- **2020-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2020-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2020-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2020-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2020-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2020-16. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Forwarded to Secretary of State on March 5, 2020 at 12:59 p.m.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/54c812f3-395e-4d11-9aee-1560da1ea42d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).