# Alabama HB559: Crimes and offenses; crime of loitering, exceptions further provided; mask usage policies on school campuses, authorized

Alabama HB559, Crimes and offenses; crime of loitering, exceptions further provided; mask usage policies on school campuses, authorized, is a 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Jamie Kiel (Republican); status failed, last action 2025-05-06 (Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar) (as of 2026-10-16).

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## Facts
- Bill: Alabama HB559
- State: Alabama
- Session: 2025 Regular Session
- Title: Crimes and offenses; crime of loitering, exceptions further provided; mask usage policies on school campuses, authorized
- Status: failed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-04-10
- Last action: 2025-05-06, Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar
- Sponsor: Jamie Kiel (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Crimes & Offenses
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 3 (265 yes, 22 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: Jamie Kiel (Republican), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-04-29 | House | Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 1057 | pass | 74 | 22 | 7 |
| 2025-04-29 | House | Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1056 | pass | 96 | 0 | 4 |
| 2025-04-29 | House | Third Reading in House of Origin | pass | 95 | 0 | 4 |

## Actions (15)

- 2025-05-06: Reported Out of Committee Second House (Senate)
- 2025-05-06: Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Senate)
- 2025-05-01: Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development (Senate)
- 2025-05-01: Pending Committee Action in Second House (Senate)
- 2025-04-29: Third Reading in House of Origin (House)
- 2025-04-29: Public Safety and Homeland Security Engrossed Substitute Offered (House)
- 2025-04-29: Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1056 (House)
- 2025-04-29: Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 1057 (House)
- 2025-04-29: Engrossed (House)
- 2025-04-17: Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (House)
- 2025-04-16: Public Safety and Homeland Security 1st Amendment (House)
- 2025-04-16: Public Safety and Homeland Security 2nd Amendment (House)
- 2025-04-16: Reported Out of Committee House of Origin (House)
- 2025-04-10: Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security (House)
- 2025-04-10: Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (House)

## Bill text

- As Introduced: [PDF](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/HB559-int.pdf)
- Engrossed: [PDF](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/HB559-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/HB559-int.pdf)
- [Engrossed (PDF)](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/HB559-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-HB559-2025rs (as of 2026-10-16).