---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elections, prohibits state and local election officials and their employees from soliciting, accepting, using, or disposing of certain donations from individuals or nongovernmental entities for funding certain election-related expenses"
description: "Elections, prohibits state and local election officials and their employees from soliciting, accepting, using, or disposing of certain donations from individuals or nongovernmental entities for funding certain election-related expenses"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2022rs"
identifier: "HB 194"
citation: "Alabama HB 194 (2022rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-02-01T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8fd99036-f0ef-4557-8e3e-9cda889c4162"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB194"
source_hash: "eef9b6c6b2ccb27ddcd88154e98723ef5c1b65bc4ceddd2ac4b8613079b6ccae"
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 194 (2022rs) — Elections, prohibits state and local election officials and their employees from soliciting, accepting, using, or disposing of certain donations from individuals or nongovernmental entities for funding certain election-related expenses

## 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/2022rs/PrintFiles/HB194-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 218166-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/218166-1.pdf)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/HB194-eng.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/HB194-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1060 — **25–7** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 585 — **72–28** (pass) · lower
- Ledbetter motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 583 — **72–18** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 584 — **72–28** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Allen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Constitution, Campaigns and Elections `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Allen Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Ledbetter motion to Previous Question offered
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Ledbetter motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 583 `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 584 `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 585 `passage`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2022-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Governmental Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1060 `passage`
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2022-321. `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 3:24 p.m. on April 7, 2022. `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8fd99036-f0ef-4557-8e3e-9cda889c4162`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).