republic-os/legislation/us/states/al/2018rs/hb-57.md

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Bill	Domestic violence, capital offense expanded to include murder of a parent or guardian in the presence of a child, add'l aggravating circumstances included, Secs. 13A-5-40, 13A-5-49 am'd.	Domestic violence, capital offense expanded to include murder of a parent or guardian in the presence of a child, add'l aggravating circumstances included, Secs. 13A-5-40, 13A-5-49 am'd.	us/states/al	Alabama Legislature	2018rs	HB 57	Alabama HB 57 (2018rs)	bill	Domestic Violence	enacted	Pettus	3	20	3	2018-01-09T05:00:00+00:00	2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/ae725b83-e133-48ec-93db-7658ffd45604	http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB57	70dd7c28699fa406f2cd151191524bfde6c008a2e02c7944cf3a0274837e5508	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-al

Alabama HB 57 (2018rs) — Domestic violence, capital offense expanded to include murder of a parent or guardian in the presence of a child, add'l aggravating circumstances included, Secs. 13A-5-40, 13A-5-49 am'd.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 164 — 80–13 (pass) · lower
• Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1083 — 29–0 (pass) · upper
• Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 165 — 77–17 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Pettus — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-09T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Judiciary reading-1, referral-committee
• 2018-01-18T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment reading-2
• 2018-02-01T05:00:00+00:00 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2018-02-01T05:00:00+00:00 Judiciary Amendment Offered amendment-introduction
• 2018-02-01T05:00:00+00:00 Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 164 amendment-passage
• 2018-02-01T05:00:00+00:00 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 165 passage
• 2018-02-01T05:00:00+00:00 Jackson intended to vote "Nay"
• 2018-02-01T05:00:00+00:00 Engrossed
• 2018-02-01T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary reading-1, referral-committee
• 2018-03-08T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the second time and placed on the calendar reading-2
• 2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00 Third Reading Carried Over to Call of the Chair
• 2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00 Ward motion to Carry Over to the Call of the Chair adopted Voice Vote
• 2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1083 passage
• 2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Second House passage
• 2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00 Enrolled
• 2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 Signature Requested
• 2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 Clerk of the House Certification
• 2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 Assigned Act No. 2018-537. executive-signature
• 2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 Delivered to Governor at 2:28 p.m. on March 27, 2018. executive-receipt

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ae725b83-e133-48ec-93db-7658ffd45604. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).