---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mental illness, individuals in need of care for mental illness, establishes consistency in process of commitment of individuals with mental illnesses, Sec. 22-52-10.11 added; Sec. 22-52-1.1, 22-52-10.2, 22-52-91 am'd."
description: "Mental illness, individuals in need of care for mental illness, establishes consistency in process of commitment of individuals with mental illnesses, Sec. 22-52-10.11 added; Sec. 22-52-1.1, 22-52-10.2, 22-52-91 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2022rs"
identifier: "HB 70"
citation: "Alabama HB 70 (2022rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Mental Illness"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Reynolds"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1f5a33ee-91c6-4f77-845e-9413721c969c"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB70"
source_hash: "deb51b85f62eac1b4e50e4fe766bdcf2ca132ddc73e4b16675a4835cbeb8aebd"
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 70 (2022rs) — Mental illness, individuals in need of care for mental illness, establishes consistency in process of commitment of individuals with mental illnesses, Sec. 22-52-10.11 added; Sec. 22-52-1.1, 22-52-10.2, 22-52-91 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/2022rs/PrintFiles/HB70-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 217101-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/217101-1.pdf)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/HB70-eng.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/HB70-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 95 — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 657 — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 96 — **101–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Reynolds — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Reynolds Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 95 `amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 96 `passage`
- **2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2022-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 657 `passage`
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2022-202. `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 3:34 p.m. on March 29, 2022. `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1f5a33ee-91c6-4f77-845e-9413721c969c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).