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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Crimes & Offenses, raises max. age for offenses involving obscene materials with depictions of children, authorizes punitive damages for victims of those offenses, and directs Board of Ed. to require policies related to those offenses"
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description: "Crimes & Offenses"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
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legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
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session: "2024rs"
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identifier: "HB 168"
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citation: "Alabama HB 168 (2024rs)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Crimes & Offenses"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Matt Woods"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 24
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2024-02-14T05:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2024-04-24T04:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4acd3b0b-f4db-4cdd-9406-dc9d3a532bdb"
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source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
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source_hash: "0d01f9b43fe8ca1cef5c32010cd151ceb16ece5d52ac3096feb120dab74d3a24"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-al"]
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---
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# Alabama HB 168 (2024rs) — Crimes & Offenses, raises max. age for offenses involving obscene materials with depictions of children, authorizes punitive damages for victims of those offenses, and directs Board of Ed. to require policies related to those offenses
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Crimes & Offenses
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/HB168-int.pdf)
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2. **Act 2024-98** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1524407.AI1.pdf)
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3. **Amendment LRVFAWW-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/LRVFAWW-1.pdf)
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4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/HB168-eng.pdf)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/HB168-enr.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Roll of the H for Vote 109 on HB168 (2024 Regular Session) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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- Roll of the S for Vote 497 on HB168 (2024 Regular Session) — **29–0** (pass) · upper
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- Roll of the H for Vote 110 on HB168 (2024 Regular Session) — **101–0** (pass) · lower
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- Roll of the S for Vote 496 on HB168 (2024 Regular Session) — **29–0** (pass) · upper
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- Roll of the H for Vote 108 on HB168 (2024 Regular Session) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Matt Woods — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-04-24T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
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- **2024-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
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- **2024-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
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- **2024-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
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- **2024-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
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- **2024-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
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- **2024-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 497 `passage`
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- **2024-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in Second House
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- **2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Judiciary)
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- **2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
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- **2024-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Judiciary)
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- **2024-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
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- **2024-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 110 `passage`
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- **2024-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 109
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- **2024-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** JUDY Substitute Offered (Judiciary) `amendment-introduction`
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- **2024-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
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- **2024-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** Committee Substitute Adopted (Judiciary)
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- **2024-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Judiciary)
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- **2024-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
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- **2024-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Judiciary)
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- **2024-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2024-04-18T17:45:00+00:00** Enacted as 2024-98 `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4acd3b0b-f4db-4cdd-9406-dc9d3a532bdb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).
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