republic-os/legislation/us/states/al/2023rs/sb-120.md

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Bill	Relating to crimes; to amend Sections 13A-10-30, 13A-10-36, 13A-10-37, and 13A-10-38, Code of Alabama 1975, to allow a detention facility to adopt a policy to further define what items constitute "contraband" for purposes of banning certain items from detention facilities; to further define the crimes of promoting contraband in the first, second, and third degree to apply to juveniles under certain circumstances; to make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style; and in connection therewith would have as its purpose or effect the requirement of a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of Section 111.05 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022.	Crimes, to permit a detention facility to adopt a policy to define what constitutes "contraband", to further define the crimes of promoting prison contraband in each degree to apply to juveniles.	us/states/al	Alabama Legislature	2023rs	SB 120	Alabama SB 120 (2023rs)	bill	Crimes	enacted	Linda Coleman-Madison	7	22	5	2023-03-22T04:00:00+00:00	2023-06-01T13:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/acfe0adb-59d4-45f7-a9cf-65d5bb8e3c25	https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search	012fb786472cd102e0b86d1da025d17ce811bb2633975a34aec4ae3cb9b0d586	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-al

Alabama SB 120 (2023rs) — Relating to crimes; to amend Sections 13A-10-30, 13A-10-36, 13A-10-37, and 13A-10-38, Code of Alabama 1975, to allow a detention facility to adopt a policy to further define what items constitute "contraband" for purposes of banning certain items from detention facilities; to further define the crimes of promoting contraband in the first, second, and third degree to apply to juveniles under certain circumstances; to make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style; and in connection therewith would have as its purpose or effect the requirement of a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of Section 111.05 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022.

Crimes, to permit a detention facility to adopt a policy to define what constitutes "contraband", to further define the crimes of promoting prison contraband in each degree to apply to juveniles.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Act 2023-336 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment UBL3DG-1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Amendment ZEJ2RK-1 (committee substitute) — source
5. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
6. Public Safety and Homeland Security Amendment 85VAF2-1 (committee substitute) — source
7. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Roll of the S for Vote 895 on SB120 (2023 Regular Session) — 31–0 (pass) · upper
• Roll of the H for Vote 784 on SB120 (2023 Regular Session) — 98–3 (pass) · lower
• Roll of the S for Vote 369 on SB120 (2023 Regular Session) — 32–0 (pass) · upper
• Roll of the H for Vote 783 on SB120 (2023 Regular Session) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Roll of the S for Vote 368 on SB120 (2023 Regular Session) — 32–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Linda Coleman-Madison — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-05-31T04:00:00+00:00 Indefinitely Postpone
• 2023-05-22T04:00:00+00:00 Enrolled
• 2023-05-18T04:00:00+00:00 Concur In and Adopt
• 2023-05-18T04:00:00+00:00 Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended passage
• 2023-05-18T04:00:00+00:00 Adopt
• 2023-05-18T04:00:00+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
• 2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00 AMD/SUB (Public Safety and Homeland Security)
• 2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00 AMD/SUB (Public Safety and Homeland Security)
• 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 Again a Third Time and Pass as Amended
• 2023-04-25T04:00:00+00:00 Adopt
• 2023-04-25T04:00:00+00:00 On Third Reading in House of Origin
• 2023-04-05T04:00:00+00:00 Read Second Time in House of Origin
• 2023-04-05T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
• 2023-04-05T04:00:00+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 2023-336 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/acfe0adb-59d4-45f7-a9cf-65d5bb8e3c25. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).