---
type: "Bill"
title: "State holidays; Juneteenth added as state holiday"
description: "State Government"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2025rs"
identifier: "HB 165"
citation: "Alabama HB 165 (2025rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rehm"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 27
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-04T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-12T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/05d21f98-546a-4150-a7fc-9f7986f051fb"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "ffd3ab2eeba86ee2d11e752684e8f1302200f73d1211c29b7124ab46a6f7a7f2"
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 165 (2025rs) — State holidays; Juneteenth added as state holiday

State Government

## 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/2025RS/HB165-int.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/HB165-eng.pdf)
3. **Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 895** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/G375T26-1.pdf)
4. **Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 896** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/9J3HABM-1.pdf)
5. **State Government 1st Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/V85CVPP-1.pdf)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/HB165-enr.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Rehm — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-12T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2025-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2025-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2025-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2025-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 1011 `passage`
- **2025-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (County and Municipal Government)
- **2025-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2025-04-22T04:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (County and Municipal Government)
- **2025-04-22T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on County and Municipal Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-17T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2025-04-17T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Add Cosponsor - Adopted Roll Call 898
- **2025-04-17T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 897 `passage`
- **2025-04-17T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 896
- **2025-04-17T04:00:00+00:00** Hall 1st Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-17T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 895
- **2025-04-17T04:00:00+00:00** State Government Engrossed Substitute Offered (State Government) `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-17T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2025-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Fiscal Responsibility)
- **2025-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin (Fiscal Responsibility)
- **2025-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** State Government 1st Amendment (Fiscal Responsibility)
- **2025-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Committee in House of Origin (Fiscal Responsibility) `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (State Government)
- **2025-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin (State Government)
- **2025-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** State Government 1st Amendment (State Government)
- **2025-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (State Government)
- **2025-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on State Government `reading-1, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/05d21f98-546a-4150-a7fc-9f7986f051fb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).