---
type: "Bill"
title: "Shark alert system; established; implementation by Department of Conservation and Natural Resources required; state and local entities assistance required"
description: "Public Safety & Emergencies; Baldwin County; Mobile County"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2025rs"
identifier: "HB 437"
citation: "Alabama HB 437 (2025rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Safety & Emergencies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Faulkner"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-18T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-07T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d52cb48f-443c-4f90-8dd5-99ee8c1a412e"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "f38ca09a9067d3a7c8deee30b1e9b457a623b240e5e5c659a8b477967b05a10e"
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 437 (2025rs) — Shark alert system; established; implementation by Department of Conservation and Natural Resources required; state and local entities assistance required

Public Safety & Emergencies; Baldwin County; Mobile County

## 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/HB437-int.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/HB437-eng.pdf)
3. **Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 871** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/4USVC33-1.pdf)
4. **Public Safety and Homeland Security 1st Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/I3FP9WZ-1.pdf)
5. **Roberts motion to Table - Adopted Voice Vote** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/ZQ2V8KR-1.pdf)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/HB437-enr.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Faulkner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2025-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2025-05-01T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2025-05-01T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2025-05-01T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 912 `passage`
- **2025-05-01T04:00:00+00:00** Roberts motion to Table - Adopted Voice Vote
- **2025-05-01T04:00:00+00:00** Figures 1st Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-24T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development)
- **2025-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2025-04-22T04:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development)
- **2025-04-22T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development `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 873
- **2025-04-17T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 872 `passage`
- **2025-04-17T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 871
- **2025-04-17T04:00:00+00:00** Public Safety and Homeland Security Engrossed Substitute Offered (Public Safety and Homeland Security) `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-17T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2025-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Public Safety and Homeland Security)
- **2025-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin (Public Safety and Homeland Security)
- **2025-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Public Safety and Homeland Security 1st Amendment (Public Safety and Homeland Security)
- **2025-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Public Safety and Homeland Security)
- **2025-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security `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/d52cb48f-443c-4f90-8dd5-99ee8c1a412e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).