republic-os/legislation/us/states/al/2023rs/hb-4.md

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Bill	Relating to crimes and offenses; to make it unlawful for individuals to require another individual to be implanted with a microchip; to provide criminal penalties; and in connection therewith would have as its purpose or effect the requirement of a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of Section 111.05 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022.	Labor & Employment, microchipping of employees prohibited, criminal penalties provided	us/states/al	Alabama Legislature	2023rs	HB 4	Alabama HB 4 (2023rs)	bill	Labor & Employment	enacted	Prince Chestnut	7	23	4	2023-01-20T05:00:00+00:00	2023-06-02T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/c05dbe91-9fb5-44c4-984a-f8938e7aa745	https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search	92dda45bde131bc5b40c58e95ed30759d014b0759944b09221fd575a0d8350b4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-al

Alabama HB 4 (2023rs) — Relating to crimes and offenses; to make it unlawful for individuals to require another individual to be implanted with a microchip; to provide criminal penalties; and in connection therewith would have as its purpose or effect the requirement of a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of Section 111.05 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022.

Labor & Employment, microchipping of employees prohibited, criminal penalties provided

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Act 2023-396 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment 8T91F2-1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Amendment BDDMJ4-1 (committee substitute) — source
5. Judiciary Amendment 1VMR33-1 (committee substitute) — source
6. Judiciary Amendment 5CYU63-1 (committee substitute) — source
7. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Roll of the H for Vote 904 on HB4 (2023 Regular Session) — 102–0 (pass) · lower
• Roll of the S for Vote 789 on HB4 (2023 Regular Session) — 33–0 (pass) · upper
• Roll of the H for Vote 461 on HB4 (2023 Regular Session) — 104–0 (pass) · lower
• Roll of the H for Vote 460 on HB4 (2023 Regular Session) — 105–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Prince Chestnut — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-20T05:00:00+00:00 Filed filing
• 2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00 Enrolled
• 2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00 Concur In and Adopt
• 2023-05-17T04:00:00+00:00 Read A Third Time And Passed As Amended
• 2023-05-17T04:00:00+00:00 Adopt
• 2023-05-17T04:00:00+00:00 On Third Reading in Second House
• 2023-05-11T04:00:00+00:00 Read Second Time in Second House
• 2023-05-10T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out of Committee in Second House
• 2023-05-10T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Favorably (Judiciary) committee-passage
• 2023-05-10T04:00:00+00:00 AMD/SUB (Judiciary)
• 2023-04-27T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to Committee (Judiciary) referral-committee
• 2023-04-27T04:00:00+00:00 Read First Time in Second House reading-1
• 2023-04-27T04:00:00+00:00 Read a Third Time and Pass passage
• 2023-04-27T04:00:00+00:00 Table
• 2023-04-27T04:00:00+00:00 On Third Reading in House of Origin
• 2023-03-22T04:00:00+00:00 Read Second Time in House of Origin
• 2023-03-22T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
• 2023-03-22T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Favorably (Judiciary) committee-passage
• 2023-03-22T04:00:00+00:00 AMD/SUB (Judiciary)
• 2023-03-22T04:00:00+00:00 AMD/SUB (Judiciary)
• 2023-03-21T04:00:00+00:00 AMD/SUB (Judiciary)
• 2023-01-20T05:00:00+00:00 Introduced and Referred (Judiciary) introduction, referral
• 2023-06-02T04:00:00+00:00 Enacted as 2023-396 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c05dbe91-9fb5-44c4-984a-f8938e7aa745. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).