---
type: "Bill"
title: "Geneva Co.,sheriff, may provide retiring officer with his or her badge and pistol"
description: "Geneva Co.,sheriff, may provide retiring officer with his or her badge and pistol"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2020rs"
identifier: "HB 425"
citation: "Alabama HB 425 (2020rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Geneva County"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sorrells"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-03-10T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-05-07T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/74e9c828-88a9-4380-909e-c11275db3545"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB425"
source_hash: "34869cea5279efecddbecd3c512be9f6f6f5ed30aca07ddfd98d133dd1156f6d"
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 425 (2020rs) — Geneva Co.,sheriff, may provide retiring officer with his or her badge and pistol

## 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/2020rs/PrintFiles/HB425-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2020rs/PrintFiles/HB425-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 376 — **66–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 576 — **30–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sorrells — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Local Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2020-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 376 `passage`
- **2020-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Hanes and Mooney intended to vote "Abstain"
- **2020-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Local Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-05-05T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2020-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 576 `passage`
- **2020-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2020-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2020-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2020-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2020-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2020-136. `executive-signature`
- **2020-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 4:21 p.m. on May 7, 2020. `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/74e9c828-88a9-4380-909e-c11275db3545`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).