---
type: "Bill"
title: "Military punishment; ranks of members that may discipline and be disciplined, disciplinary measures; revised and further provided for"
description: "Military"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2025rs"
identifier: "SB 179"
citation: "Alabama SB 179 (2025rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Military"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Givhan"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-18T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-16T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/41c0b120-087b-4f0a-a3a9-0c8cf6406a47"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "7fa569febceb4dd8a823e4102a777884325ff0eccf28eca434ca9df2196ea58b"
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 179 (2025rs) — Military punishment; ranks of members that may discipline and be disciplined, disciplinary measures; revised and further provided for

Military

## 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/SB179-int.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/SB179-eng.pdf)
3. **Givhan motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 298** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/FKKMPD5-1.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/SB179-enr.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Givhan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2025-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2025-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2025-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2025-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 641 `passage`
- **2025-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in Second House
- **2025-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Military and Veterans' Affairs)
- **2025-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Military and Veterans' Affairs)
- **2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs `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 299 `passage`
- **2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Givhan motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 298
- **2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Givhan 1st Amendment Offered `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 (Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Safety)
- **2025-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- **2025-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Safety)
- **2025-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs `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/41c0b120-087b-4f0a-a3a9-0c8cf6406a47`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).