---
type: "Bill"
title: "Litter, increase penalties, new penalties for litter from vehicle or watercraft, litter further defined, and penalty increased from Class C to Class B misdemeanor, Secs. 13A-7-29, 23-5-6, 32-5-76, 32-5A-60, 33-6-10 am'd."
description: "Litter, increase penalties, new penalties for litter from vehicle or watercraft, litter further defined, and penalty increased from Class C to Class B misdemeanor, Secs. 13A-7-29, 23-5-6, 32-5-76, 32-5A-60, 33-6-10 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2019rs"
identifier: "HB 500"
citation: "Alabama HB 500 (2019rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Littering"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wilcox"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-04-23T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/be251afa-c96b-4d8c-b15f-0bc49c532c4a"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB500"
source_hash: "e183bfbeee633ac7153b1b36ac355285cf1192644ed02e6050225da0e544566d"
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 500 (2019rs) — Litter, increase penalties, new penalties for litter from vehicle or watercraft, litter further defined, and penalty increased from Class C to Class B misdemeanor, Secs. 13A-7-29, 23-5-6, 32-5-76, 32-5A-60, 33-6-10 am'd.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB500-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 201772-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/201772-1.pdf)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB500-eng.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB500-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1026 — **95–4** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1483 — **25–1** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1027 — **95–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wilcox — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on State Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Wilcox Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1026 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1027 `passage`
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Eaterbrook intended to vote "Yea"
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Education Policy `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1483 `passage`
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2019-530. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 5:44 p.m. on May 31, 2019. `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/be251afa-c96b-4d8c-b15f-0bc49c532c4a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).