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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to criminal procedure; to require law enforcement agencies and the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences to submit an annual report containing certain data regarding sexual assault cases to the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency; and to require the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency to submit an annual report containing certain data regarding sexual assault cases to the Chairs of the House and Senate Judiciary Committees."
+description: "Criminal procedure, required law enforcement agencies and the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences to report certain data regarding sexual assault cases to the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency, and required the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency to submit a summary of that data to the Chairs of the House and Senate Judiciary Committees."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
+legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
+session: "2023rs"
+identifier: "HB 21"
+citation: "Alabama HB 21 (2023rs)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Criminal procedure"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Chip Brown"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-02-08T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2023-05-16T13:20:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d4567a1c-b8f4-4b49-bb51-d65787760e0a"
+source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
+source_hash: "85008357af583e30c12d27a5da128067eba49e38426bbb861872de4d25576ff2"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-al"]
+---
+
+# Alabama HB 21 (2023rs) — Relating to criminal procedure; to require law enforcement agencies and the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences to submit an annual report containing certain data regarding sexual assault cases to the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency; and to require the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency to submit an annual report containing certain data regarding sexual assault cases to the Chairs of the House and Senate Judiciary Committees.
+
+Criminal procedure, required law enforcement agencies and the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences to report certain data regarding sexual assault cases to the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency, and required the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency to submit a summary of that data to the Chairs of the House and Senate Judiciary Committees.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/HB21-int.pdf)
+2. **Act 2023-197** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1260784.AI1.pdf)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/HB21-enr.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Roll of the S for Vote 516 on HB21 (2023 Regular Session) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
+- Roll of the H for Vote 160 on HB21 (2023 Regular Session) — **104–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Chip Brown — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Filed `filing`
+- **2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
+- **2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
+- **2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass `passage`
+- **2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in Second House
+- **2023-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in Second House
+- **2023-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in Second House
+- **2023-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Veterans and Military Affairs) `committee-passage`
+- **2023-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Committee (Veterans and Military Affairs) `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in Second House `reading-1`
+- **2023-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass `passage`
+- **2023-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in House of Origin
+- **2023-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in House of Origin
+- **2023-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
+- **2023-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Public Safety and Homeland Security) `committee-passage`
+- **2023-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred (Public Safety and Homeland Security) `introduction, referral`
+- **2023-05-16T13:20:00+00:00** Enacted as 2023-197 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d4567a1c-b8f4-4b49-bb51-d65787760e0a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).
+