republic-os/legislation/us/states/al/2024rs/hb-78.md

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Bill	Crimes and offenses; crime of swatting created; penalties established; jurisdiction provided for; restitution required	Crimes & Offenses	us/states/al	Alabama Legislature	2024rs	HB 78	Alabama HB 78 (2024rs)	bill	Crimes & Offenses	enacted	Phillip Ensler	5	22	5	2024-02-01T05:00:00+00:00	2024-05-09T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/aeb1ddbe-7c70-4778-a98b-f613ff4da7a5	https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search	9097052fbdbf8e41999c52c920ee57ca1d27a90b232c55eb804b9db335c424ae	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-al

Alabama HB 78 (2024rs) — Crimes and offenses; crime of swatting created; penalties established; jurisdiction provided for; restitution required

Crimes & Offenses

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Act 2024-297 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment 6T9M33Z-1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Roll of the S for Vote 936 on HB78 (2024 Regular Session) — 30–0 (pass) · upper
• Roll of the H for Vote 36 on HB78 (2024 Regular Session) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Roll of the S for Vote 937 on HB78 (2024 Regular Session) — 30–0 (pass) · upper
• Roll of the H for Vote 37 on HB78 (2024 Regular Session) — 97–2 (pass) · lower
• Roll of the H for Vote 38 on HB78 (2024 Regular Session) — 99–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Phillip Ensler — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-01T05:00:00+00:00 Filed filing
• 2024-05-09T04:00:00+00:00 Enacted became-law
• 2024-05-02T04:00:00+00:00 Enrolled
• 2024-05-02T04:00:00+00:00 Delivered to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-05-02T04:00:00+00:00 Signature Requested
• 2024-05-02T04:00:00+00:00 Ready to Enroll
• 2024-05-02T04:00:00+00:00 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 937 passage
• 2024-05-02T04:00:00+00:00 Third Reading in Second House
• 2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00 Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Judiciary)
• 2024-03-20T04:00:00+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 38 passage
• 2024-02-20T05:00:00+00:00 Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 37
• 2024-02-20T05:00:00+00:00 JUDY 5th 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
• 2024-05-08T19:45:00+00:00 Enacted as 2024-297 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/aeb1ddbe-7c70-4778-a98b-f613ff4da7a5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).