# Alabama HB479: Voting, statewide voter registration database, identifying voter address changes, Electronic Registration Information Center removed as verification database

Alabama HB479, Voting, statewide voter registration database, identifying voter address changes, Electronic Registration Information Center removed as verification database, is a 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Bryan Brinyark (Republican); status failed, last action 2025-04-29 (Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar) (as of 2026-10-16).

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## Facts
- Bill: Alabama HB479
- State: Alabama
- Session: 2025 Regular Session
- Title: Voting, statewide voter registration database, identifying voter address changes, Electronic Registration Information Center removed as verification database
- Status: failed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-04-01
- Last action: 2025-04-29, Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar
- Sponsor: Bryan Brinyark (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 3
- Subjects: Elections, Voting, & Campaigns
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 6 (423 yes, 125 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Bryan Brinyark (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: James Lomax (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Matt Woods (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Troy Stubbs (Republican), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-04-22 | House | Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 933 | pass | 74 | 28 |   |
| 2025-04-22 | House | Brinyark motion to Table - Adopted Roll Call 932 | pass | 73 | 28 | 1 |
| 2025-04-22 | House | Brinyark motion to Table - Adopted Roll Call 931 | pass | 73 | 28 | 1 |
| 2025-04-22 | House | Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 930 | pass | 80 | 16 | 3 |
| 2025-04-22 | House | Third Reading in House of Origin | pass | 73 | 23 | 4 |
| 2025-04-22 | House | Motion to Add Cosponsor - Adopted Roll Call 934 | pass | 50 | 2 | 1 |

## Actions (20)

- 2025-04-29: County and Municipal Government 1st Amendment (Senate)
- 2025-04-29: Reported Out of Committee Second House (Senate)
- 2025-04-29: Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Senate)
- 2025-04-24: Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on County and Municipal Government (Senate)
- 2025-04-24: Pending Committee Action in Second House (Senate)
- 2025-04-22: Third Reading in House of Origin (House)
- 2025-04-22: Constitution, Campaigns and Elections Engrossed Substitute Offered (House)
- 2025-04-22: Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 930 (House)
- 2025-04-22: Clarke 1st Amendment Offered (House)
- 2025-04-22: Brinyark motion to Table - Adopted Roll Call 931 (House)
- 2025-04-22: Hassell 1st Amendment Offered (House)
- 2025-04-22: Brinyark motion to Table - Adopted Roll Call 932 (House)
- 2025-04-22: Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 933 (House)
- 2025-04-22: Motion to Add Cosponsor - Adopted Roll Call 934 (House)
- 2025-04-22: Engrossed (House)
- 2025-04-09: Constitution, Campaigns and Elections 1st Amendment (House)
- 2025-04-09: Reported Out of Committee House of Origin (House)
- 2025-04-09: Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (House)
- 2025-04-01: Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Constitution, Campaigns and Elections (House)
- 2025-04-01: Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (House)

## Bill text

- As Introduced: [PDF](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/HB479-int.pdf)
- Engrossed: [PDF](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/HB479-eng.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/HB479-int.pdf)
- [Engrossed (PDF)](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/HB479-eng.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-HB479-2025rs (as of 2026-10-16).