---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child labor, eliminating the eligibility to work form."
description: "Labor & Employment"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2024rs"
identifier: "SB 53"
citation: "Alabama SB 53 (2024rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Labor & Employment"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arthur Orr"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 28
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2024-02-06T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-05-17T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/31300c34-bcc6-4625-8f24-33d2954f977a"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "47da211af6638e43e06e0dec6c8ea84c4bb05ddbf150d7ebec535b54ddea1cd3"
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 53 (2024rs) — Child labor, eliminating the eligibility to work form.

Labor & Employment

## 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/SB53-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2024-352** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1547900.AI1.pdf)
3. **Amendment 6IGX1Z3-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/6IGX1Z3-1.pdf)
4. **Amendment 6TQNZ33-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/6TQNZ33-1.pdf)
5. **Amendment LRGTYYA-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/LRGTYYA-1.pdf)
6. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/SB53-eng.pdf)
7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/SB53-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the H for Vote 1133 on SB53 (2024 Regular Session) — **75–17** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 89 on SB53 (2024 Regular Session) — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 1131 on SB53 (2024 Regular Session) — **87–5** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 88 on SB53 (2024 Regular Session) — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the S for Vote 87 on SB53 (2024 Regular Session) — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the S for Vote 1024 on SB53 (2024 Regular Session) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the S for Vote 90 on SB53 (2024 Regular Session) — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 1132 on SB53 (2024 Regular Session) — **82–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Arthur Orr — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2024-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2024-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2024-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2024-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Reed Concur In and Adopt House Amendment - Adopted Roll Call 1024
- **2024-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 1133 `passage`
- **2024-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1132
- **2024-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Commerce and Small Business 1st Substitute Offered (Commerce and Small Business) `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in Second House
- **2024-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Commerce and Small Business)
- **2024-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2024-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** Commerce and Small Business 1st Substitute (Commerce and Small Business)
- **2024-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2024-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Commerce and Small Business)
- **2024-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Commerce and Small Business `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2024-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 90 `passage`
- **2024-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Orr motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 89
- **2024-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Orr Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Coleman-Madison motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 88
- **2024-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Coleman-Madison Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2024-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Children and Youth Health)
- **2024-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- **2024-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Children and Youth Health)
- **2024-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Children and Youth Health `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-15T15:10:00+00:00** Enacted as 2024-352 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/31300c34-bcc6-4625-8f24-33d2954f977a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).