republic-os/legislation/us/states/al/2021rs/hb-538.md

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Bill	Absentee ballots, timeframe for applying to vote absentee, revised, to revise certain procedures for processing absentee ballots, Secs. 17-11-3, 17-11-10, 17-11-18 am'd.	Absentee ballots, timeframe for applying to vote absentee, revised, to revise certain procedures for processing absentee ballots, Secs. 17-11-3, 17-11-10, 17-11-18 am'd.	us/states/al	Alabama Legislature	2021rs	HB 538	Alabama HB 538 (2021rs)	bill	Elections	enacted	Baker	5	20	5	2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00	2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/50e51fed-d1ad-4c77-9361-0f0e459aaa49	http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB538	c28bf5648fc26b0dee48fbf46ec01bba279aa800bcda4fdaa5d40982c853810e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-al

Alabama HB 538 (2021rs) — Absentee ballots, timeframe for applying to vote absentee, revised, to revise certain procedures for processing absentee ballots, Secs. 17-11-3, 17-11-10, 17-11-18 am'd.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Amd/Sub 212043-2 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amd/Sub 213643-1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 565 — 79–16 (pass) · lower
• Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1134 — 25–5 (pass) · upper
• Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 564 — 78–9 (pass) · lower
• Baker motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 999 — 81–12 (pass) · lower
• Singleton motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1133 — 21–9 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Baker — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Constitution, Campaigns and Elections reading-1, referral-committee
• 2021-03-18T04:00:00+00:00 Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment reading-2
• 2021-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2021-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 Constitution, Campaigns and Elections Amendment Offered amendment-introduction
• 2021-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 564 amendment-passage
• 2021-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 565 passage
• 2021-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 Engrossed
• 2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development reading-1, referral-committee
• 2021-04-22T04:00:00+00:00 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2021-04-22T04:00:00+00:00 Singleton Amendment Offered amendment-introduction
• 2021-04-22T04:00:00+00:00 Singleton motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1133 amendment-passage
• 2021-04-22T04:00:00+00:00 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1134 passage
• 2021-04-27T04:00:00+00:00 Concurrence Requested
• 2021-04-27T04:00:00+00:00 Baker motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 999 passage
• 2021-04-27T04:00:00+00:00 Concurred in Second House Amendment
• 2021-04-27T04:00:00+00:00 Enrolled
• 2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00 Signature Requested
• 2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00 Clerk of the House Certification
• 2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00 Assigned Act No. 2021-364. executive-signature
• 2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00 Delivered to Governor at 10:11 a.m. on April 29, 2021. executive-receipt

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/50e51fed-d1ad-4c77-9361-0f0e459aaa49. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).