republic-os/legislation/us/states/al/2019rs/sb-277.md

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Bill	Criminal history background checks, required for any adult working in a child care institution, group home, maternity center, or transitional living facility, Secs. 38-13-2, 38-13-4 am'd.	Criminal history background checks, required for any adult working in a child care institution, group home, maternity center, or transitional living facility, Secs. 38-13-2, 38-13-4 am'd.	us/states/al	Alabama Legislature	2019rs	SB 277	Alabama SB 277 (2019rs)	bill	Criminal Background Checks	enacted	Smitherman	2	12	2	2019-04-11T04:00:00+00:00	2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/7459f5e9-750c-4b8f-9208-eb9d20649093	http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB277	e634a25979c75a1512ff20bb1a7211f5578de9e5820bccd353e9d409c5fff40b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-al

Alabama SB 277 (2019rs) — Criminal history background checks, required for any adult working in a child care institution, group home, maternity center, or transitional living facility, Secs. 38-13-2, 38-13-4 am'd.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 912 — 83–0 (pass) · lower
• Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 417 — 25–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Smitherman — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-04-11T04:00:00+00:00 Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Children, Youth and Human Services reading-1, referral-committee
• 2019-04-18T04:00:00+00:00 Read for the second time and placed on the calendar reading-2
• 2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 417 passage
• 2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00 Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Children and Senior Advocacy 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 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 912 passage
• 2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Second House passage
• 2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00 Enrolled
• 2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00 Signature Requested
• 2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00 Assigned Act No. 2019-303. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7459f5e9-750c-4b8f-9208-eb9d20649093. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).