Hearing
House Public Safety and Homeland Security Hearing
Room 206 at 09:00:00
SB116 Alabama 2025 Session
Updated Jan 14, 2026
Summary
- Primary Sponsor
Will BarfootSenatorRepublican- Session
- 2025 Regular Session
- Title
- Machine gun conversion devices prohibited
- Description
Under existing law, persons are prohibited from possessing certain firearms.
This bill would prohibit persons from possessing a part or combination of parts designed or intended to convert a pistol into a machine gun.
This bill would also provide criminal penalties for violations.
Section 111.05 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022, prohibits a general law whose purpose or effect would be to require a new or increased expenditure of local funds from becoming effective with regard to a local governmental entity without enactment by a 2/3 vote unless: it comes within one of a number of specified exceptions; it is approved by the affected entity; or the Legislature appropriates funds, or provides a local source of revenue, to the entity for the purpose.
The purpose or effect of this bill would be to require a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of the amendment. However, the bill does not require approval of a local governmental entity or enactment by a 2/3 vote to become effective because it came within one of the specified exceptions contained in the amendment.
SB116 INTRODUCED.
- Subjects
- Firearms
Bill Actions
S
Enacted
S
Enacted
H
Signature Requested
S
Delivered to Governor
S
Enrolled
S
Ready to Enroll
S
Barfoot Motion to Concur In and Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 319
H
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 372
H
Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 371 7BB382V-1
H
Public Safety and Homeland Security Engrossed Substitute Offered 7BB382V-1
H
Third Reading in Second House
H
Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar
H
Reported Out of Committee Second House from House Public Safety and Homeland Security 7BB382V-1
H
Public Safety and Homeland Security 1st Amendment RBBPAYM-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
S
Engrossed
S
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 180
S
Smitherman motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 179 SLLJS77-1
S
Smitherman 1st Amendment Offered SLLJS77-1
S
Third Reading in House of Origin
S
Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar
S
Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
S
Pending Senate Judiciary
S
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Judiciary
Calendar
Hearing
Senate Judiciary Hearing
Room 325 at 09:30:00
Bill Text
Votes
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Roll Call 180
Yes
28
Absent
6
Smitherman motion to Adopt - Roll Call 179 SLLJS77-1
Yes
28
Absent
6
Third Reading in House of Origin
Yes
29
Absent
5
SBIR: Passed by House of Origin
Yes
29
Absent
5
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Roll Call 372
Yes
77
No
23
Abstained
4
Motion to Adopt - Roll Call 371 7BB382V-1
Yes
85
No
16
Abstained
3
Third Reading in Second House
Yes
85
No
16
Abstained
3
HBIR: Passed by Second House
Yes
85
No
16
Abstained
3
Barfoot Motion to Concur In and Adopt - Roll Call 319
Yes
24
No
2
Absent
8
Documents
Bill Text (Enrolled)
SB116 Alabama 2025 Session - Enrolled
Bill Text (Engrossed)
SB116 Alabama 2025 Session - Engrossed
Bill Text (Introduced)
SB116 Alabama 2025 Session - Introduced
Amendment
Senate Smitherman motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 179
Amendment
House Public Safety and Homeland Security Reported Out of Committee Second House
Amendment
House Public Safety and Homeland Security Public Safety and Homeland Security 1st Amendment
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note - Introduced
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note - Passed First Chamber
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note - Reported by Second Chamber Committee
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note - Enacted
Source: Alabama Legislature