Hearing
Senate Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry Hearing
Finance and Taxation at 11:15:00
HB509 Alabama 2025 Session
Updated Jan 14, 2026
HB509 Alabama 2025 Session
House Bill
Enacted
Current Status
2025 Regular Session
Session
1
Sponsor
Summary
- Primary Sponsor
-
Jeff Sorrells RepresentativeRepublican - Session
- 2025 Regular Session
- Title
- Game breeder license; possessory interest in deer established; killing, testing, prohibition of transfer of deer by state agencies for disease prohibited, subject to exceptions
- Description
Under existing law, the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources is authorized to issue a game breeder license to certain persons to engage in the business of raising protected game animals and game birds, including certain cervids.
This bill would prohibit state agencies from killing, testing, and prohibiting the transfer of these deer due to disease except under certain circumstances.
This bill would establish that deer possessed by a licensee are the personal property of that licensee.
This bill would also make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style.
- Subjects
- Animals
Bill Actions
H
Enacted
H
Enacted
H
Delivered to Governor
S
Signature Requested
H
Enrolled
H
Ready to Enroll
H
Sorrells Concur In and Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1236
S
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 1021
S
Sessions motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1020 5VEFG66-1
S
Sessions 1st Amendment Offered 5VEFG66-1
S
Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar
S
Reported Out of Committee Second House
S
Pending Senate Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry
S
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry
H
Engrossed
H
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 844
H
Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 843 YM1YV26-1
H
Sorrells 1st Amendment Offered YM1YV26-1
H
Third Reading in House of Origin
H
Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar
H
Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
H
Pending House Agriculture and Forestry
H
Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Agriculture and Forestry
Calendar
Hearing
House Agriculture and Forestry Hearing
Room 429 at 15:00:00
Bill Text
Votes
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Roll Call 844
Yes
84
No
8
Abstained
9
Absent
3
Motion to Adopt - Roll Call 843 YM1YV26-1
Yes
99
No
1
Absent
4
Third Reading in House of Origin
Yes
93
No
2
Abstained
7
Absent
2
HBIR: Passed by House of Origin
Yes
93
No
2
Abstained
7
Absent
2
Sorrells Concur In and Adopt - Roll Call 1236
Yes
102
No
1
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Roll Call 1021
Yes
30
Absent
4
Sessions motion to Adopt - Roll Call 1020 5VEFG66-1
Yes
30
Absent
4
Documents
Bill Text (Engrossed)
HB509 Alabama 2025 Session - Engrossed
Bill Text (Introduced)
HB509 Alabama 2025 Session - Introduced
Bill Text (Enrolled)
HB509 Alabama 2025 Session - Enrolled
Amendment
House Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 843
Amendment
Senate Sessions motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1020
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note - Introduced
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note - Passed First Chamber
Source: Alabama Legislature