republic-os/legislation/us/states/al/2026rs/hb-302.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Bail and surety bonding; requirements for professional surety bondsman and professional bail bondsman further provided for, requirements for apprentice bondsman further provided for, to require circuit clerks to report the authorized professional bail bond companies, appointment of additional members to the Alabama Bail Bonding Board provided for, and late application and license renewal fees provided"
description: "Criminal Procedure"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2026rs"
identifier: "HB 302"
citation: "Alabama HB 302 (2026rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Procedure"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brown (C)"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 28
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2026-01-21T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-16T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bbaa04dd-eb23-4270-a0aa-8c78aa3934af"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "2c0413d8860cc74f29f6f3f13984d76510caa021cb5bef49caa4ec1b426620f9"
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 HB 302 (2026rs) — Bail and surety bonding; requirements for professional surety bondsman and professional bail bondsman further provided for, requirements for apprentice bondsman further provided for, to require circuit clerks to report the authorized professional bail bond companies, appointment of additional members to the Alabama Bail Bonding Board provided for, and late application and license renewal fees provided

Criminal Procedure

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB302-int.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB302-eng.pdf)
3. **Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 625** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/7B15HVV-1.pdf)
4. **Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 626** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/RBR57YN-1.pdf)
5. **Sessions motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1275** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/7BPHQEE-1.pdf)
6. **Sessions motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1276** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/9J8FNPM-1.pdf)
7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB302-enr.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Brown (C) — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2026-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2026-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2026-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2026-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Brown motion to Concur In and Adopt Senate Amendment - Adopted Roll Call 1344
- **2026-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 1277 `passage`
- **2026-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Sessions motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1276
- **2026-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Sessions 1st Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Sessions motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1275
- **2026-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Judiciary 1st Amendment Offered (Judiciary) `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Judiciary)
- **2026-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2026-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** Judiciary 1st Amendment (Judiciary)
- **2026-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Judiciary)
- **2026-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2026-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 627 `passage`
- **2026-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 626
- **2026-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** Ingram 1st Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 625
- **2026-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** Boards, Agencies and Commissions 1st Substitute Offered (Boards, Agencies and Commissions) `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2026-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Boards, Agencies and Commissions)
- **2026-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- **2026-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Boards, Agencies and Commissions 1st Substitute (Boards, Agencies and Commissions)
- **2026-01-21T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Boards, Agencies and Commissions)
- **2026-01-21T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Boards, Agencies and Commissions `reading-1, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bbaa04dd-eb23-4270-a0aa-8c78aa3934af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).