# Alabama HB4: Crimes and offenses, further provides for obscenity crimes

Alabama HB4, Crimes and offenses, further provides for obscenity crimes, is a 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Arnold Mooney (Republican); status failed, last action 2025-02-04 (Pending Committee Action in House of Origin) (as of 2026-10-16).

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## Facts
- Bill: Alabama HB4
- State: Alabama
- Session: 2025 Regular Session
- Title: Crimes and offenses, further provides for obscenity crimes
- Status: failed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-02-04
- Last action: 2025-02-04, Pending Committee Action in House of Origin
- Sponsor: Arnold Mooney (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 49
- Subjects: Crimes & Offenses
- Touches household money: no
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Arnold Mooney (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Alan Baker (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Allen Treadaway (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Ben Harrison (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Bill Lamb (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Bob Fincher (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Bryan Brinyark (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Chad Robertson (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Chip Brown (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Chris Pringle (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Chris Sells (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Craig Lipscomb (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: David Standridge (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Donna Givens (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Ed Oliver (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Ernie Yarbrough (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Frances Holk-Jones (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Ivan Smith (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: James Lomax (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Jamie Kiel (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Jeff Sorrells (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Jennifer Fidler (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Jerry Starnes (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Jim Carns (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Kenneth Paschal (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Kerry (Bubba) Underwood (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Leigh Hulsey (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Mack Butler (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Mark Gidley (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Matt Woods (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Matthew Hammett (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Member 100519
- Cosponsor: Mike Kirkland (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Mike Shaw (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Nathaniel Ledbetter (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Parker Moore (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Phillip Pettus (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Phillip Rigsby (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Rhett Marques (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Rick Rehm (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Ritchie Whorton (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Ron Bolton (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Russell Bedsole (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Scott Stadthagen (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Shane Stringer (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Steve Hurst (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Susan DuBose (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Tracy Estes (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Troy Stubbs (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: William Brock Colvin (Republican), House

## Actions (2)

- 2025-02-04: Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Judiciary (House)
- 2025-02-04: Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (House)

## Bill text

- As Introduced: [PDF](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/HB4-int.pdf)

## Related bills

- HB52: Income Taxes; to make technical changes to the funding provisions of the CHOOSE Act credits and increase funding, and to extend the sunset date for deductions… (enacted)
- SB331: Barbour County, compensation of the judge of probate further provided for (enacted)
- SB102: Medicaid; providing presumptive eligibility to pregnant women (enacted)
- HB445: Cannabinoids found in hemp; licensure and regulation of sale of consumable cannabinoid products by Alcoholic Beverage Control Board imposed (enacted)
- HB357: Tobacco products, heated tobacco product definition and tax provided for (enacted)
- HB349: Russell County; sheriff, salary further provided (enacted)

## Sources
- [As Introduced (PDF)](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/HB4-int.pdf)

## Related
- [HB52: Income Taxes; to make technical changes to the funding provisions of the CHOOSE…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-HB52-2025rs)
- [SB331: Barbour County, compensation of the judge of probate further provided for](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-SB331-2025rs)
- [SB102: Medicaid; providing presumptive eligibility to pregnant women](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-SB102-2025rs)
- [HB445: Cannabinoids found in hemp; licensure and regulation of sale of consumable cann…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-HB445-2025rs)
- [HB357: Tobacco products, heated tobacco product definition and tax provided for](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-HB357-2025rs)
- [HB349: Russell County; sheriff, salary further provided](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-HB349-2025rs)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-HB4-2025rs (as of 2026-10-16).