---
type: "Bill"
title: "Missing persons, persons with Alzheimer's or dementia eligible for Senior Citizen's Alert regardless of age, law enforcement personnel required to undergo training in searching for dementia patients, Secs. 26-19A-2, 26-19A-4 am'd."
description: "Missing persons, persons with Alzheimer's or dementia eligible for Senior Citizen's Alert regardless of age, law enforcement personnel required to undergo training in searching for dementia patients, Secs. 26-19A-2, 26-19A-4 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2018rs"
identifier: "HB 427"
citation: "Alabama HB 427 (2018rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Missing Persons"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hall"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-02-15T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d935157-bf16-40d5-9af5-81c414fc2f54"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB427"
source_hash: "154de163630998400b0225be1e3072718f7f083f069c5529529e72155123ab53"
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 427 (2018rs) — Missing persons, persons with Alzheimer's or dementia eligible for Senior Citizen's Alert regardless of age, law enforcement personnel required to undergo training in searching for dementia patients, Secs. 26-19A-2, 26-19A-4 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/HB427-int.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/HB427-eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/HB427-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Cosponsors Added — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 571 — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 977 — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 570 — **100–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hall — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2018-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Hall Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 570 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 571 `passage`
- **2018-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Cosponsors Added
- **2018-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2018-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Health and Human Services `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Acted on by Health and Human Services as Favorable
- **2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 977 `passage`
- **2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2018-456. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 10:17 a.m. on March 22, 2018. `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6d935157-bf16-40d5-9af5-81c414fc2f54`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).