---
type: "Bill"
title: "Habitual offender law; pleas of nolo contendere treated as a plea of guilty"
description: "Crimes & Offenses"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2026rs"
identifier: "HB 226"
citation: "Alabama HB 226 (2026rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes & Offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Colvin"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2026-01-14T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a27fa2c5-46a3-40c0-ad39-42b9181f913c"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "c980f52047bee60ec7d2fea1d40ea2cef570169a831bacfd2e11c640512ab407"
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 226 (2026rs) — Habitual offender law; pleas of nolo contendere treated as a plea of guilty

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/HB226-int.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB226-eng.pdf)
3. **Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 356** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/L5NDPAW-1.pdf)
4. **Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 357** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/5V7LRMM-1.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB226-enr.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Colvin — 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** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 1322 `passage`
- **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
- **2026-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Judiciary)
- **2026-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2026-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 358 `passage`
- **2026-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 357
- **2026-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Robbins 1st Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 356
- **2026-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Judiciary Engrossed Substitute Offered (Judiciary) `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2026-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Judiciary)
- **2026-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin (Judiciary)
- **2026-01-14T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Judiciary)
- **2026-01-14T05:00:00+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/a27fa2c5-46a3-40c0-ad39-42b9181f913c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).