SB108 Alabama 2013 Session

Updated Jan 10, 2026

Senate Bill

Enacted

Current Status

Regular Session 2013

Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Del Marsh
Republican
Co-Sponsors: Gerald H. Allen Jerry L. Fielding Paul Bussman Rusty Glover Shadrack McGill Jimmy Holley Bill Holtzclaw Bryan Taylor Greg J. Reed Paul Sanford Gerald O. Dial Cam Ward Phillip W. Williams Dick Brewbaker Tom Whatley J.T. Waggoner Trip Pittman Clay Scofield Mark Slade Blackwell Scott Beason
Session: Regular Session 2013
Title: Law Enforcement Agency, state, created, secretary appointed by Governor, law enforcement and investigative, and homeland security functions of, consolidated and reorganized, secretary to serve as chair of the Criminal Justice Information Center Commission, certain Public Safety Funds, created, Secs. 41-9-592, 41-9-593 am'd.
Description: Under existing law, various state agencies, including the Department of Public Safety, perform law enforcement and investigative services to enhance public safety.
This bill would create the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency and the position of Secretary of the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency, appointed by the Governor, to coordinate public safety in this state.
Effective October 1, 2014, this bill would consolidate certain investigative and law enforcement functions and reorganize the administration of public safety services in this state.
This bill would reorganize state public safety services within the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency, which would be comprised of two units: the reorganized Department of Public Safety, which would consolidate uniformed state law enforcement services and a newly created State Bureau of Investigations, which would consolidate state investigative law enforcement services.
This bill also would transfer the functions of the Department of Homeland Security to the Secretary of the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency.
Subjects: Public Safety Department

Bill Actions

Forwarded to Governor on March 14, 2013

Assigned Act No. 2013-67.

Concurred in Second House Amendment

Signature Requested

Marsh motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 221

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 179

Motion to Adopt Ball 2nd Amendment adopted Roll Call 178

Henry motion to Previous Question adopted Roll Call 177

Ball 2nd Amendment Offered

Holmes motion to Adjourn lost Roll Call 176

Enrolled

Ball 1st Amendment Offered

Ball motion to Table adopted Roll Call 175

Concurrence Requested

Third Reading Passed

Ball motion to Carry Over Temporarily adopted Voice Vote

Ball Amendment Offered

Ball motion to Table adopted Roll Call 173

Public Safety and Homeland Security Amendment Offered

Ball motion to Table adopted Roll Call 172

Public Safety and Homeland Security Amendment Offered

Third Reading Carried Over

Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 2 amendments

Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security

Engrossed

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 44

Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 43

Coleman Amendment Offered

Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 42

Singleton Amendment Offered

Third Reading Passed

Marsh motion to Carry Over to the Call of the Chair adopted Voice Vote

Third Reading Carried Over to Call of the Chair

Read for the second time and placed on the calendar

Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Fiscal Responsibility and Accountability

Bill Text

Download Enrolled PDF

Votes

Yes 32

Absent 2

Yes 32

Absent 2

Yes 31

Absent 3

Yes 83

Absent 20

Yes 87

Abstained 1

Absent 15

Yes 72

No 18

Absent 13

Yes 25

No 61

Absent 17

Yes 64

No 28

Absent 11

Yes 65

No 22

Abstained 1

Absent 15

Yes 67

No 26

Abstained 2

Absent 8

Yes 17

No 2

Abstained 4

Absent 11

Documents

Bill Text (Enrolled) SB108 Alabama 2013 Session - Enrolled

Bill Text (Engrossed) SB108 Alabama 2013 Session - Engrossed

Bill Text (Introduced) SB108 Alabama 2013 Session - Introduced

Source: Alabama Legislature