---
type: "Bill"
title: "Missing and endangered persons, to expand existing law to include missing and endangered persons suffering from a mental or physical disability who are at risk of bodily harm or death; Secs. 26-19A-1 to 26-19A-5, inclusive, am'd."
description: "Missing and endangered persons, to expand existing law to include missing and endangered persons suffering from a mental or physical disability who are at risk of bodily harm or death; Secs. 26-19A-1 to 26-19A-5, inclusive, am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2020rs"
identifier: "SB 12"
citation: "Alabama SB 12 (2020rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Missing Persons"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Smitherman"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-02-04T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-03-12T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2537a499-5767-4a26-94b9-08d733de8082"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB12"
source_hash: "a0737b3eb16e55fe03b40971c655e0b14214d0744768a8022c3ffd2edb9419e8"
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 12 (2020rs) — Missing and endangered persons, to expand existing law to include missing and endangered persons suffering from a mental or physical disability who are at risk of bodily harm or death; Secs. 26-19A-1 to 26-19A-5, inclusive, 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/2020rs/PrintFiles/SB12-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 204726-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2020rs/PrintFiles/204726-2.pdf)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2020rs/PrintFiles/SB12-eng.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2020rs/PrintFiles/SB12-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 282 — **105–0** (pass) · lower
- Smitherman motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 79 — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 80 — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Smitherman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Governmental Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2020-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Governmental Affairs Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2020-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Smitherman motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 79 `amendment-passage`
- **2020-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 80 `passage`
- **2020-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2020-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2020-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 282 `passage`
- **2020-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2020-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2020-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2020-40. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2537a499-5767-4a26-94b9-08d733de8082`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).