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

---
type: "Bill"
title: "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"
description: "Mental Health"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2024rs"
identifier: "SB 240"
citation: "Alabama SB 240 (2024rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Mental Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Will Barfoot"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-05-06T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/82237bdb-be37-4e2e-90f4-bda3ffa2b64d"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "cd5aa9ef75e9c27bc98db436e27fdebd9020498acb251a6ebf3b5d863c0db958"
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 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](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/SB240-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2024-193** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1538404.AI1.pdf)
3. **Amendment 15Q53Z3-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/15Q53Z3-1.pdf)
4. **Amendment 9XZWMMM-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/9XZWMMM-1.pdf)
5. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/SB240-eng.pdf)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/SB240-enr.pdf)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/82237bdb-be37-4e2e-90f4-bda3ffa2b64d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).