---
type: "Bill"
title: "Bail, criminal cases, creates Aniah's law, Legislature may designate offenses not eligible for bail, const. amend"
description: "Bail, criminal cases, creates Aniah's law, Legislature may designate offenses not eligible for bail, const. amend"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2021rs"
identifier: "HB 131"
citation: "Alabama HB 131 (2021rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Constitutional Amendments"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brown (C)"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cfc42ad3-edef-4338-9e83-28bb771c429e"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB131"
source_hash: "494157e06a84de35d3334b41bb2120d3c3958e79db5f197f2e9cee81f0293f26"
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 131 (2021rs) — Bail, criminal cases, creates Aniah's law, Legislature may designate offenses not eligible for bail, const. amend

## 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/2021rs/PrintFiles/HB131-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 212600-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/212600-2.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/HB131-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 86 — **102–0** (pass) · lower
- Brown (C) motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 850 — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 792 — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Cosponsors Added — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- Figures motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 791 — **30–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brown (C) — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 86 `passage`
- **2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Alexander intended to vote "Yea"
- **2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Cosponsors Added
- **2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Figures Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Figures motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 791 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 792 `passage`
- **2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
- **2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Brown (C) motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 850 `passage`
- **2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Second House Amendment
- **2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2021-201. `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Forwarded to Secretary of State on April 15, 2021 at 1:41 p.m. on April 15, 2021.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cfc42ad3-edef-4338-9e83-28bb771c429e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).