---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child advocacy centers; certification by Alabama Network of Children's Advocacy Centers further provided for"
description: "Children"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2025rs"
identifier: "HB 493"
citation: "Alabama HB 493 (2025rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Children"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ellis"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-04-01T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-14T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0c624178-b988-47fb-8b5c-e0dfaa22c060"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "bdc5ed147a018c1da6a3e10b94f47430d4e6718248f1cc1694d30a4ebf138a23"
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 493 (2025rs) — Child advocacy centers; certification by Alabama Network of Children's Advocacy Centers further provided for

Children

## 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/HB493-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/HB493-enr.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Ellis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **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 1018 `passage`
- **2025-04-17T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Children and Youth Health)
- **2025-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2025-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Children and Youth Health)
- **2025-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Children and Youth Health `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 787 `passage`
- **2025-04-10T04:00:00+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 (Children and Senior Advocacy)
- **2025-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- **2025-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Children and Senior Advocacy)
- **2025-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Children and Senior Advocacy `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/0c624178-b988-47fb-8b5c-e0dfaa22c060`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).