republic-os/legislation/us/states/al/2019rs/sb-301.md

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Bill	Absentee voting, procedures revised, circumstances when authorized expanded, photo identification for application required, Secs. 17-9-51 repealed; Secs. 17-9-30, 17-10-1, 17-10-2, 17-11-3, 17-11-4, 17-11-5, 17-11-7, 17-11-18, 17-11-19 am'd.	Absentee voting, procedures revised, circumstances when authorized expanded, photo identification for application required, Secs. 17-9-51 repealed; Secs. 17-9-30, 17-10-1, 17-10-2, 17-11-3, 17-11-4, 17-11-5, 17-11-7, 17-11-18, 17-11-19 am'd.	us/states/al	Alabama Legislature	2019rs	SB 301	Alabama SB 301 (2019rs)	bill	Absentee Voting	enacted	Smitherman	4	17	3	2019-04-16T04:00:00+00:00	2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/75ce99f4-484d-4129-8ed2-1966ea201c63	http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB301	9e0e26ac6822658f2cd52a41d6622b2fb8a2bac618e82183c8f9e1f8ecebb394	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-al

Alabama SB 301 (2019rs) — Absentee voting, procedures revised, circumstances when authorized expanded, photo identification for application required, Secs. 17-9-51 repealed; Secs. 17-9-30, 17-10-1, 17-10-2, 17-11-3, 17-11-4, 17-11-5, 17-11-7, 17-11-18, 17-11-19 am'd.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 202058-2 (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
4. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1224 — 101–0 (pass) · lower
• Roberts motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1183 — 32–0 (pass) · upper
• Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1184 — 32–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Smitherman — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-04-16T04:00:00+00:00 Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Governmental Affairs reading-1, referral-committee
• 2019-04-23T04:00:00+00:00 Read for the second time and placed on the calendar reading-2
• 2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00 Third Reading Carried Over to Call of the Chair
• 2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00 Smitherman motion to Carry Over to the Call of the Chair adopted Voice Vote
• 2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00 Roberts Amendment Offered amendment-introduction
• 2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00 Roberts motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1183 amendment-passage
• 2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1184 passage
• 2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00 Engrossed
• 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 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1224 passage
• 2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Second House passage
• 2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00 Enrolled
• 2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00 Signature Requested
• 2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00 Assigned Act No. 2019-507. executive-signature
• 2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00 Delivered to Governor at 4:48 p.m. on May 30, 2019 executive-receipt

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/75ce99f4-484d-4129-8ed2-1966ea201c63. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).