republic-os/legislation/us/states/al/2023rs/sb-59.md

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Bill	Relating to disclosure of certain personal information; to prohibit public agencies from collecting, disclosing, or releasing certain personal information about members of, volunteers for, and financial and nonfinancial donors to nonprofit organizations, except as required by law; and to provide civil and criminal penalties for violation of these prohibitions; 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.	Public Agencies, establishes the Personal Privacy Protection Act, prohibits public agency disclosure of information identifying supporters of 501(c) non-profit organizations.	us/states/al	Alabama Legislature	2023rs	SB 59	Alabama SB 59 (2023rs)	bill	Public Agencies	enacted	Rodger M. Smitherman	11	29	9	2023-03-07T05:00:00+00:00	2023-05-09T12:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/86fc1e51-6031-474e-b5d4-30ce8aac8462	https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search	ca8e0fb992ce3c22cfa43006a5d6564d41301cae5176b4884e9d37ee3b582421	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-al

Alabama SB 59 (2023rs) — Relating to disclosure of certain personal information; to prohibit public agencies from collecting, disclosing, or releasing certain personal information about members of, volunteers for, and financial and nonfinancial donors to nonprofit organizations, except as required by law; and to provide civil and criminal penalties for violation of these prohibitions; 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.

Public Agencies, establishes the Personal Privacy Protection Act, prohibits public agency disclosure of information identifying supporters of 501(c) non-profit organizations.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Act 2023-128 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment 1GCW3L-1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Amendment 2TTUKK-1 (committee substitute) — source
5. Amendment 2YUGSS-1 (committee substitute) — source
6. Amendment 8MXAHH-1 (committee substitute) — source
7. Amendment FIY45D-1 (committee substitute) — source
8. Amendment H9V563-1 (committee substitute) — source
9. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
10. Judiciary Amendment GNAOC2-1 (committee substitute) — source
11. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Roll of the S for Vote 182 on SB59 (2023 Regular Session) — 30–0 (pass) · upper
• Roll of the S for Vote 215 on SB59 (2023 Regular Session) — 31–0 (pass) · upper
• Roll of the S for Vote 216 on SB59 (2023 Regular Session) — 31–0 (pass) · upper
• Roll of the S for Vote 184 on SB59 (2023 Regular Session) — 32–0 (pass) · upper
• Roll of the S for Vote 214 on SB59 (2023 Regular Session) — 31–0 (pass) · upper
• Roll of the H for Vote 406 on SB59 (2023 Regular Session) — 104–0 (pass) · lower
• Roll of the S for Vote 410 on SB59 (2023 Regular Session) — 23–0 (pass) · upper
• Roll of the S for Vote 183 on SB59 (2023 Regular Session) — 31–0 (pass) · upper
• Roll of the H for Vote 405 on SB59 (2023 Regular Session) — 100–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Rodger M. Smitherman — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-04-27T04:00:00+00:00 Enrolled
• 2023-04-27T04:00:00+00:00 Concur In and Adopt
• 2023-04-25T04:00:00+00:00 Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended passage
• 2023-04-25T04:00:00+00:00 Adopt
• 2023-04-25T04:00:00+00:00 On Third Reading in Second House
• 2023-04-19T04:00:00+00:00 Read Second Time in Second House
• 2023-04-19T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out of Committee in Second House
• 2023-04-19T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Favorably (Judiciary) committee-passage
• 2023-04-19T04:00:00+00:00 AMD/SUB (Judiciary)
• 2023-04-18T04:00:00+00:00 AMD/SUB (Judiciary)
• 2023-04-13T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to Committee (Judiciary) referral-committee
• 2023-04-13T04:00:00+00:00 Read First Time in Second House reading-1
• 2023-04-13T04:00:00+00:00 Read A Third Time And Passed As Amended
• 2023-04-13T04:00:00+00:00 Adopt
• 2023-04-13T04:00:00+00:00 Adopt
• 2023-04-11T04:00:00+00:00 Carry Over to the Call of the Chair
• 2023-04-11T04:00:00+00:00 Adopt
• 2023-04-11T04:00:00+00:00 Adopt
• 2023-04-11T04:00:00+00:00 Adopt
• 2023-04-11T04:00:00+00:00 On Third Reading in House of Origin
• 2023-04-05T04:00:00+00:00 Read Second Time in House of Origin
• 2023-04-05T04:00:00+00:00 AMD/SUB (Judiciary)
• 2023-04-05T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
• 2023-04-04T04:00:00+00:00 AMD/SUB (Judiciary)
• 2023-04-05T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Favorably (Judiciary) committee-passage
• 2023-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 AMD/SUB (Judiciary)
• 2023-03-07T05:00:00+00:00 Introduced and Referred (Judiciary) introduction, referral
• 2023-03-07T05:00:00+00:00 Read First Time in House of Origin reading-1
• 2023-05-09T12:00:00+00:00 Enacted as 2023-128 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/86fc1e51-6031-474e-b5d4-30ce8aac8462. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).