---
type: "Bill"
title: "Drug courts; name changed to \"accountability courts,\" eligibility expanded to include veterans and individuals with mental illness, duties of Administrative Office of Courts further provided for"
description: "Courts & Judges"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2025rs"
identifier: "SB 200"
citation: "Alabama SB 200 (2025rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts & Judges"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jones (A)"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 32
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-27T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-17T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0bf7f9f8-913f-4e2b-8725-4b09e0b59a2d"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "8235e567bc918a405ef50f208afd6b4a28df567d720a5b3b21f49dc34d94e0bf"
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 200 (2025rs) — Drug courts; name changed to "accountability courts," eligibility expanded to include veterans and individuals with mental illness, duties of Administrative Office of Courts further provided for

Courts & Judges

## 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/SB200-int.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/SB200-eng.pdf)
3. **Jones motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 338** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/3PPGTEV-1.pdf)
4. **Jones motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 339** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/BYH3ZJJ-1.pdf)
5. **Jones motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 351** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/KHMW3UU-1.pdf)
6. **Judiciary 1st Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/V7FI3VP-1.pdf)
7. **Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 745** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/W1VY1EE-1.pdf)
8. **Smitherman motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 340** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/U9T2EGD-1.pdf)
9. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/SB200-enr.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Jones (A) — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-17T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2025-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2025-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2025-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2025-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** Jones Motion to Concur In and Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 622
- **2025-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 746 `passage`
- **2025-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 745
- **2025-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Judiciary Engrossed Substitute Offered (Judiciary) `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in Second House
- **2025-04-03T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Judiciary)
- **2025-04-03T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House (Judiciary)
- **2025-04-03T04:00:00+00:00** Judiciary 1st Amendment (Judiciary)
- **2025-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Judiciary)
- **2025-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2025-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 352 `passage`
- **2025-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Jones motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 351
- **2025-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Jones 2nd Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Carried Over to the Call of the Chair
- **2025-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Smitherman motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 340
- **2025-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Smitherman 1st Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Jones motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 339
- **2025-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Jones 1st Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Jones motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 338
- **2025-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Safety 1st Amendment Offered (Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Safety) `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2025-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Safety)
- **2025-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- **2025-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Safety 1st Amendment (Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Safety)
- **2025-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Safety)
- **2025-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Safety `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/0bf7f9f8-913f-4e2b-8725-4b09e0b59a2d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).