republic-os/legislation/us/states/al/2019rs/hb-498.md

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Bill	Colleges and universities, require public colleges and universities to enact policies protecting freedom of speech on campus	Colleges and universities, require public colleges and universities to enact policies protecting freedom of speech on campus	us/states/al	Alabama Legislature	2019rs	HB 498	Alabama HB 498 (2019rs)	bill	Colleges and Universities	enacted	Fridy	6	26	6	2019-04-23T04:00:00+00:00	2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/44e0a2c4-5a3a-44ae-890f-6df68dd51319	http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB498	a93ed6e8540a40c4d8c481f11645457a2f460787c17a7a2383ee3cee22e96438	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-al

Alabama HB 498 (2019rs) — Colleges and universities, require public colleges and universities to enact policies protecting freedom of speech on campus

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Amd/Sub 200611-2 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amd/Sub 201607-1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Amd/Sub 202324-1 (committee substitute) — source
5. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
6. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1373 — 24–1 (pass) · upper
• Fridy motion to Table adopted Roll Call 874 — 73–10 (pass) · lower
• Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 875 — 65–24 (pass) · lower
• Smitherman motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1372 — 29–0 (pass) · upper
• Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 876 — 62–27 (pass) · lower
• Fridy motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1237 — 73–26 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Fridy — 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 Education Policy reading-1, referral-committee
• 2019-05-09T04:00:00+00:00 Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment reading-2
• 2019-05-22T04:00:00+00:00 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2019-05-22T04:00:00+00:00 Education Policy Amendment Offered amendment-introduction
• 2019-05-22T04:00:00+00:00 Fridy motion to Table adopted Roll Call 874 amendment-passage
• 2019-05-22T04:00:00+00:00 Fridy Substitute Offered amendment-introduction
• 2019-05-22T04:00:00+00:00 Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 875 amendment-passage
• 2019-05-22T04:00:00+00:00 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 876 passage
• 2019-05-22T04:00:00+00:00 Engrossed
• 2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00 Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Education Policy reading-1, referral-committee
• 2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00 Read for the second time and placed on the calendar reading-2
• 2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00 Smitherman Amendment Offered amendment-introduction
• 2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00 Smitherman motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1372 amendment-passage
• 2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1373 passage
• 2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00 Concurrence Requested
• 2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00 Fridy motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1237 passage
• 2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00 Concurred in Second House Amendment
• 2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00 Signature Requested
• 2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00 Enrolled
• 2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00 Clerk of the House Certification
• 2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00 Assigned Act No. 2019-396. executive-signature
• 2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00 Education Policy first Amendment Offered amendment-introduction
• 2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00 Delivered to Governor at 10:30 a.m. on May 31, 2019. executive-receipt
• 2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00 Engrossed
• 2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00 Education Policy second Amendment Offered amendment-introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/44e0a2c4-5a3a-44ae-890f-6df68dd51319. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).