republic-os/legislation/us/states/al/2019rs/hb-59.md

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Bill	Capital offenses, aggravating circumstances if victim was a law enforcement or correctional officer, first responder, or under 14 years of age, Secs. 13A-5-40, 13A-5-49 am'd.	Capital offenses, aggravating circumstances if victim was a law enforcement or correctional officer, first responder, or under 14 years of age, Secs. 13A-5-40, 13A-5-49 am'd.	us/states/al	Alabama Legislature	2019rs	HB 59	Alabama HB 59 (2019rs)	bill	Crimes and Offenses	enacted	Sells	3	19	4	2019-03-05T05:00:00+00:00	2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/2b5a6181-362a-4ac1-9096-f7fefd38aa74	http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB59	cec047bc1cb68672c8cf2ef0df19dc437cfa9452c63fbd8f4bd4e838ee40f2b7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-al

Alabama HB 59 (2019rs) — Capital offenses, aggravating circumstances if victim was a law enforcement or correctional officer, first responder, or under 14 years of age, 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. Amd/Sub 201734-1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Sells motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1094 — 102–0 (pass) · lower
• Whatley motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1152 — 27–0 (pass) · upper
• Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 287 — 94–0 (pass) · lower
• Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1153 — 27–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Sells — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Judiciary reading-1, referral-committee
• 2019-03-20T04:00:00+00:00 Read for the second time and placed on the calendar reading-2
• 2019-04-18T04:00:00+00:00 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2019-04-18T04:00:00+00:00 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 287 passage
• 2019-04-18T04:00:00+00:00 Wilcox intended to vote "Yea"
• 2019-04-23T04:00:00+00:00 Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary reading-1, referral-committee
• 2019-05-08T04:00:00+00:00 Read for the second time and placed on the calendar reading-2
• 2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00 Whatley Amendment Offered amendment-introduction
• 2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00 Whatley motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1152 amendment-passage
• 2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1153 passage
• 2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00 Concurrence Requested
• 2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00 Sells motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1094 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. 2019-514. 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/2b5a6181-362a-4ac1-9096-f7fefd38aa74. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).