---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal and civil procedure; continuance of case when party, attorney, or witness is on active military duty; bail required to be set in such cases subject to conditions"
description: "Courts & Judges"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2026rs"
identifier: "HB 60"
citation: "Alabama HB 60 (2026rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts & Judges"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tillman"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-11-13T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-17T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/91b5d81a-5834-4b23-87de-04b2cd6ee963"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "df49cbebadd51f16e04032f8de182e6c6dccc329c13ef90e249c3b386c8a14f8"
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 60 (2026rs) — Criminal and civil procedure; continuance of case when party, attorney, or witness is on active military duty; bail required to be set in such cases subject to conditions

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/2026RS/HB60-int.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB60-eng.pdf)
3. **Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 848** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/3PSDQZE-1.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB60-enr.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Tillman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-11-13T05:00:00+00:00** Filed `filing`
- **2026-04-17T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2026-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2026-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2026-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2026-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 1323 `passage`
- **2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Judiciary)
- **2026-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2026-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Judiciary)
- **2026-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2026-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 849 `passage`
- **2026-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 848
- **2026-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** Judiciary 1st Substitute Offered (Judiciary) `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2026-01-14T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Judiciary)
- **2026-01-14T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- **2026-01-14T05:00:00+00:00** Judiciary 1st Substitute (Judiciary)
- **2026-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Judiciary)
- **2026-01-13T05:00:00+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/91b5d81a-5834-4b23-87de-04b2cd6ee963`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).