Hearing
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HB559 Alabama 2025 Session
Updated Jan 14, 2026
HB559 Alabama 2025 Session
House Bill
In Second Chamber
Current Status
2025 Regular Session
Session
1
Sponsor
Summary
- Primary Sponsor
-
Jamie Kiel RepresentativeRepublican - Session
- 2025 Regular Session
- Title
- Crimes and offenses; crime of loitering, exceptions further provided; mask usage policies on school campuses, authorized
- Description
Under existing law, loitering is a crime committed when a person unlawfully loiters, remains, or wanders about a specified place for a prohibited purpose. The crime is also committed when a masked person loiters, remains, or congregates in a public place.
Existing law specifies that the crime is not committed when the person is participating in a masquerade event or participating in a public parade presentation of or an educational, religious, or historical event.
This bill would further provide for the exemption by including wearing a surgical or medical mask while participating in a protest, demonstration, or other public assembly, provided the use of the mask is to mitigate the spread of an infectious disease.
This bill would also allow local boards of education and public institutions of higher education to adopt and enforce mask policies on their respective campuses.
- Subjects
- Crimes & Offenses
Bill Actions
S
Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar
S
Reported Out of Committee Second House
S
Pending Senate Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development
S
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development
H
Engrossed
H
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 1057
H
Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1056 FK1SL5D-1
H
Public Safety and Homeland Security Engrossed Substitute Offered FK1SL5D-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 from House Public Safety and Homeland Security FK1SL5D-1
H
Public Safety and Homeland Security 2nd Amendment MS8E7WW-1
H
Public Safety and Homeland Security 1st Amendment ZQZXHKW-1
H
Pending House Public Safety and Homeland Security
H
Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security
Calendar
Hearing
House Public Safety and Homeland Security Hearing
Room 206 at 09:00:00
Bill Text
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Votes
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Roll Call 1057
Yes
74
No
22
Abstained
7
Motion to Adopt - Roll Call 1056 FK1SL5D-1
Yes
96
Abstained
4
Absent
3
Third Reading in House of Origin
Yes
95
Abstained
4
Absent
4
HBIR: Passed by House of Origin
Yes
95
Abstained
4
Absent
4
Documents
Bill Text (Engrossed)
HB559 Alabama 2025 Session - Engrossed
Bill Text (Introduced)
HB559 Alabama 2025 Session - Introduced
Amendment
House Public Safety and Homeland Security Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
Amendment
House Public Safety and Homeland Security Public Safety and Homeland Security 2nd Amendment
Amendment
House Public Safety and Homeland Security Public Safety and Homeland Security 1st Amendment
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note - Introduced
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note - Reported by First Chamber Committee
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note - Passed First Chamber
Source: Alabama Legislature