---
type: "Bill"
title: "Probate court, mentally ill persons, renewal of an involuntary commitment order, hearings, Sec. 22-52-10.10 added; Secs. 22-52-10.2, 22-52-10.3 am'd."
description: "Probate court, mentally ill persons, renewal of an involuntary commitment order, hearings, Sec. 22-52-10.10 added; Secs. 22-52-10.2, 22-52-10.3 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2019rs"
identifier: "SB 246"
citation: "Alabama SB 246 (2019rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gudger"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-04-04T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a732fbfc-4297-4f1b-b687-e2d15ee467a5"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB246"
source_hash: "534105011b1da6e1bced7e7bc440cf6d8b86f74690ecf679c4986b4f82b64940"
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 246 (2019rs) — Probate court, mentally ill persons, renewal of an involuntary commitment order, hearings, Sec. 22-52-10.10 added; Secs. 22-52-10.2, 22-52-10.3 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/2019rs/PrintFiles/SB246-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 199597-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/199597-1.pdf)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/SB246-eng.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/SB246-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 944 — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Gudger motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 318 — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 319 — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gudger — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Healthcare `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2019-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Gudger Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Gudger motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 318 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 319 `passage`
- **2019-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2019-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 944 `passage`
- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2019-398. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a732fbfc-4297-4f1b-b687-e2d15ee467a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).