---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal law; self-defense and defense of others; presumption of unlawful use of force under certain conditions"
description: "Crimes & Offenses"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2026rs"
identifier: "HB 192"
citation: "Alabama HB 192 (2026rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes & Offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Faulkner"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2026-01-13T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a000104-3239-4a3d-b455-193b004bf409"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "2eb40e5eeafd873c113c65458e2912b21a930bda4fe5c2255feb9a941f901001"
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 192 (2026rs) — Criminal law; self-defense and defense of others; presumption of unlawful use of force under certain conditions

Crimes & Offenses

## 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/2026RS/HB192-int.pdf)
2. **Albritton motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1280** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/TBEPW59-1.pdf)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB192-eng.pdf)
4. **Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 240** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/L5IUFWA-1.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB192-enr.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Faulkner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2026-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2026-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2026-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2026-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Faulkner motion to Concur In and Adopt Senate Amendment - Adopted Roll Call 1345
- **2026-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 1281 `passage`
- **2026-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Albritton motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1280
- **2026-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Albritton 1st Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Judiciary)
- **2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2026-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Judiciary)
- **2026-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2026-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 241 `passage`
- **2026-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 240
- **2026-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Judiciary Engrossed Substitute Offered (Judiciary) `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2026-01-21T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Judiciary)
- **2026-01-21T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin (Judiciary)
- **2026-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Judiciary)
- **2026-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House 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/3a000104-3239-4a3d-b455-193b004bf409`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).