---
type: "Bill"
title: "Barbour Co., law enforcement, authorized to take an individual with mental illness into protective custody under certain conditions, protection from civil and criminal liabilities"
description: "Barbour 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: "SB 402"
citation: "Alabama SB 402 (2019rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Barbour County"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beasley"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-05-14T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/52d0955c-e120-4ee5-9b1e-c5846646dc84"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB402"
source_hash: "1b4343f6715a1c74f7a6c7f1e4b622045a3d2a1dccd02cb2652198d4c8dfcd99"
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 402 (2019rs) — Barbour 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/SB402-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 202151-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/202151-2.pdf)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/SB402-eng.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/SB402-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1285 — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- Singleton motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1284 — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1251 — **23–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Beasley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-14T04:00:00+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** Beasley Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Singleton motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1284 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1285 `passage`
- **2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Local Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1251 `passage`
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2019-540. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/52d0955c-e120-4ee5-9b1e-c5846646dc84`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).