---
type: "Bill"
title: "William Edward Cowden, 100th Birthday, celebrated"
description: "Resolutions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2024rs"
identifier: "SJR 63"
citation: "Alabama SJR 63 (2024rs)"
classification: ["resolution"]
subjects: ["Resolutions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shay Shelnutt"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2024-04-23T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-05-01T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c860385-dce7-4607-aa8c-865a9df532a4"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "dd98ad6b9bede601053217c65ce76a71cf5df4027b6a689c93217788e4255913"
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 SJR 63 (2024rs) — William Edward Cowden, 100th Birthday, celebrated

Resolutions

## 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/SJR63-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2024-130** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1534376.AI1.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/SJR63-enr.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Shay Shelnutt — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-01T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2024-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2024-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2024-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Reported from RULES (RULES) `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2024-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (RULES)
- **2024-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the House and referred to the House committee on RULES `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Shelnutt motion to Adopt - Adopted Voice Vote
- **2024-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time
- **2024-04-30T14:20:00+00:00** Enacted as 2024-130 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5c860385-dce7-4607-aa8c-865a9df532a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).