---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to crimes and offenses; to make it unlawful for individuals to require another individual to be implanted with a microchip; to provide criminal penalties; and in connection therewith would have as its purpose or effect the requirement of a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of Section 111.05 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022."
description: "Labor & Employment, microchipping of employees prohibited, criminal penalties provided"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2023rs"
identifier: "HB 4"
citation: "Alabama HB 4 (2023rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Labor & Employment"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Prince Chestnut"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-20T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-06-02T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c05dbe91-9fb5-44c4-984a-f8938e7aa745"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "92dda45bde131bc5b40c58e95ed30759d014b0759944b09221fd575a0d8350b4"
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 4 (2023rs) — Relating to crimes and offenses; to make it unlawful for individuals to require another individual to be implanted with a microchip; to provide criminal penalties; and in connection therewith would have as its purpose or effect the requirement of a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of Section 111.05 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022.

Labor & Employment, microchipping of employees prohibited, criminal penalties provided

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/HB4-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2023-396** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1277195.AI1.pdf)
3. **Amendment 8T91F2-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/8T91F2-1.pdf)
4. **Amendment BDDMJ4-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/BDDMJ4-1.pdf)
5. **Judiciary Amendment 1VMR33-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/1VMR33-1.pdf)
6. **Judiciary Amendment 5CYU63-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/5CYU63-1.pdf)
7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/HB4-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the H for Vote 904 on HB4 (2023 Regular Session) — **102–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 789 on HB4 (2023 Regular Session) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 461 on HB4 (2023 Regular Session) — **104–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the H for Vote 460 on HB4 (2023 Regular Session) — **105–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Prince Chestnut — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-20T05:00:00+00:00** Filed `filing`
- **2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Concur In and Adopt
- **2023-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Read A Third Time And Passed As Amended
- **2023-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Adopt
- **2023-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in Second House
- **2023-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in Second House
- **2023-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in Second House
- **2023-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Judiciary) `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** AMD/SUB (Judiciary)
- **2023-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Committee (Judiciary) `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in Second House `reading-1`
- **2023-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass `passage`
- **2023-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Table
- **2023-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2023-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in House of Origin
- **2023-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
- **2023-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Judiciary) `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** AMD/SUB (Judiciary)
- **2023-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** AMD/SUB (Judiciary)
- **2023-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** AMD/SUB (Judiciary)
- **2023-01-20T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred (Judiciary) `introduction, referral`
- **2023-06-02T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted as 2023-396 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c05dbe91-9fb5-44c4-984a-f8938e7aa745`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).