---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to law enforcement; to amend Sections 26-19A-2, 26-19A-3, 26-19A-4, and 26-19A-5, Code of Alabama 1975, to expand missing and endangered persons alerts to include individuals who have been abducted; and to make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style."
description: "Law enforcement, expanded the situations where law enforcement can issue a missing and endangered person alert"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2023rs"
identifier: "SB 132"
citation: "Alabama SB 132 (2023rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Law enforcement"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rodger M. Smitherman"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-22T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-06-01T13:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9ea9e08c-6970-400d-8b78-5845bd129b96"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "e55a08469a8a10865e2fb81891188e046a743a02027bd29f5e4f198d32feb403"
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 132 (2023rs) — Relating to law enforcement; to amend Sections 26-19A-2, 26-19A-3, 26-19A-4, and 26-19A-5, Code of Alabama 1975, to expand missing and endangered persons alerts to include individuals who have been abducted; and to make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style.

Law enforcement, expanded the situations where law enforcement can issue a missing and endangered person alert

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/SB132-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2023-348** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1274803.AI1.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/SB132-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the S for Vote 371 on SB132 (2023 Regular Session) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 991 on SB132 (2023 Regular Session) — **99–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rodger M. Smitherman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass `passage`
- **2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in Second House
- **2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in Second House
- **2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in Second House
- **2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Public Safety and Homeland Security) `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Committee (Public Safety and Homeland Security) `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in Second House `reading-1`
- **2023-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass `passage`
- **2023-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2023-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in House of Origin
- **2023-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
- **2023-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Judiciary) `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred (Judiciary) `introduction, referral`
- **2023-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in House of Origin `reading-1`
- **2023-06-01T13:00:00+00:00** Enacted as 2023-348 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9ea9e08c-6970-400d-8b78-5845bd129b96`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).