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type: "Bill"
title: "Absentee voting, procedures revised, circumstances when authorized expanded, photo identification for application required, Secs. 17-9-51 repealed; Secs. 17-9-30, 17-10-1, 17-10-2, 17-11-3, 17-11-4, 17-11-5, 17-11-7, 17-11-18, 17-11-19 am'd."
description: "Absentee voting, procedures revised, circumstances when authorized expanded, photo identification for application required, Secs. 17-9-51 repealed; Secs. 17-9-30, 17-10-1, 17-10-2, 17-11-3, 17-11-4, 17-11-5, 17-11-7, 17-11-18, 17-11-19 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2019rs"
identifier: "SB 301"
citation: "Alabama SB 301 (2019rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Absentee Voting"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Smitherman"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-04-16T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/75ce99f4-484d-4129-8ed2-1966ea201c63"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB301"
source_hash: "9e0e26ac6822658f2cd52a41d6622b2fb8a2bac618e82183c8f9e1f8ecebb394"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-al"]
---
# Alabama SB 301 (2019rs) — Absentee voting, procedures revised, circumstances when authorized expanded, photo identification for application required, Secs. 17-9-51 repealed; Secs. 17-9-30, 17-10-1, 17-10-2, 17-11-3, 17-11-4, 17-11-5, 17-11-7, 17-11-18, 17-11-19 am'd.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/SB301-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 202058-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/202058-2.pdf)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/SB301-eng.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/SB301-enr.pdf)
## Votes
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1224 — **1010** (pass) · lower
- Roberts motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1183 — **320** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1184 — **320** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Smitherman — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Governmental Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Carried Over to Call of the Chair
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Smitherman motion to Carry Over to the Call of the Chair adopted Voice Vote
- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Roberts Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Roberts motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1183 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1184 `passage`
- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1224 `passage`
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2019-507. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 4:48 p.m. on May 30, 2019 `executive-receipt`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/75ce99f4-484d-4129-8ed2-1966ea201c63`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).