---
type: "Bill"
title: "Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Enforcement Act; certain temporary emergency child custody determinations authorized to become final"
description: "Family Law"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2026rs"
identifier: "SB 239"
citation: "Alabama SB 239 (2026rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Family Law"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Smitherman"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2026-02-03T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-13T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/31573975-ba34-4b8c-ab9b-0018c545c4ac"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "97b8ad7f91af64883ce5581b2bd1d04c1f56b6672b3ead6d95724e91cc3747b8"
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 SB 239 (2026rs) — Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Enforcement Act; certain temporary emergency child custody determinations authorized to become final

Family Law

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/SB239-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/SB239-enr.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Smitherman — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2026-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2026-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2026-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 725 `passage`
- **2026-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in Second House
- **2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Judiciary)
- **2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2026-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Judiciary)
- **2026-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 423 `passage`
- **2026-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2026-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Judiciary)
- **2026-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- **2026-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Judiciary)
- **2026-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/31573975-ba34-4b8c-ab9b-0018c545c4ac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).