republic-os/legislation/us/states/al/2024rs/hb-42.md

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Bill	Sound of Freedom Act; human trafficking; minimum sentence of life imprisonment where victim is a minor	Crimes & Offenses	us/states/al	Alabama Legislature	2024rs	HB 42	Alabama HB 42 (2024rs)	bill	Crimes & Offenses	enacted	Donna Givens	6	30	6	2024-01-12T05:00:00+00:00	2024-04-30T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/d3f7c6ab-536d-48c4-a292-1d76347dea78	https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search	6f35a6eac84cc9bbac18accb84200fa68484408a0741b903316876ecee32dd7d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-al

Alabama HB 42 (2024rs) — Sound of Freedom Act; human trafficking; minimum sentence of life imprisonment where victim is a minor

Crimes & Offenses

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Act 2024-87 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment 7PP92E2-1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Amendment DKM2HHH-1 (committee substitute) — source
5. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
6. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Roll of the H for Vote 30 on HB42 (2024 Regular Session) — 102–0 (pass) · lower
• Roll of the H for Vote 29 on HB42 (2024 Regular Session) — 101–0 (pass) · lower
• Roll of the H for Vote 31 on HB42 (2024 Regular Session) — 102–0 (pass) · lower
• Roll of the S for Vote 502 on HB42 (2024 Regular Session) — 29–0 (pass) · upper
• Roll of the S for Vote 503 on HB42 (2024 Regular Session) — 29–0 (pass) · upper
• Roll of the S for Vote 501 on HB42 (2024 Regular Session) — 29–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Donna Givens — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-12T05:00:00+00:00 Filed filing
• 2024-04-30T04:00:00+00:00 Delivered to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-04-24T04:00:00+00:00 Enacted became-law
• 2024-04-16T04:00:00+00:00 Delivered to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-04-16T04:00:00+00:00 Signature Requested
• 2024-04-16T04:00:00+00:00 Enrolled
• 2024-04-16T04:00:00+00:00 Ready to Enroll
• 2024-04-16T04:00:00+00:00 Ready to Enroll
• 2024-04-16T04:00:00+00:00 Ready to Enroll
• 2024-04-11T04:00:00+00:00 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 503 passage
• 2024-04-11T04:00:00+00:00 Bell motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 502
• 2024-04-11T04:00:00+00:00 Judiciary 1st Amendment Offered (Judiciary) amendment-introduction
• 2024-04-11T04:00:00+00:00 Third Reading in Second House
• 2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Judiciary)
• 2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00 Committee Amendment Adopted (Judiciary)
• 2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00 Reported Out of Committee Second House
• 2024-02-21T05:00:00+00:00 Pending Committee Action in Second House (Judiciary)
• 2024-02-21T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Judiciary reading-1, referral-committee
• 2024-02-20T05:00:00+00:00 Engrossed
• 2024-02-20T05:00:00+00:00 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 31 passage
• 2024-02-20T05:00:00+00:00 Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 30
• 2024-02-20T05:00:00+00:00 JUDY 3rd Reported Substitute Offered (Judiciary) amendment-introduction
• 2024-02-20T05:00:00+00:00 Third Reading in House of Origin
• 2024-02-20T05:00:00+00:00 JUDY 2nd Reported Substitute Offered (Judiciary) amendment-introduction
• 2024-02-20T05:00:00+00:00 Third Reading in House of Origin
• 2024-02-14T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Judiciary)
• 2024-02-14T05:00:00+00:00 Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
• 2024-02-06T05:00:00+00:00 Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Judiciary)
• 2024-02-06T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Judiciary reading-1, referral-committee
• 2024-04-17T15:30:00+00:00 Enacted as 2024-87 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d3f7c6ab-536d-48c4-a292-1d76347dea78. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).