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SJR 19 Alabama Senate · 2025 Regular Session

William Raines Battle III, death mourn

SJR 19 is a ceremonial resolution mourning the death of William Raines Battle III (1942-2024), a notable Alabama figure. The resolution honors his life, career as a college football coach and sports licensing pioneer (founding Collegiate Licensing Company), and his family. It expresses the Alabama legislature's "deep sadness" over his passing and offers sympathy to his family. This is purely a symbolic gesture with no policy changes or direct impact on any group. It does not create new laws or alter existing regulations.
Bill status signed all 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Feb 2025
Signed into Law
Feb 2025
Introduced Feb 12, 2025 Signed Feb 25, 2025
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What changed between versions

Introduced → Enrolled · 3 edits · Feb 25, 2025
MINOR
This bill transitioned from an introduced draft to its final enrolled version, primarily involving formatting updates, sponsor name corrections, and the addition of official certification signatures. No substantive policy changes were made to the bill's content or provisions.
TECHNICAL

Updated bill number from WKB4EE9-1 to WKB4EE9-2 and corrected the sponsor list by removing Roberts from line 6 and adding Stutts to line 7.

Changed the header from 'SJR19 INTRODUCED' to 'SJR19 ENROLLED' to reflect the bill's final status.

Added signature lines for the President and Presiding Officer of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives to certify the bill's passage.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
10
Key actions
4
Committee
4
Feb 18, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported from Rules (Rules)
lower
Feb 18, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported Out of Committee Second House
lower
Feb 12, 2025
Lower · Passed
Pending Committee Action in Second House (Rules)
lower
Feb 12, 2025
Committee
Received in the House and referred to the House committee on Rules
lower
Feb 12, 2025
Upper · Passed
Allen motion to Adopt - Adopted Voice Vote
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

No sponsor information available.