---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adkins, Bennie G., death mourned"
description: "Adkins, Bennie G., death mourned"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2021rs"
identifier: "HJR 3"
citation: "Alabama HJR 3 (2021rs)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["Resolutions", "Condolence"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McCutcheon"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2670edfa-395c-4ade-9ca8-c2da58a29e62"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HJR3"
source_hash: "8f6a695c02c03c5b21fc5623d7ba9fae0f653aa6353872348a8dc442b1462a74"
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 HJR 3 (2021rs) — Adkins, Bennie G., death mourned

## 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/HJR3-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/HJR3-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 519 — **23–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 845 — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Smitherman motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 844 — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Alexander motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 851 — **89–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- McCutcheon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Rules `introduction`
- **2021-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Reported from Rules `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Jones (M) motion to Adopt adopted Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Received in Senate and referred to the Senate committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Reported from Rules `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Waggoner motion to Adopt adopted Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2021-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 2:23 p.m. on February 23, 2021. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2021-21. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2670edfa-395c-4ade-9ca8-c2da58a29e62`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).