---
type: "Bill"
title: "Bobby Sprowl, commended"
description: "Resolutions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2024rs"
identifier: "SJR 40"
citation: "Alabama SJR 40 (2024rs)"
classification: ["resolution"]
subjects: ["Resolutions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gerald H. Allen"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-08T14:20:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f6428179-65db-42bf-8a96-92cd381ef8a4"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "79042d749fde13f0ce553a1ecb837ca8fd5e2710fff9c5587cc0a695bb67cbe7"
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 SJR 40 (2024rs) — Bobby Sprowl, commended

Resolutions

## 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/2024RS/SJR40-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2024-61** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1515453.AI1.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/SJR40-enr.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Gerald H. Allen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Sent to Secretary of State
- **2024-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2024-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2024-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2024-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Reported from RULES (RULES) `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (RULES)
- **2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the House and referred to the House committee on RULES `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Allen motion to Adopt - Adopted Voice Vote
- **2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time
- **2024-04-08T14:20:00+00:00** Enacted as 2024-61 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f6428179-65db-42bf-8a96-92cd381ef8a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).