---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sexual assault, victim notification, rights to victims, Sexual Assault Task Force, created, Sexual Assault Survivors Bill of Rights"
description: "Sexual assault, victim notification, rights to victims, Sexual Assault Task Force, created, Sexual Assault Survivors Bill of Rights"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2021rs"
identifier: "HB 137"
citation: "Alabama HB 137 (2021rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Sexual Assault Victims"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brown (C)"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/25863721-9bea-4f57-8c28-de6ee6dda55c"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB137"
source_hash: "647c1ac35125697963aa88022e1179c278f19487217222075829fbcb67407833"
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 137 (2021rs) — Sexual assault, victim notification, rights to victims, Sexual Assault Task Force, created, Sexual Assault Survivors Bill of Rights

## 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/HB137-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 209940-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/209940-2.pdf)
3. **Amd/Sub 209960-3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/209960-3.pdf)
4. **Amd/Sub 210578-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/210578-1.pdf)
5. **Amd/Sub 210613-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/210613-1.pdf)
6. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/HB137-eng.pdf)
7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/HB137-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 98 — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1439 — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 100 — **99–3** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 99 — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 101 — **102–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 97 — **99–0** (pass) · lower

## 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 2 amendments `reading-2`
- **2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** JUDY 1st Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 97 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** JUDY 2nd Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 98 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Isbell Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 99 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Simpson Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 100 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 101 `passage`
- **2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-22T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1439 `passage`
- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2021-481. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 7:24 p.m. on May 17, 2021. `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/25863721-9bea-4f57-8c28-de6ee6dda55c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).