---
type: "Bill"
title: "Municipal corporations, ordinances, issuance of summons and complaint in lieu of custodial arrest, further provided for, Sec. 11-45-9.1 am'd."
description: "Municipal corporations, ordinances, issuance of summons and complaint in lieu of custodial arrest, further provided for, Sec. 11-45-9.1 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2021rs"
identifier: "SB 59"
citation: "Alabama SB 59 (2021rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Municipalities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Melson"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8cea9c26-d62c-40ac-8095-2ccd6d02fb1e"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB59"
source_hash: "37a262dca5ca43bbe18956d0a414c1c8ceff870c74e2204ea274d1e2a4ee8df1"
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 59 (2021rs) — Municipal corporations, ordinances, issuance of summons and complaint in lieu of custodial arrest, further provided for, Sec. 11-45-9.1 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/2021rs/PrintFiles/SB59-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 210500-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/210500-2.pdf)
3. **Amd/Sub 213061-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/213061-1.pdf)
4. **Amd/Sub 213511-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/213511-2.pdf)
5. **Amd/Sub 213786-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/213786-1.pdf)
6. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/SB59-eng.pdf)
7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/SB59-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1085 — **86–14** (pass) · lower
- Reed motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1419 — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1084 — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1083 — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 901 — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Melson motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 900 — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Melson motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 899 — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Melson — 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 Senate committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2021-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Judiciary Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Melson motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 899 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Melson Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Melson motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 900 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 901 `passage`
- **2021-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2021-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on County and Municipal Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-22T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Reed motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1419 `passage`
- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** County and Municipal Government Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Second House Amendment
- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1083 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** England Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1084 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1085 `passage`
- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2021-495. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8cea9c26-d62c-40ac-8095-2ccd6d02fb1e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).