---
type: "Bill"
title: "Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Commissioner, to require issuance of permit to release black bass into Coosa river under certain circumstances"
description: "Conservation & Natural Resources; Environmental Protection"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2024rs"
identifier: "HB 15"
citation: "Alabama HB 15 (2024rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Conservation & Natural Resources"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Craig Lipscomb"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-12-01T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-24T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8fb0a699-a078-4430-8aca-588ab164377c"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "f7f88bc739a230e5075dd1bb43a27203eb4ee651ec5e90ca8629d3d01b4a181f"
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 15 (2024rs) — Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Commissioner, to require issuance of permit to release black bass into Coosa river under certain circumstances

Conservation & Natural Resources; Environmental Protection

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/HB15-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2024-90** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1524399.AI1.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/HB15-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the H for Vote 24 on HB15 (2024 Regular Session) — **99–1** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the H for Vote 25 on HB15 (2024 Regular Session) — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 433 on HB15 (2024 Regular Session) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the S for Vote 432 on HB15 (2024 Regular Session) — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Craig Lipscomb — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-01T05:00:00+00:00** Filed `filing`
- **2024-04-24T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2024-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2024-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2024-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 433 `passage`
- **2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in Second House
- **2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry)
- **2024-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2024-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry)
- **2024-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 25 `passage`
- **2024-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2024-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Ports, Waterways & Intermodal Transit)
- **2024-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- **2024-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Committee in House of Origin (Ports, Waterways & Intermodal Transit) `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (State Government)
- **2024-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on State Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-18T16:20:00+00:00** Enacted as 2024-90 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8fb0a699-a078-4430-8aca-588ab164377c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).