---
type: "Bill"
title: "Convicted felons; restrictions on obtaining occupational licenses by convicted felons revised; certificate of employability for convicted felons created; immunity to employers provided"
description: "Incarceration"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2025rs"
identifier: "SB 138"
citation: "Alabama SB 138 (2025rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Incarceration"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Smitherman"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 27
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-06T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-14T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/26463708-345f-4091-a620-acf45c3a5df2"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "5811bdab184023300f477707a96367c18474ee9618301cb2703146b0d81e0de8"
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 138 (2025rs) — Convicted felons; restrictions on obtaining occupational licenses by convicted felons revised; certificate of employability for convicted felons created; immunity to employers provided

Incarceration

## 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/SB138-int.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/SB138-eng.pdf)
3. **Smitherman motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 312** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/DG2RYHT-1.pdf)
4. **Smitherman motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 313** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/U9635GG-1.pdf)
5. **Weaver motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 314** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/G33UJ2C-1.pdf)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/SB138-enr.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Smitherman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2025-05-01T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-01T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2025-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2025-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2025-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 1133 `passage`
- **2025-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in Second House
- **2025-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Carried Over to the Call of the Chair
- **2025-04-03T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Judiciary)
- **2025-04-03T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Judiciary)
- **2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 315 `passage`
- **2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Weaver motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 314
- **2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Weaver 1st Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Smitherman motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 313
- **2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Smitherman motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 312
- **2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Judiciary 2nd Amendment Offered (Judiciary) `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Judiciary 1st Amendment Offered (Judiciary) `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2025-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Judiciary)
- **2025-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- **2025-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** Judiciary 2nd Amendment (Judiciary)
- **2025-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** Judiciary 1st Amendment (Judiciary)
- **2025-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Judiciary)
- **2025-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Judiciary `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/26463708-345f-4091-a620-acf45c3a5df2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).