---
type: "Bill"
title: "Covington Co., law enforcement, mentally ill persons, law enforcement authorized to take into protective custody under certain conditions, protection from civil and criminal liabilities"
description: "Covington Co., law enforcement, mentally ill persons, law enforcement authorized to take into protective custody under certain conditions, protection from civil and criminal liabilities"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2021rs"
identifier: "HB 290"
citation: "Alabama HB 290 (2021rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Covington County"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jones (M)"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d3f0419-2673-476e-bef0-dcde63c40450"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB290"
source_hash: "1efab727d480c9c01384f31808b2dc4802ceb3792e7b9ffb7001f9ffb48bb052"
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 290 (2021rs) — Covington Co., law enforcement, mentally ill persons, law enforcement authorized to take 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/2021rs/PrintFiles/HB290-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/HB290-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 497 — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 60 — **53–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jones (M) — 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 Local Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 60 `passage`
- **2021-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Local Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 497 `passage`
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2021-136. `executive-signature`
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 3:16 p.m. on March 16, 2021. `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6d3f0419-2673-476e-bef0-dcde63c40450`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).