---
type: "Bill"
title: "Franklin Co., churches, self-defense, deadly physical force, use in self-defense or defense of others, const. amend."
description: "Franklin Co., churches, self-defense, deadly physical force, use in self-defense or defense of others, const. amend."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2019rs"
identifier: "HB 536"
citation: "Alabama HB 536 (2019rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Churches"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kiel"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/be1f980c-01fc-492b-bcbc-ea565764ea57"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB536"
source_hash: "c4b244dde32b512849e47e5bfcd255adaad67d1197c310699194086729e2f136"
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 536 (2019rs) — Franklin Co., churches, self-defense, deadly physical force, use in self-defense or defense of others, const. amend.

## 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/HB536-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB536-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Local Application adopted Roll Call 567 — **47–1** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 754 — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 566 — **65–0** (pass) · lower
- Stutts motion to adopt Local Application Resolution adopted Roll Call 755 — **21–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kiel — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Local Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2019-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 566 `passage`
- **2019-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Local Application adopted Roll Call 567
- **2019-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Local Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 754 `passage`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Stutts motion to adopt Local Application Resolution adopted Roll Call 755
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2019-194. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Secretary of State at 10:03 a.m. on May 16, 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/be1f980c-01fc-492b-bcbc-ea565764ea57`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).