---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adult Protective Services Act, revise definition of protected person, to persons with Alzheimers disease or dementia and remove reference to senile, Sec. 38-9-2 am'd."
description: "Adult Protective Services Act, revise definition of protected person, to persons with Alzheimers disease or dementia and remove reference to senile, Sec. 38-9-2 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2018rs"
identifier: "HB 255"
citation: "Alabama HB 255 (2018rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Aged"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hall"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-18T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f45df67e-fe8f-4051-9132-2416384cfff6"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB255"
source_hash: "963d0c050a7d2c4d98bfd0496fba8377c665264f4624ff517f99b3cd392cbd6f"
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 255 (2018rs) — Adult Protective Services Act, revise definition of protected person, to persons with Alzheimers disease or dementia and remove reference to senile, Sec. 38-9-2 am'd.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/HB255-int.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/HB255-eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/HB255-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 714 — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 713 — **69–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1196 — **29–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hall — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-18T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2018-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Judiciary Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 713 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 714 `passage`
- **2018-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2018-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1196 `passage`
- **2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2018-564. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Judiciary first Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Forwarded to Governor on March 27, 2018 at 6:09 p.m. on March 27, 2018. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Forwarded to Governor on March 27, 2018 at 6:09 p.m. on March 27, 2018. `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f45df67e-fe8f-4051-9132-2416384cfff6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).