republic-os/legislation/us/states/al/2019rs/hb-174.md

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Bill	Absentee voting, allow permanently disabled voters to automatically receive absentee ballots before elections	Absentee voting, allow permanently disabled voters to automatically receive absentee ballots before elections	us/states/al	Alabama Legislature	2019rs	HB 174	Alabama HB 174 (2019rs)	bill	Absentee Voting	enacted	Gaston	3	20	4	2019-03-19T04:00:00+00:00	2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/37acb88a-f257-420a-a26c-691d6fa4cbde	http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB174	2d5fa722343d34c7028877a671f90a307eeb32a5c3eb86555098dd638072df37	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-al

Alabama HB 174 (2019rs) — Absentee voting, allow permanently disabled voters to automatically receive absentee ballots before elections

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Amd/Sub 201774-1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Reed motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1149 — 30–0 (pass) · upper
• Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 394 — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Bracy motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1103 — 102–0 (pass) · lower
• Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1150 — 24–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Gaston — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-03-19T04:00:00+00:00 Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Constitution, Campaigns and Elections reading-1, referral-committee
• 2019-04-11T04:00:00+00:00 Read for the second time and placed on the calendar reading-2
• 2019-04-25T04:00:00+00:00 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2019-04-25T04:00:00+00:00 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 394 passage
• 2019-04-25T04:00:00+00:00 Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Governmental Affairs reading-1, referral-committee
• 2019-05-07T04:00:00+00:00 Read for the second time and placed on the calendar reading-2
• 2019-05-21T04:00:00+00:00 Third Reading Carried Over to Call of the Chair
• 2019-05-21T04:00:00+00:00 Figures motion to Carry Over to the Call of the Chair adopted Voice Vote
• 2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00 Reed Amendment Offered amendment-introduction
• 2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00 Reed motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1149 amendment-passage
• 2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1150 passage
• 2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00 Concurrence Requested
• 2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00 Bracy motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1103 passage
• 2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00 Enrolled
• 2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00 Concurred in Second House Amendment
• 2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00 Signature Requested
• 2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00 Clerk of the House Certification
• 2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00 Assigned Act No. 2019-359. executive-signature
• 2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00 Delivered to Governor at 1:33 p.m. on May 29, 2019. executive-receipt

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/37acb88a-f257-420a-a26c-691d6fa4cbde. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).