---
type: "Bill"
title: "Firearms, President of the U.S., executive orders limiting firearms, local government officials or agents, enforcement by prohibited, Alabama Second Amendment Preservation Act"
description: "Firearms, President of the U.S., executive orders limiting firearms, local government officials or agents, enforcement by prohibited, Alabama Second Amendment Preservation Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2022rs"
identifier: "SB 2"
citation: "Alabama SB 2 (2022rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Firearms"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 31
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7f7c6e2e-d415-4f21-8019-f7d2f70d43c0"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB2"
source_hash: "d82d0957d671bbdbbf6d9d016fa99cb47fb2ef1935663097f7f12a5af324156d"
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 2 (2022rs) — Firearms, President of the U.S., executive orders limiting firearms, local government officials or agents, enforcement by prohibited, Alabama Second Amendment Preservation Act

## 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/SB2-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 216922-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/216922-2.pdf)
3. **Amd/Sub 217801-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/217801-1.pdf)
4. **Amd/Sub 219560-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/219560-1.pdf)
5. **Amd/Sub 219743-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/219743-2.pdf)
6. **Amd/Sub 219853-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/219853-1.pdf)
7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/SB2-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Kitchens motion to Previous Question adopted Roll Call 959 — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Allen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2022-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Carried Over
- **2022-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Judiciary Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Allen motion to Table adopted Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Allen first Substitute Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Reed motion to Carry Over adopted Voice Vote
- **2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Allen second Substitute Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Allen motion to Table adopted Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Allen third Substitute Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee Petition to Cease Debate adopted Roll Call 908
- **2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Allen motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 909 `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 910 `passage`
- **2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Public Safety and Homeland Security Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Standridge motion to Table adopted Roll Call 958 `amendment-passage`
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Standridge first Substitute Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Kitchens motion to Previous Question adopted Roll Call 959
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 960 `amendment-passage`
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 961 `passage`
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Shedd and Ingram intended to vote "Yea"
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Reed motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1065 `passage`
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Second House Amendment
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2022-323. `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 6:15 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/7f7c6e2e-d415-4f21-8019-f7d2f70d43c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).