Appendix: 2021 Pipeline Bills

This appendix accompanies the 2021 Alabama Statehouse-to-Prison Pipeline Report.

2021 Pipeline: House Bills

AL 2021rs HB 294
Description: Escambia County, county officers, Judge of Probate, sheriff, tax assessor and tax collector, expense allowance and salary
Effect: Increases funding for policing and/or corrections
Sponsor: Baker
Status: Signed by Governor

AL 2021rs HB 25
Description: Supervision of violent offenders, to require electronic monitoring for inmates on work release in certain circumstances
Effect: Expands the reach of jails, prisons and surveillance in Alabamians’ daily lives
Sponsor: Simpson
Status: In House Committee

AL 2021rs HB 73
Description: Community punishment and corrections, to require every judicial circuit to establish a community punishment and corrections program
Effect: Expands the reach of jails, prisons and surveillance in Alabamians’ daily lives
Sponsor: Hill
Status: Passed House,Passed Committee

AL 2021rs HB 308
Description: Supplemental appropriations, State General Fund to the Alabama Tourism Department, State General Fund to the Board of Pardons and Paroles, State General Fund to the Supreme Court, State General Fund to the Office of Information Technology, State Board of Dietetics/ Nutrition Fund to the Alabama State Board of Examiners for Dietetics/Nutrition Practice, State General Fund to the Department of Public Health, supp. approp. for fiscal year 2022
Effect: Increases funding for policing and/or corrections
Sponsor: Clouse
Status: In House Committee

AL 2021rs HB 459
Description: County and municipal jails, allows inmates to pick up litter to earn deduction in sentence time
Effect: Expands the reach of jails, prisons and surveillance in Alabamians’ daily lives
Sponsor: Hurst
Status: Passed House Committee

AL 2021rs HB 616
Description: Fayette Co., community corrections, to provide law enforcement powers for a community corrections officer
Effect: Expands the scale, scope, and power of policing and/or law enforcement in Alabamians’ daily lives
Sponsor: South
Status: Signed by Governor

AL 2021rs HB 110
Description: Pardons and Paroles Board, Dept. of Corrections, limits of confinement for parole and probation violations further provided for, provide Dept of Corrections responsible for health care costs on parolees and probationers in certain circumstances, provide Dept. of Corrections required to designate county jails for confinement of parole and probation violators, to provide that pardons and paroles may establish residential transition centers and provide for operation, notification of courts to Dept. of Corrections of defendant sentenced to its custody further provided for, Secs. 14-3-30, 15-22-29,...
Effect: Expands the reach of jails, prisons and surveillance in Alabamians’ daily lives
Sponsor: Hill
Status: Signed by Governor

AL 2021rs HB 111
Description: Pardons and Paroles Board, require electronic monitoring for certain inmates upon release, to provide for implementation, provide nondriver photo identification upon release from DOC, Secs. 15-22-26.2, 15-22-29, 41-27-3.2 am'd. 
Effect: Expands the reach of jails, prisons and surveillance in Alabamians’ daily lives
Sponsor: Hill
Status: Passed House,Passed Senate Committee

AL 2021rs HB 412
Description: Pardons and Paroles, mandatory supervised release of inmates, to further provide for supervision upon release, Sec. 15-22-26.2 am'd.
Effect: Expands the reach of jails, prisons and surveillance in Alabamians’ daily lives
Sponsor: Hill
Status: Signed by Governor

AL 2021rs HB 13
Description: Crimes and offenses, crimes motivated by race, color,religion, national origin, ethnicity, or physical or mental disability, to include employment as a law enforcement officer within the protected class
Effect: Creates or enhances a criminal penalty
Sponsor: Reynolds
Status: Passed House Committee

AL 2021rs HB 16
Description: Law enforcement officers, requiring officers to have not less than 16 hours of crisis intervention training
Effect: Expands the scale, scope, and power of policing and/or law enforcement in Alabamians’ daily lives
Sponsor: Reynolds
Status: Signed by Governor

AL 2021rs HB 17
Description: ALEA, felony drug trafficking wiretapping, interception of wire, oral, or electronic communications, Attorney General to authorize to apply for court order for intercept and to apply for intercept orders, disclosure of recorded communications, penalties for violations
Effect: Expands the scale, scope, and power of policing and/or law enforcement in Alabamians’ daily lives
Sponsor: Reynolds
Status: Signed by Governor

AL 2021rs HB 30
Description: Terrorism, to create a statewide terrorism registry, to provide a system for registration by people convicted of certain terrorism offenses, provide for registration fees, provide for the duties of the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency
Effect: Expands the reach of jails, prisons and surveillance in Alabamians’ daily lives
Sponsor: Estes
Status: Passed House Committee

AL 2021rs HB 75
Description: Law enforcement officers, Alabama Peace Officers' Standards and Training Commission (APOSTC), to provide mandatory crisis intervention training (CIT), provide continuing education
Effect: Expands the scale, scope, and power of policing and/or law enforcement in Alabamians’ daily lives
Sponsor: Hill
Status: In House Committee

AL 2021rs HB 80
Description: Revenue Dept., law enforcement officers, subsistence pay, Sec. 36-21-2 am'd.
Effect: Increases funding for policing and/or corrections
Sponsor: Pettus
Status: Signed by Governor

AL 2021rs HB 91
Description: Class 5 municipality, mayor/commission/city manager form of government, abatement of grass or weeds, notice and assessment of cost provided to property owners, liens on property under certain conditions
Effect: Expands the scale, scope, and power of policing and/or law enforcement in Alabamians’ daily lives
Sponsor: Lee
Status: Signed by Governor 

AL 2021rs HB 133
Description: Crimes and offenses, crimes of riot and inciting to riot, further provided, assault against a first responder and damaging a public monument, created, crime of violence, definition further provided, harassment and harassing communications further provided, exceptions to sovereign immunity, further provided to include defunded jurisdictions, entitlement to bail, exceptions further provided, prohibitions on receipt of state grants and aid, established under certain conditions, Secs. 13A-11-3.1, 13A-11-8.1 added; Secs. 12-25-32, 13A-6-21, 13A-6-132, 13A-11-1, 13A-11-3, 13A-11-4, 13A-11-8, 13A-11-... 
Effect: Expands the reach of jails, prisons and surveillance in Alabamians’ daily lives
Sponsor: Brown (C)
Status: In House Committee

AL 2021rs HB 137
Description: Sexual assault, provide for victim notification, provide for certain rights to victims, Sexual Assault Task Force, created, Sexual Assault Survivors Bill of Rights
Effect: Expands the scale, scope, and power of policing and/or law enforcement in Alabamians’ daily lives
Sponsor: Brown (C)
Status: Signed by Governor

AL 2021rs HB 142
Description: Internet access, restrictions on sale of wireless telecommunication devices. filter required, deactivation procedure provided, civil and criminal penalties, provided
Effect: Expands the reach of jails, prisons and surveillance in Alabamians’ daily lives
Sponsor: Sells
Status: In House Committee

AL 2021rs HB 160
Description: Driving under the influence, to require the use of ignition interlock devices in certain circumstances, Sec. 32-5A-191 am'd.
Effect: Expands the reach of jails, prisons and surveillance in Alabamians’ daily lives
Sponsor: Moore (P)
Status: In House Committee

AL 2021rs HB 218
Description: Motor vehicles, driving offenses, administrative suspension periods revised for certain driving offenses, Secs. 32-5-192, 32-5A-195, 32-5A-304 am'd.
Effect: Creates or enhances a criminal penalty
Sponsor: Moore (P)
Status: Passed House,In Senate Committee

AL 2021rs HB 239
Description: Crimes and offenses, to revise the criminal penalties for violations of fleeing or attempting to elude law enforcement, Sec. 13A-10-52 am'd.
Effect: Creates or enhances a criminal penalty
Sponsor: Shaver
Status: Passed House,In Senate Committee

AL 2021rs HB 277
Description: Lauderdale Co., sheriff, authorize fees for certain administrative services, distrib. of revenues
Effect: Increases funding for policing and/or corrections
Sponsor: Pettus
Status: Signed by Governor

AL 2021rs HB 284
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
Effect: Expands the scale, scope, and power of policing and/or law enforcement in Alabamians’ daily lives
Sponsor: Allen
Status: Signed by Governor

AL 2021rs HB 290
Description: Covington Co., law enforcement, authorized to take an individual with mental illness into protective custody under certain conditions, protection from civil and criminal liabilities
Effect: Expands the scale, scope, and power of policing and/or law enforcement in Alabamians’ daily lives
Sponsor: Jones (M)
Status: Signed by Governor

AL 2021rs HB 393
Description: Talladega Co., sheriff, additional expense allowance and salary
Effect: Increases funding for policing and/or corrections
Sponsor: Hurst
Status: Signed by Governor

AL 2021rs HB 414
Description: Dale Co., sheriff, additional expense allowance and salary
Effect: Increases funding for policing and/or corrections
Sponsor: Clouse
Status: Signed by Governor

AL 2021rs HB 415
Description: Dale Co., municipalities, contracting with sheriff for police services authorized, funding by municipality
Effect: Expands the scale, scope, and power of policing and/or law enforcement in Alabamians’ daily lives
Sponsor: Clouse
Status: Signed by Governor

AL 2021rs HB 445
Description: Crimes and offenses, assault against a first responder, created, riot and inciting to riot, further provided, aggravated riot, and unlawful traffic interference, created, holding period after arrest, provided, penalties for defunding police, provided, Secs. 13A-11-3.1, 13A-11-5.1 added; Secs. 13A-6-21, 13A-11-1, 13A-11-3, 13A-11-4, 15-10-3 am'd.
Effect: Creates or enhances a criminal penalty
Sponsor: Treadaway
Status: Signed by Governor

AL 2021rs HB 464
Description: Escambia Co., sheriff authorized to sell certain abandoned, unclaimed, or stolen property, and firearms, notice, record keeping requirement, distribution of funds for law enforcement purposes
Effect: Expands the scale, scope, and power of policing and/or law enforcement in Alabamians’ daily lives
Sponsor: Baker
Status: Signed by Governor

AL 2021rs HB 467
Description: Security, House and Senate, security of the Alabama State House, provided further, Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency to provide security of the perimeter and entry points of the State House, Sec. 29-4-4 am'd.
Effect: Expands the scale, scope, and power of policing and/or law enforcement in Alabamians’ daily lives
Sponsor: Wood (R)
Status: Signed by Governor

AL 2021rs HB 497
Description: Russell Co., sheriff, annual salary, Act 2017-434, 2017 Reg. Sess., am'd.
Effect: Increases funding for policing and/or corrections
Sponsor: Blackshear
Status: Signed by Governor

AL 2021rs HB 513
Description: Chilton Co., sheriff authorized to sell certain abandoned, unclaimed, or stolen property and firearms, notice, record keeping requirement, distribution of funds for law enforcement purposes
Effect: Expands the scale, scope, and power of policing and/or law enforcement in Alabamians’ daily lives
Sponsor: Smith
Status: Signed by Governor

AL 2021rs HB 514
Description: Chilton Co., sheriff, salary
Effect: Expands the scale, scope, and power of policing and/or law enforcement in Alabamians’ daily lives
Sponsor: Smith
Status: Signed by Governor

AL 2021rs HB 555
Description: Recreational vehicle parks, provides duty of law enforcement to remove illegal guests upon operator's request, Sec. 35-15-30 am'd.
Effect: Expands the scale, scope, and power of policing and/or law enforcement in Alabamians’ daily lives
Sponsor: Pettus
Status: Signed by Governor

AL 2021rs HB 561
Description: Geneva Co., law enforcement, authorized to take an individual with mental illness into protective custody under certain conditions, protection from civil and criminal liabilities
Effect: Expands the reach of jails, prisons and surveillance in Alabamians’ daily lives
Sponsor: Sorrells
Status: Signed by Governor

AL 2021rs HB 566
Description: Pickens Co., community corrections to provide law enforcement powers for a community corrections officer
Effect: Expands the scale, scope, and power of policing and/or law enforcement in Alabamians’ daily lives
Sponsor: Ledbetter
Status: Signed by Governor

AL 2021rs HB 571
Description: Monroe Co., sheriff, providing expense allowance, compensation
Effect: Increases funding for policing and/or corrections
Sponsor: Shiver
Status: Signed by Governor

AL 2021rs HB 585
Description: Resisting arrest, to amend punishment to Class A misdemeanor, to provide that resisting arrest with a deadly weapon or dangerous instrument is a Class C felony, Sec. 13A-10-41 am'd.
Effect: Creates or enhances a criminal penalty
Sponsor: Rowe
Status: Passed House Committee

AL 2021rs HB 596
Description: Marshall Co., sheriff, authorize to conduct fund raising events, proceeds for operation of sheriff's office
Effect: Expands the scale, scope, and power of policing and/or law enforcement in Alabamians’ daily lives
Sponsor: Kitchens
Status: Signed by Governor

AL 2021rs HB 607
Description: Cullman Co., no cost, pistol permits, applicants may make donation to sheriff, sheriff not required to send any information relating to pistol permits or firearm prohibition
Effect: Increases funding for policing and/or corrections
Sponsor: Harbison
Status: Signed by Governor

AL 2021rs HB 614
Description: Pickens Co., community corrections to provide law enforcement powers for a community corrections officer
Effect: Expands the scale, scope, and power of policing and/or law enforcement in Alabamians’ daily lives
Sponsor: Sullivan
Status: Signed by Governor

AL 2021rs HB 623
Description: Lamar Co., community corrections, to provide law enforcement powers for a community corrections officer
Effect: Expands the scale, scope, and power of policing and/or law enforcement in Alabamians’ daily lives
Sponsor: Estes
Status: Signed by Governor

AL 2021rs HB 2
Description: Controlled substances, relating to Schedule II, adding certain named chemical compounds of Tianeptine
Effect: Creates or enhances a criminal penalty
Sponsor: Holmes
Status: Signed by Governor

AL 2021rs HB 18
Description: Crimes and offenses, tampering with a consumer product, criminal penalties provided
Effect: Creates or enhances a criminal penalty
Sponsor: Mooney
Status: In House Committee

AL 2021rs HB 27
Description: Alabama state of emergency consumer protection act, enhanced criminal penalties
Effect: Creates or enhances a criminal penalty
Sponsor: Simpson
Status: Passed House, Passed Senate Committee

AL 2021rs HB 72
Description: Pardons and Paroles, mandatory supervised release of inmates, apply certain sentencing provisions to certain defendants
Effect: Expands the reach of jails, prisons and surveillance in Alabamians’ daily lives
Sponsor: Hill
Status: Passed House, Passed Senate Committee

AL 2021rs HB 89
Description: Consumer, regulate microblading and eyelash extension facilities, penalties
Effect: Creates or enhances a criminal penalty
Sponsor: Hollis
Status: In House Committee

AL 2021rs HB 90
Description: Motor vehicles, distracted driving, use of cell phone while operating a motor vehicle prohibited
Effect: Creates or enhances a criminal penalty
Sponsor: Brown (K)
Status: In House Committee 

AL 2021rs HB 240
Description: Crimes and offenses, illegal for a school employee to solicit a student to send obscene material to any person, Sec. 13A-6-82.1 am'd.
Effect: Creates or enhances a criminal penalty
Sponsor: Shaver
Status: Signed by Governor

AL 2021rs HB 252
Description: Crimes and offenses, crime of female genital mutilation established, criminal penalties provided
Effect: Creates or enhances a criminal penalty
Sponsor: Scott
Status: Passed House, Passed Senate Committee

AL 2021rs HB 267
Description: Firearms, domestic violence, to provide for an extreme risk protection order, prohibit certain violent defendants from possessing firearms, ammunition, or a pistol permit, to provide for the enforcement and registration of an extreme risk protection order, Secs. 30-10-1 to 30-10-15, inclusive, added; Sec. 13A-11-72 am'd.
Effect: Expands the reach of jails, prisons and surveillance in Alabamians’ daily lives
Sponsor: Coleman
Status: In House Committee

AL 2021rs HB 268
Description: Firearms, Gun Violence Protective Order Act, established
Effect: Creates or enhances a criminal penalty
Sponsor: Coleman
Status: In House Committee 

AL 2021rs HB 270
Description: Human trafficking, crimes and penalties further provided, Secs. 13A-6-151, 13A-6-152, 13A-6-157.1, 13A-6-170, 13A-12-122, 15-27-5 am'd.
Effect: Creates or enhances a criminal penalty
Sponsor: Coleman
Status: In House Committee

AL 2021rs HB 288
Description: Physical injury, allow for a gunshot wound to be included in the definition of physical injury, Sec. 13A-1-2 am'd.
Effect: Creates or enhances a criminal penalty
Sponsor: Morris
Status: In House Committee

AL 2021rs HB 305
Description: Drug paraphernalia, penalties for delivering or selling drug paraphernalia under certain circumstances, Sec. 13A-12-260 am'd.
Effect: Creates or enhances a criminal penalty
Sponsor: Hall
Status: Passed House,In Senate Committee

AL 2021rs HB 354
Description: Crimes and offenses, to provide that it shall be unlawful to shoot or discharge a firearm on school property, Sec. 13A-11-61.1 am'd.
Effect: Creates or enhances a criminal penalty
Sponsor: Robertson
Status: Passed House Committee

AL 2021rs HB 355
Description: Crimes and offenses, law enforcement officers, crime of making a false statement to a law enforcement officer, created
Effect: Creates or enhances a criminal penalty
Sponsor: Robertson
Status: Passed House Committee

AL 2021rs HB 373
Description: Public safety, declare federal and state laws, court orders, and executive orders implementing or enforcing extreme risk protection orders void, criminal penalties
Effect: Creates or enhances a criminal penalty
Sponsor: Sorrell
Status: In House Committee

AL 2021rs HB 389
Description: Crimes and offenses, assault, intentionally causing physical injury by means of a firearm would constitute assault in the first degree, Secs. 13A-6-20, 13A-6-21 am'd.
Effect: Creates or enhances a criminal penalty
Sponsor: Morris
Status: Signed by Governor

AL 2021rs HB 395
Description: Crimes and offenses, manslaughter, death resulting from unlawful sale of a controlled substance, Sec. 13A-6-3 am'd.
Effect: Creates or enhances a criminal penalty
Sponsor: Pringle
Status: Passed House, Passed Senate Committee

AL 2021rs HB 403
Description: Doxing, crime of created, penalties
Effect: Creates or enhances a criminal penalty
Sponsor: Stringer
Status: Signed by Governor

AL 2021rs HB 478
Description: Criminal law, to modify the criminal penalties for criminal solicitation, attempt, and criminal conspiracy for consistency with Class D felony offenses, Secs. 13A-4-1, 13A-4-2, 13A-4-3 am'd.
Effect: Creates or enhances a criminal penalty
Sponsor: Robertson
Status: Passed House Committee

AL 2021rs HB 516
Description: Critical infrastructure, provides further for crime of unauthorized entry of a critical infrastructure, including unmanned aircraft systems, provides additional penalties, Sec. 13A-7-4.3 am'd.
Effect: Creates or enhances a criminal penalty
Sponsor: Stadthagen
Status: Passed House Committee

AL 2021rs HB 551
Description: Animals, tethering of a dog, to establish protocal for tethering a dog and the requirement for the dogs care under certain conditions, violation is crime of animal cruelty
Effect: Creates or enhances a criminal penalty
Sponsor: Bedsole
Status: In House Committee

AL 2021rs HB 639
Description: Consumer, regulate microblading and eyelash extension facilities, penalties
Effect: Creates or enhances a criminal penalty
Sponsor: Hollis
Status: Passed House Committee

AL 2021rs HB 644
Description: Crimes and offenses, catalytic converters, requirements for purchase or sale, provided, Secs. 13A-8-37.3 added; Sec. 13A-8-31.1, 13A-8-37.1 am'd.
Effect: Expands the scale, scope, and power of policing and/or law enforcement in Alabamians’ daily lives
Sponsor: Lee
Status: In House Committee 

AL 2021rs HB 646
Description: Crimes and offenses, Retail Crime Prevention Act, crimes of theft by shoplifting, organized retail theft created, certain recordkeeping requirements for sale and purchase of stored value cards, provided
Effect: Creates or enhances a criminal penalty
Sponsor: Isbell
Status: In House Committee

AL 2021rs HB 130
Description: Bail, to provide for an additional offense under which an individual can be denied bail, pretrial detention hearing under certain circumstances provided
Effect: Expands the scale, scope, and power of policing and/or law enforcement in Alabamians’ daily lives
Sponsor: Brown (C)
Status: Signed by Governor

AL 2021rs HB 131
Description: Bail, criminal cases, creates Aniah's law, const. amend 
Effect: Expands the reach of jails, prisons and surveillance in Alabamians’ daily lives
Sponsor: Brown (C)
Status: Signed by Governor

AL 2021rs HB 289
Description: Bail schedule, to codify the bail schedule for murder, to amend the bail schedule for murder
Effect: Creates or enhances a criminal penalty
Sponsor: Morris
Status: Passed House Committee

AL 2021rs HB 547
Description: Bail bonds, cash bail only requirement removed, under certain conditions, arrest and delivery of a defendant further provided, time frames for providing notice and conducting hearings increased in conditional forfeiture proceedings, Bail Bond Reform Act of 1993, Secs. 15-13-103, 15-13-111, 15-13-114, 15-13-118, 15-13-125, 15-13-128, 15-13-131, 15-13-132, 15-13-136, 15-13-137, 15-13-138, 15-13-142, 15-13-145, 15-13-160, 15-13-164 am'd.
Effect: Expands the reach of jails, prisons and surveillance in Alabamians’ daily lives
Sponsor: Pringle
Status: In House Committee

AL 2021rs HB 166
Description: Baldwin County, court costs, add'l levied in circuit and district court criminal cases, distrib. for mental health court
Effect: Expands the reach of jails, prisons and surveillance in Alabamians’ daily lives
Sponsor: Simpson
Status: Signed by Governor 

AL 2021rs HB 245
Description: Motor vehicles, rules of the road, construction zone violations, further provided, Sec. 32-5A-176.1 am'd.
Effect: Creates or enhances a criminal penalty
Sponsor: Greer
Status: Passed House,Passed Senate Committee

AL 2021rs HB 262
Description: St. Clair Co., booking fee, imposed on each person booked in co. jail, co. commission to set fee under certain conditions, Act 2015-93, 2015 Reg. Sess, am'd.
Effect: Expands the reach of jails, prisons and surveillance in Alabamians’ daily lives
Sponsor: Hill
Status: Signed by Governor

AL 2021rs HB 269
Description: Human trafficking, National Human Trafficking Resource Center Hotline notice, criminal penalties for failure to display further provided, Sec. 13A-6-170 am'd.
Effect: Creates or enhances a civil penalty
Sponsor: Coleman
Status: In House Committee

AL 2021rs HB 310
Description: Satsuma, municipal court, warrant recall fee authorized, distrib. to municipal corrections fund
Effect: Creates or enhances a civil penalty
Sponsor: Simpson
Status: In House Committee

AL 2021rs HB 347
Description: Consumer protection, deceptive trade practices, pyramid sales structure, further provided, Secs. 8-19-3, 8-19-5 am'd.
Effect: Creates or enhances a civil penalty
Sponsor: Marques
Status: In House Committee

AL 2021rs HB 419
Description: Alcoholic beverages, drug paraphernalia and non- conforming pharmaceuticals, prohibited, Sec. 28-3A-25 am'd.
Effect: Creates or enhances a criminal penalty
Sponsor: Brown (K)
Status: Signed by Governor

AL 2021rs HB 562
Description: Geneva Co., service of process on out-of-state cases, sheriffs fee, set by county commission, distrib. to sheriff's office
Effect: Increases funding for policing and/or corrections
Sponsor: Sorrell
Status: Signed by Governor

AL 2021rs HB 597
Description: Marshall Co., court costs, failure to appear warrant, service by sheriff's office, add'l fee, distrib., assessment by circuit clerk
Effect: Increases funding for policing and/or corrections
Sponsor: Kitchens
Status: Signed by Governor

AL 2021rs HB 271
Description: Prostitution, to allow disclosure of certain person's picture after being arrested, Sec. 13A-6-183 am'd.
Effect: Expands the reach of jails, prisons and surveillance in Alabamians’ daily lives
Sponsor: Coleman
Status: Passed House,Passed Senate Committee

AL 2021rs HB 394
Description: Criminal procedure, asset forfeiture for drug offenses provided, Alabama Criminal Forfeiture Process Act, Secs. 20-2-93 repealed
Effect: Creates or enhances a criminal penalty
Sponsor: Sorrell
Status: Passed House Committee

AL 2021rs HB 1
Description: Vulnerable Child Compassion and Protection Act, prohibits gender change therapy for minors, prohibits withholding of certain related information from parents
Effect: Creates or enhances a criminal penalty
Sponsor: Allen
Status: Passed House Committee

AL 2021rs HB 237
Description: Abortion, physicians, duty of care owed to babies born alive after failed abortion, criminal penalties, definitions further provided
Effect: Creates or enhances a criminal penalty
Sponsor: Shaver
Status: Signed by Governor

AL 2021rs HB 317
Description: Abortion, chemical abortion, doctors required to inform of possibility of reversing chemical abortions, cause of action and criminal penalties provided
Effect: Creates or enhances a criminal penalty
Sponsor: Rich
Status: In House Committee

AL 2021rs HB 377
Description: Abortion, ban non-surgical, chemical abortions, criminal penalties, Alabama Chemical Abortion Prohibition Act
Effect: Creates or enhances a criminal penalty
Sponsor: Sorrell
Status: In House Committee

AL 2021rs HB 167
Description: Voting fraud or illegality, voting more than once, in any election held within the state, application of penalties to include elections held outside the state, Secs. 17-13-24, 17-17-36 am'd.
Effect: Creates or enhances a criminal penalty
Sponsor: Blackshear
Status: Signed by Governor

AL 2021rs HB 589
Description: Elections, prefilling of any field on voter registration application or absentee ballot application, prohibited, criminal penalties for violations imposed
Effect: Creates or enhances a criminal penalty
Sponsor: Rich
Status: In House Committee

AL 2021rs HB 638
Description: Absentee voting, requiring photo ID with absentee ballot, prohibiting absentee election manager and circuit clerk from extending operating hours, requiring absentee election manager to submit report, Secs. 17-9-30, 17-11-2, 17-11-4, 17-11-5, 17-11-10, 17-11-11, 17-11-18 am'd.
Effect: Expands the scale, scope, and power of policing and/or law enforcement in Alabamians’ daily lives
Sponsor: Mooney
Status: In House Committee

2021 Pipeline: Senate Bills

AL 2021rs SB 305
Description: Voting fraud or illegality, voting more than once, in any election held within the state, application of penalties to include elections held outside the state, Secs. 17-13-24, 17-17-36 am'd.
Effect: Expands the scale, scope, and power of policing and/or law enforcement in Alabamians’ daily lives
Sponsor: Scofield
Status: In Senate Committee

AL 2021rs SB 10
Description: Vulnerable Child Compassion and Protection Act, prohibits gender change therapy for minors, prohibits withholding of certain related information from parents 
Effect: Expands the reach of jails, prisons and surveillance in Alabamians’ daily lives
Sponsor: Shelnutt
Status: Passed Senate,In House Committee

AL 2021rs SB 241
Description: Medicaid False Claims Act, remedies and penalties for fraudulent claims provided
Effect: Creates or enhances civil penalties
Sponsor: McClendon
Status: In Senate Committee

AL 2021rs SB 329
Description: Bail, prohibit certain defendants from being admitted to bail, Sec. 15-13-3 am'd.
Effect: Expands the reach of jails, prisons and surveillance in Alabamians’ daily lives
Sponsor: Barfoot
Status: Passed Senate Committee

AL 2021rs SB 39
Description: Consumer Protection, Alabama State of Emergency Consumer Protection Act, enhanced criminal penalties provided under certain conditions, Sec. 13A-9-111.1 added; Sec. 13A-9-114, 34-14A-14, 34-31-32, 34-36-16, 34-37-17 am'd.
Effect: Creates or enhances criminal penalties
Sponsor: Price
Status: Signed by Governor

AL 2021rs SB 41
Description: Crimes and offenses, assault (2nd degree), the term firefighter includes volunteer firefighters, Sec. 13A-6-21 am'd.
Effect: Expands the reach of jails, prisons and surveillance in Alabamians’ daily lives
Sponsor: Price
Status: In Senate Committee

AL 2021rs SB 48
Description: Crimes and offenses, theft of shoplifting, crime created
Effect: Creates or enhances criminal penalties
Sponsor: Chambliss
Status: In Senate Committee

SB 2
Description: Automated license plate recognition systems, limited use on public highways by law enforcement agencies, confidentiality, destruction of information collected, criminal penalties
Effect: Expands the reach of jails, prisons and surveillance in Alabamians’ daily lives
Sponsor: Orr
Status: Passed Senate,Passed Committee

AL 2021rs SB 14
Description: Law enforcement officers, requiring officers to have not less than 16 hours of crisis intervention training
Effect: Expands the scale, scope, and power of policing and/or law enforcement in Alabamians’ daily lives
Sponsor: Jones
Status: Passed Senate Committee

AL 2021rs SB 67
Description: Peace Officers' Standards and Training Commission, education requirement to become a law enforcement officer amended to include nonpublic education, Sec. 36-21-46 am'd.
Effect: Expands the scale, scope, and power of policing and/or law enforcement in Alabamians’ daily lives
Sponsor: Shelnutt
Status: Passed Senate,In House Committee

AL 2021rs SB 71
Description: ALEA, felony drug trafficking wiretapping, interception of wire, oral, or electronic communications, Attorney General to authorize 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; Sec. 15-5-40 am'd 
Effect: Expands the scale, scope, and power of policing and/or law enforcement in Alabamians’ daily lives
Sponsor: Butler
Status: In Senate Committee

AL 2021rs SB 107
Description: Municipalities, police jurisdictions may not be expended, municipal planning jurisdiction limited, audit of expenditure of fees in police jurisdiction, Secs. 11-40-10, 11-51-91, 11-52-30 am'd.
Effect: Expands the scale, scope, and power of policing and/or law enforcement in Alabamians’ daily lives
Sponsor: Elliott
Status: Signed by Governor

AL 2021rs SB 152
Description: Lauderdale County, protest and non-protest areas authorized 
Effect: Expands the scale, scope, and power of policing and/or law enforcement in Alabamians’ daily lives
Sponsor: Melson
Status: Signed by Governor

AL 2021rs SB 180
Description: Driving under the influence, ignition interlock devices, other alcohol monitoring device approved by the court, Secs. 32-5A-191, 32-5A-191.4 am'd.
Effect: Expands the scale, scope, and power of policing and/or law enforcement in Alabamians’ daily lives
Sponsor: Whatley
Status: Passed Committee

AL 2021rs SB 187
Description: Disabled access parking placards and license plates, prohibits duplication, forgery, sale, or transfer to unentitled individual, criminal penalties, Sec. 32-6-233 am'd.
Effect: Expands the reach of jails, prisons and surveillance in Alabamians’ daily lives
Sponsor: Allen
Status: In Senate Committee

AL 2021rs SB 210
Description: Criminal procedure, asset forfeiture for drug offenses provided, Secs. 20-2-93 am'd.
Effect: Expands the scale, scope, and power of policing and/or law enforcement in Alabamians’ daily lives
Sponsor: Orr
Status: Signed by Governor

AL 2021rs SB 245
Description: Cherokee County, revenue commissioner and sheriff, salary, continuing annual training for sheriff
Effect: Expands the scale, scope, and power of policing and/or law enforcement in Alabamians’ daily lives
Sponsor: Jones
Status: Signed by Governor

AL 2021rs SB 258
Description: Driver license, to provide additional circumstances in which an expert witness may give expert testimony, provide for add'l chemical tests that may be used to determine if a person was driving under the influence, to provide for who can draw blood, provide that a witness may provide testimony on the results of horizontal gaze nystagmus test, Secs. 12-21-160, 32-5-192, 32-5-200, 32-5A-194, 32-5A-300, 32-5A-301, 32-5A-302, 32-5A-303, 32-5A-304, 32-5A-306, 32-5A-307, 32-5A-308, 32-6-49.13 am'd.
Effect: Expands the reach of jails, prisons and surveillance in Alabamians’ daily lives
Sponsor: Orr
Status: Signed by Governor

AL 2021rs SB 278
Description: Limestone County, protest and non-protest areas authorized
Effect: Expands the scale, scope, and power of policing and/or law enforcement in Alabamians’ daily lives
Sponsor: Melson
Status: Signed by Governor

AL 2021rs SB 341
Description: Cleburne Co., sheriff, qualifications, continuing education required
Effect: Expands the scale, scope, and power of policing and/or law enforcement in Alabamians’ daily lives
Sponsor: Price
Status: Signed by Governor

AL 2021rs SB 347
Description: Randolph Co., sheriff, qualifications, continuing education required
Effect: Expands the scale, scope, and power of policing and/or law enforcement in Alabamians’ daily lives
Sponsor: Price
Status: Signed by Governor

AL 2021rs SB 354
Description: Law enforcement officers, confidentiality, to restrict disclosure of personal information of
Effect: Expands the scale, scope, and power of policing and/or law enforcement in Alabamians’ daily lives
Sponsor: Livingston
Status: Passed Senate,In House Committee

AL 2021rs SB 398
Description: Crimes and offenses, assault against a first responder, created, riot and inciting to riot, further provided, aggravated riot, and unlawful traffic interference, created, holding period after arrest, provided, penalties for defunding police, provided, Secs. 13A-11-3.1, 13A-11-5.1 added; Secs. 13A-6-21, 13A-11-1, 13A-11-3, 13A-11-4, 15-10-3 am'd.
Effect: Expands the scale, scope, and power of policing and/or law enforcement in Alabamians’ daily lives
Sponsor: Shelnutt
Status: In Senate Committee

AL 2021rs SB 405
Description: Crimes and offenses, Retail Crime Prevention Act, crimes of theft by shoplifting, organized retail theft created, certain recordkeeping requirements for sale and purchase of stored value cards, provided
Effect: Expands the scale, scope, and power of policing and/or law enforcement in Alabamians’ daily lives
Sponsor: Waggoner
Status: In Senate Committee

AL 2021rs SB 219
Description: Pardons and Paroles, mandatory supervised release of inmates, to further provide for supervision upon release, Sec. 15-22-26.2 am'd.
Effect: Expands the reach of jails, prisons and surveillance in Alabamians’ daily lives
Sponsor: Whatley
Status: In House Committee

AL 2021rs SB 361
Description: Pardons and Paroles Board, may expend funds for recruitment and training of law enforcement officers, Sec. 15-22-24 am'd.
Effect: Expands the reach of jails, prisons and surveillance in Alabamians’ daily lives
Sponsor: Albritton
Status: Signed by Governor

AL 2021rs SB 36
Description: Parole and Probation violations, limits of confinement for parole and probation violations further revised, provide that the Dept. of Corrections shall reimburse the counties for health care costs of state parolees and probationers, require the Dept. of Corrections to designate county jails for confinement of parole and probation violators, require courts to send electronic notification when a defendant sentenced to Dept. of Corrections, Secs. 14-3-30, 15-22-29, 15-22-32, 15-22-52, 15-22-54 am'd.
Effect: Expands the reach of jails, prisons and surveillance in Alabamians’ daily lives
Sponsor: Albritton
Status: Passed Senate,Passed House Committee