---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mental health, emergency treatment of mental illness, law enforcement officers authorized to take individuals into custody under certain circumstances, transportation to care facility, civil immunity provided, Secs. 45-3-172, 45-23-171, 45-27-171, 45-35-171 repealed; Secs. 22-52-100 to 22-52-104, inclusive, added."
description: "Mental health, emergency treatment of mental illness, law enforcement officers authorized to take individuals into custody under certain circumstances, transportation to care facility, civil immunity provided, Secs. 45-3-172, 45-23-171, 45-27-171, 45-35-171 repealed; Secs. 22-52-100 to 22-52-104, inclusive, added."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2021rs"
identifier: "HB 284"
citation: "Alabama HB 284 (2021rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Law Enforcement Officers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 5
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-05-06T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/42e45326-32fb-4914-bf75-2ecf8e2f639d"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB284"
source_hash: "ae3016268fa7a624b6c4dd4a47c1599bf045ec3a3edafa39f5d86bd6a862dd1d"
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 284 (2021rs) — Mental health, emergency treatment of mental illness, law enforcement officers authorized to take individuals into custody under certain circumstances, transportation to care facility, civil immunity provided, Secs. 45-3-172, 45-23-171, 45-27-171, 45-35-171 repealed; Secs. 22-52-100 to 22-52-104, inclusive, added.

## 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/2021rs/PrintFiles/HB284-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 209870-3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/209870-3.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Allen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar with 1 substitute and `reading-2`
- **2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. -. `executive-signature`
- **2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Judiciary first Substitute Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Indefinitely Postponed `failure`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/42e45326-32fb-4914-bf75-2ecf8e2f639d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).