---
type: "Bill"
title: "Houston Co., law enforcement, authorized to take an individual with mental illness into protective custody under certain conditions, protection from civil and criminal liabilities"
description: "Houston Co., law enforcement, authorized to take an individual with mental illness into protective custody under certain conditions, protection from civil and criminal liabilities"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2019rs"
identifier: "HB 435"
citation: "Alabama HB 435 (2019rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Houston County"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lee"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-04-16T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/46166089-2caf-4c17-96ea-1eebc00f64b4"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB435"
source_hash: "14f13cc042b4ba1e36825e246de2999557ef03a4abcc8758a76048c6a7294296"
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 435 (2019rs) — Houston Co., law enforcement, authorized to take an individual with mental illness into protective custody under certain conditions, protection from civil and criminal liabilities

## 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/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB435-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 202147-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/202147-2.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB435-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1302 — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 411 — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Chambliss motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1301 — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- Lee motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1168 — **53–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Local Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 411 `passage`
- **2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Local Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Chambliss Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Chambliss motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1301 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1302 `passage`
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Lee motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1168 `passage`
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Second House Amendment
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2019-535. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 1:35 p.m. on May 30, 2019. `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/46166089-2caf-4c17-96ea-1eebc00f64b4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).