---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pike Co., mentally ill persons, certain health care providers, authorized to detain and provide emergency treatment for up to 72 hours, law enforcement officers, authorized to take a mentally ill person into protective custody under certain conditions, protection from civil and criminal liabilities"
description: "Pike Co., mentally ill persons, certain health care providers, authorized to detain and provide emergency treatment for up to 72 hours, law enforcement officers, authorized to take a mentally ill person into protective custody under certain conditions, protection from civil and criminal liabilities"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2019rs"
identifier: "HB 471"
citation: "Alabama HB 471 (2019rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Pike County"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-04-18T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6f75dff0-e428-4cf7-b014-f1ff8ae0662d"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB471"
source_hash: "5b7bb96c83997c5429c274845739a0c0278fd2e4b48df6a3af4d8541fb922b16"
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 471 (2019rs) — Pike Co., mentally ill persons, certain health care providers, authorized to detain and provide emergency treatment for up to 72 hours, law enforcement officers, authorized to take a mentally ill person 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/HB471-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 202149-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/202149-2.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB471-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1307 — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Allen motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1169 — **57–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 409 — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Chambliss motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1306 — **29–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Allen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-18T04:00:00+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 409 `passage`
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+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 1306 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1307 `passage`
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Allen motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1169 `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. 2019-536. `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/6f75dff0-e428-4cf7-b014-f1ff8ae0662d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).