---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elder abuse, court documents, redaction of contact information when released, authority for elderly persons to hire attorneys, Sec. 38-9F-6 am'd."
description: "Elder abuse, court documents, redaction of contact information when released, authority for elderly persons to hire attorneys, Sec. 38-9F-6 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2021rs"
identifier: "SB 85"
citation: "Alabama SB 85 (2021rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elder Abuse"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Smitherman"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-02T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/874c6379-b6b1-4eaf-8bca-a661ddf6af61"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB85"
source_hash: "e9e028081cf19c88bd7272da83ab65900929b735aedcdf9da8b34920b597a932"
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 85 (2021rs) — Elder abuse, court documents, redaction of contact information when released, authority for elderly persons to hire attorneys, Sec. 38-9F-6 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/SB85-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/SB85-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 212 — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 109 — **30–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Smitherman — 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`
- **2021-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 109 `passage`
- **2021-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Children and Senior Advocacy `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 212 `passage`
- **2021-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2021-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2021-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2021-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2021-77. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/874c6379-b6b1-4eaf-8bca-a661ddf6af61`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).