---
type: "Bill"
title: "Agriculture authorities; authorized to terminate or move easements via eminent domain"
description: "Agriculture & Forestry"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2025rs"
identifier: "SB 194"
citation: "Alabama SB 194 (2025rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture & Forestry"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Melson"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-25T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-12T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/03413969-8ceb-4b1b-a190-e351b536521c"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "8b827bcdd57e91c7e57790d3d67892844d37b274a5e132579f9298354d30cf43"
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 194 (2025rs) — Agriculture authorities; authorized to terminate or move easements via eminent domain

Agriculture & Forestry

## 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/SB194-int.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/SB194-eng.pdf)
3. **Melson motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 308** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/DGGUUNH-1.pdf)
4. **Melson motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 309** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/HGJGR83-1.pdf)
5. **Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1113** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/DG9ALNH-1.pdf)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/SB194-enr.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Melson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-12T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2025-05-01T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2025-05-01T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **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** Melson Concur In and Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 904
- **2025-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 1114 `passage`
- **2025-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1113
- **2025-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Pettus 1st Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in Second House
- **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 310 `passage`
- **2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Melson motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 309
- **2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Melson 2nd Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Melson motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 308
- **2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Melson 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 (Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry)
- **2025-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- **2025-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry)
- **2025-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry `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/03413969-8ceb-4b1b-a190-e351b536521c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).