---
type: "Bill"
title: "ALEA; wiretapping; interpreters authorized; extend law indefinitely"
description: "Criminal Procedure"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2025rs"
identifier: "HB 137"
citation: "Alabama HB 137 (2025rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Procedure"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Reynolds"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-04T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-22T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a68f8a7-e883-460f-88c7-d987c0f0c401"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "3fb4a84b618f94ca4880c689de03def24e0fc5042652ea61e6465187e6dd5d28"
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 137 (2025rs) — ALEA; wiretapping; interpreters authorized; extend law indefinitely

Criminal Procedure

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/HB137-int.pdf)
2. **Chambliss motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/AR2HJQS-1.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/HB137-enr.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Reynolds — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2025-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2025-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2025-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2025-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Reynolds Concur In and Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1237
- **2025-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 1026 `passage`
- **2025-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Chambliss motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1025
- **2025-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Chambliss 1st Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Chambliss Reconsider - Adopted Roll Call 1024
- **2025-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 1022 `passage`
- **2025-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Judiciary)
- **2025-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2025-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Judiciary)
- **2025-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 166 `passage`
- **2025-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2025-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Judiciary)
- **2025-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- **2025-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Judiciary)
- **2025-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2a68f8a7-e883-460f-88c7-d987c0f0c401`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).