republic-os/legislation/us/states/al/2022rs/hb-17.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Drug trafficking, wiretapping by ALEA, interception of wire, oral, or electronic communications, Attorney General authorized to apply for court order for intercept and to apply for intercept orders, disclosure of recorded communications, penalties for violations, Secs. 20-2A-1 to 20-2A-15, inclusive, added"
description: "Drug trafficking, wiretapping by ALEA, interception of wire, oral, or electronic communications, Attorney General authorized to apply for court order for intercept and to apply for intercept orders, disclosure of recorded communications, penalties for violations, Secs. 20-2A-1 to 20-2A-15, inclusive, added"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2022rs"
identifier: "HB 17"
citation: "Alabama HB 17 (2022rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Wiretapping"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Reynolds"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 25
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3b516fc3-9a56-47d5-aeca-e57c0d4ab693"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB17"
source_hash: "9833a29207065b6c25bd99549eedcd3d8fd0ac3f79ba59c91375255be39e5e6e"
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 17 (2022rs) — Drug trafficking, wiretapping by ALEA, interception of wire, oral, or electronic communications, Attorney General authorized to apply for court order for intercept and to apply for intercept orders, disclosure of recorded communications, penalties for violations, Secs. 20-2A-1 to 20-2A-15, 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/2022rs/PrintFiles/HB17-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 216870-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/216870-2.pdf)
3. **Amd/Sub 218189-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/218189-1.pdf)
4. **Amd/Sub 218190-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/218190-1.pdf)
5. **Amd/Sub 218712-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/218712-1.pdf)
6. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/HB17-eng.pdf)
7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/HB17-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 578 — **25–1** (pass) · upper
- Butler motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 576 — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- Butler motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 575 — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 92 — **102–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 93 — **84–7** (pass) · lower
- Butler motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 577 — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- Reynolds motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 724 — **84–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Reynolds — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Judiciary Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 92 `amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 93 `passage`
- **2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2022-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2022-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Butler Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Butler motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 575 `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Butler Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Butler motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 576 `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Butler Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Butler motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 577 `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 578 `passage`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Reynolds motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 724 `passage`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Second House Amendment
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2022-236. `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 3:35 p.m. on March 29, 2022. `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3b516fc3-9a56-47d5-aeca-e57c0d4ab693`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).