# Alabama HB294: Etowah County; Etowah County Drug Enforcement Unit, authorized to sell, use, and destroy certain abandoned, stolen, and unclaimed property Alabama HB294, Etowah County; Etowah County Drug Enforcement Unit, authorized to sell, use, and destroy certain abandoned, stolen, and unclaimed property, is a 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Mack Butler (Republican); status enacted, last action 2025-04-11 (Enacted) (as of 2026-10-16). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-HB294-2025rs - As of: 2026-10-16 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Alabama HB294 - State: Alabama - Session: 2025 Regular Session - Title: Etowah County; Etowah County Drug Enforcement Unit, authorized to sell, use, and destroy certain abandoned, stolen, and unclaimed property - Status: enacted - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-02-18 - Last action: 2025-04-11, Enacted - Sponsor: Mack Butler (Republican) - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: Etowah County - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 4 (131 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 3 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Etowah drug unit can reuse unclaimed guns: benefit, low. The Etowah County Drug Enforcement Unit can use recovered abandoned or stolen guns for law enforcement after six months unclaimed. It can instead destroy guns that are unlawful or unsafe to use. The unit decides whether to use or destroy these guns. - Unclaimed Etowah sale money funds enforcement: cost, low. The Etowah County Drug Enforcement Unit must hold sale money in a separate account for six months. During that period, it must pay owners who request the money and prove ownership, minus allowed costs. After six months unclaimed, recovery, storage, maintenance, and sale costs are deducted before th… - Etowah property owners face auction deadlines: mixed, low. Beginning October 1, 2025, these rules cover property held by the Etowah County Drug Enforcement Unit on or after that date. The unit must keep public records with property descriptions, recovery dates, and identifying numbers where available, and store property against deterioration. It can sell a… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Mack Butler (Republican), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-01 | Senate | Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 443 | pass | 31 | 0 | | | 2025-04-01 | Senate | Third Reading in Second House | pass | 31 | 0 | | | 2025-02-27 | House | Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 259 | pass | 12 | 0 | 87 | | 2025-02-27 | House | Third Reading in House of Origin | pass | 57 | 0 | 43 | ## Actions (17) - 2025-04-11: Enacted (House) - 2025-04-03: Signature Requested (Senate) - 2025-04-03: Delivered to Governor (House) - 2025-04-01: Third Reading in Second House (Senate) - 2025-04-01: Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 443 (Senate) - 2025-04-01: Ready to Enroll (House) - 2025-04-01: Enrolled (House) - 2025-03-19: Reported Out of Committee Second House (Senate) - 2025-03-19: Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Senate) - 2025-03-04: Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Local Legislation (Senate) - 2025-03-04: Pending Committee Action in Second House (Senate) - 2025-02-27: Third Reading in House of Origin (House) - 2025-02-27: Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 259 (House) - 2025-02-25: Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (House) - 2025-02-20: Reported Out of Committee House of Origin (House) - 2025-02-18: Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Local Legislation (House) - 2025-02-18: Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (House) ## Bill text - As Introduced: [PDF](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/HB294-int.pdf) - Enrolled: [PDF](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/HB294-enr.pdf) ## Related bills - HB52: Income Taxes; to make technical changes to the funding provisions of the CHOOSE Act credits and increase funding, and to extend the sunset date for deductions… (enacted) - SB331: Barbour County, compensation of the judge of probate further provided for (enacted) - SB102: Medicaid; providing presumptive eligibility to pregnant women (enacted) - HB445: Cannabinoids found in hemp; licensure and regulation of sale of consumable cannabinoid products by Alcoholic Beverage Control Board imposed (enacted) - HB357: Tobacco products, heated tobacco product definition and tax provided for (enacted) - HB349: Russell County; sheriff, salary further provided (enacted) ## Sources - [As Introduced (PDF)](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/HB294-int.pdf) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/HB294-enr.pdf) ## Related - [HB52: Income Taxes; to make technical changes to the funding provisions of the CHOOSE…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-HB52-2025rs) - [SB331: Barbour County, compensation of the judge of probate further provided for](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-SB331-2025rs) - [SB102: Medicaid; providing presumptive eligibility to pregnant women](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-SB102-2025rs) - [HB445: Cannabinoids found in hemp; licensure and regulation of sale of consumable cann…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-HB445-2025rs) - [HB357: Tobacco products, heated tobacco product definition and tax provided for](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-HB357-2025rs) - [HB349: Russell County; sheriff, salary further provided](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-HB349-2025rs) - [Alabama bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/alabama/bills) - [Alabama state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/alabama) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-HB294-2025rs (as of 2026-10-16).