republic-os/legislation/us/states/al/2022rs/sb-56.md

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Bill	Facial recognition technology, use of match as the sole basis of probable cause or arrest, prohibited	Facial recognition technology, use of match as the sole basis of probable cause or arrest, prohibited	us/states/al	Alabama Legislature	2022rs	SB 56	Alabama SB 56 (2022rs)	bill	Artificial Intelligence	enacted	Orr	3	16	4	2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00	2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/5a688f70-1028-45ca-9288-8fca393ae0f3	http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB56	005d401c17ce19aee4446d8d9c094abb8a13bcb015e0b84080051e25dacc43ce	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-al

Alabama SB 56 (2022rs) — Facial recognition technology, use of match as the sole basis of probable cause or arrest, prohibited

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Amd/Sub 217323-2 (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Reed motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 940 — 30–0 (pass) · upper
• Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 849 — 101–0 (pass) · lower
• Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 848 — 100–0 (pass) · lower
• Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 23 — 30–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Orr — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Governmental Affairs reading-1, referral-committee
• 2022-01-18T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the second time and placed on the calendar reading-2
• 2022-02-01T05:00:00+00:00 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2022-02-01T05:00:00+00:00 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 23 passage
• 2022-02-02T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Judiciary reading-1, referral-committee
• 2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the second time and placed on the calendar with 1 substitute and reading-2
• 2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 Judiciary first Substitute Offered amendment-introduction
• 2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 848 amendment-passage
• 2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 849 passage
• 2022-04-05T04:00:00+00:00 Concurrence Requested
• 2022-04-05T04:00:00+00:00 Reed motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 940 passage
• 2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00 Enrolled
• 2022-04-05T04:00:00+00:00 Concurred in Second House Amendment
• 2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00 Signature Requested
• 2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00 Assigned Act No. 2022-420. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5a688f70-1028-45ca-9288-8fca393ae0f3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).