republic-os/legislation/us/states/al/2019rs/hb-559.md

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Bill	Crimes and offenses, misdemeanor convictions, judge authorized to split sentences, Sec. 15-18-8 am'd.	Crimes and offenses, misdemeanor convictions, judge authorized to split sentences, Sec. 15-18-8 am'd.	us/states/al	Alabama Legislature	2019rs	HB 559	Alabama HB 559 (2019rs)	bill	Crimes and Offenses	enacted	Simpson	5	19	4	2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00	2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/03f178c3-18e0-4345-9f54-fda7a65d419b	http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB559	eef879fc6ab812b06009d4d3086fd3684bd3b7a0540f3ebab29486bc3bbc3e95	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-al

Alabama HB 559 (2019rs) — Crimes and offenses, misdemeanor convictions, judge authorized to split sentences, Sec. 15-18-8 am'd.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Amd/Sub 200707-1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amd/Sub 201335-1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 734 — 100–0 (pass) · lower
• Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1213 — 32–0 (pass) · upper
• Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 736 — 102–0 (pass) · lower
• Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 735 — 100–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Simpson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00 Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Judiciary reading-1, referral-committee
• 2019-05-08T04:00:00+00:00 Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment reading-2
• 2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00 Judiciary Amendment Offered amendment-introduction
• 2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00 Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 734 amendment-passage
• 2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00 England Amendment Offered amendment-introduction
• 2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00 Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 735 amendment-passage
• 2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 736 passage
• 2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00 Engrossed
• 2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00 Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary reading-1, referral-committee
• 2019-05-22T04:00:00+00:00 Read for the second time and placed on the calendar reading-2
• 2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1213 passage
• 2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Second House passage
• 2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00 Enrolled
• 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. 2019-344. 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/03f178c3-18e0-4345-9f54-fda7a65d419b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).