republic-os/legislation/us/states/al/2024rs/sb-240.md

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Bill	Department of Mental Health; expand category for involuntary commitment to include individuals with co-occurring substance use disorder, authorize service of petition in county of respondent's location when original petition was filed, authorize judge to determine when to bring respondent before court for hearing on restriction of liberty pending final hearing, authorize judge of probate to petition district or municipal court for suspension of criminal confinement for commitment; bill does not require providers to expand services unless additional funding provided	Mental Health	us/states/al	Alabama Legislature	2024rs	SB 240	Alabama SB 240 (2024rs)	bill	Mental Health	enacted	Will Barfoot	6	25	5	2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00	2024-05-06T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/82237bdb-be37-4e2e-90f4-bda3ffa2b64d	https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search	cd5aa9ef75e9c27bc98db436e27fdebd9020498acb251a6ebf3b5d863c0db958	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-al

Alabama SB 240 (2024rs) — Department of Mental Health; expand category for involuntary commitment to include individuals with co-occurring substance use disorder, authorize service of petition in county of respondent's location when original petition was filed, authorize judge to determine when to bring respondent before court for hearing on restriction of liberty pending final hearing, authorize judge of probate to petition district or municipal court for suspension of criminal confinement for commitment; bill does not require providers to expand services unless additional funding provided

Mental Health

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Act 2024-193 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment 15Q53Z3-1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Amendment 9XZWMMM-1 (committee substitute) — source
5. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
6. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Roll of the S for Vote 385 on SB240 (2024 Regular Session) — 34–0 (pass) · upper
• Roll of the S for Vote 387 on SB240 (2024 Regular Session) — 34–0 (pass) · upper
• Roll of the H for Vote 846 on SB240 (2024 Regular Session) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Roll of the H for Vote 847 on SB240 (2024 Regular Session) — 103–0 (pass) · lower
• Roll of the S for Vote 386 on SB240 (2024 Regular Session) — 34–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Will Barfoot — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-05-06T04:00:00+00:00 Enacted became-law
• 2024-04-30T04:00:00+00:00 Delivered to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-04-30T04:00:00+00:00 Signature Requested
• 2024-04-30T04:00:00+00:00 Enrolled
• 2024-04-30T04:00:00+00:00 Ready to Enroll
• 2024-04-25T04:00:00+00:00 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 847 passage
• 2024-04-25T04:00:00+00:00 Third Reading in Second House
• 2024-04-23T04:00:00+00:00 Carried Over to the Call of the Chair
• 2024-04-18T04:00:00+00:00 Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Judiciary)
• 2024-04-17T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out of Committee Second House
• 2024-04-11T04:00:00+00:00 Pending Committee Action in Second House (Judiciary)
• 2024-04-11T04:00:00+00:00 Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Judiciary reading-1, referral-committee
• 2024-04-11T04:00:00+00:00 Engrossed
• 2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 387 passage
• 2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00 Barfoot motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 386
• 2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00 Barfoot 1st Amendment Offered amendment-introduction
• 2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00 Barfoot motion to Table - Adopted Voice Vote
• 2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00 Judiciary 1st Amendment Offered (Judiciary) amendment-introduction
• 2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00 Third Reading in House of Origin
• 2024-04-04T04:00:00+00:00 Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Judiciary)
• 2024-04-03T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
• 2024-04-03T04:00:00+00:00 Judiciary 1st Amendment (Judiciary)
• 2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00 Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Judiciary)
• 2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00 Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Judiciary reading-1, referral-committee
• 2024-05-03T16:15:00+00:00 Enacted as 2024-193 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/82237bdb-be37-4e2e-90f4-bda3ffa2b64d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).