# Alabama SB200: Drug courts; name changed to "accountability courts," eligibility expanded to include veterans and individuals with mental illness, duties of Administrative Office of Courts further provided for Alabama SB200, Drug courts; name changed to "accountability courts," eligibility expanded to include veterans and individuals with mental illness, duties of Administrative Office of Courts further provided for, is a 2025 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Andrew Jones (Republican); status enacted, last action 2025-04-17 (Enacted); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-16). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-SB200-2025rs - As of: 2026-10-16 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Alabama SB200 - State: Alabama - Session: 2025 Regular Session - Title: Drug courts; name changed to "accountability courts," eligibility expanded to include veterans and individuals with mental illness, duties of Administrative Office of Courts further provided for - Status: enacted - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-02-27 - Last action: 2025-04-17, Enacted - Sponsor: Andrew Jones (Republican) - Cosponsors: 26 - Subjects: Courts & Judges - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 10 (499 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 8 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - More people qualify for treatment courts: benefit, high. Beginning October 1, 2025, Alabama renames drug courts as accountability courts and expands who qualifies. People charged with or convicted of drug-related crimes qualify, as do those whose crimes significantly involved substance abuse or mental illness. Veterans qualify under the same substance ab… - More transfer routes into treatment courts: benefit, medium. Beginning October 1, 2025, accountability courts can accept transfers from other Alabama accountability courts based on the person’s residence. Transfers from similar out-of-state courts must follow the Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision. Local municipal courts without accountability… - Fewer testing and disclosure requirements: benefit, low. Beginning October 1, 2025, this chapter no longer requires random observed drug tests for drug defendants who post bail. It also drops specified screening rules and the requirement to consider treatment-court participation after screening; other authority can still allow testing. Courts no longer m… - Treatment courts gain more provider options: benefit, low. Beginning October 1, 2025, accountability courts have three options when choosing treatment programs. Programs can hold Alabama Department of Mental Health certification or agree to obtain it within 90 days after services begin. Programs can also qualify by documenting their use of evidence-based p… - Court funding gets separate budget listing: benefit, low. Beginning October 1, 2025, drug-court funding must appear as a separate line in Alabama’s annual General Fund budget. The separate listing does not set a dollar amount or guarantee more funding. - Legal protection expands for treatment professionals: benefit, low. Beginning October 1, 2025, civil-liability protection expressly covers substance abuse and mental health professionals serving accountability courts in good faith. Protection does not cover negligence, wantonness, recklessness, or deliberate misconduct. - Treatment court audits become optional: cost, low. Beginning October 1, 2025, audits of accountability-court annual reports and financial records are optional, rather than required every year. Any audit must be completed as soon as practical. Reports from completed audits remain public. - Statewide court rules replace detailed duties: mixed, low. Beginning October 1, 2025, the Administrative Office of Courts must set statewide best-practice policies, and accountability courts must follow them. These replace the former ten-component model and detailed rules for dedicated dockets, local teams, and pre-session meetings. The law removes listed… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Andrew Jones (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: April Weaver (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Bobby D. Singleton (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Chris Elliott (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Clyde Chambliss (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Dan Roberts (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: David Sessions (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Donnie Chesteen (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Garlan Gudger (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Gerald H. Allen (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: J. T. 'Jabo' Waggoner (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Jack W. Williams (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Jay Hovey (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Josh Carnley (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Keith Kelley (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Lance Bell (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Linda Coleman-Madison (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Randy Price (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Robert Stewart (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Rodger M. Smitherman (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Shay Shelnutt (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Steve Livingston (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Tom Butler (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Vivian Davis Figures (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Wes Kitchens (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Will Barfoot (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: William M. Beasley (Democratic), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-10 | Senate | Jones Motion to Concur In and Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 622 | pass | 24 | 0 | | | 2025-04-09 | House | Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 746 | pass | 101 | 0 | | | 2025-04-09 | House | Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 745 | pass | 99 | 0 | | | 2025-04-09 | House | Third Reading in Second House | pass | 97 | 0 | 3 | | 2025-03-18 | Senate | Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 352 | pass | 29 | 0 | | | 2025-03-18 | Senate | Jones motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 351 | pass | 29 | 0 | | | 2025-03-18 | Senate | Smitherman motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 340 | pass | 30 | 0 | | | 2025-03-18 | Senate | Jones motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 339 | pass | 30 | 0 | | | 2025-03-18 | Senate | Jones motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 338 | pass | 30 | 0 | | | 2025-03-18 | Senate | Third Reading in House of Origin | pass | 30 | 0 | | ## Actions (32) - 2025-04-17: Enacted (Senate) - 2025-04-10: Jones Motion to Concur In and Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 622 (Senate) - 2025-04-10: Ready to Enroll (Senate) - 2025-04-10: Enrolled (Senate) - 2025-04-10: Signature Requested (House) - 2025-04-10: Delivered to Governor (Senate) - 2025-04-09: Third Reading in Second House (House) - 2025-04-09: Judiciary Engrossed Substitute Offered (House) - 2025-04-09: Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 745 (House) - 2025-04-09: Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 746 (House) - 2025-04-03: Judiciary 1st Amendment (House) - 2025-04-03: Reported Out of Committee Second House (House) - 2025-04-03: Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (House) - 2025-03-19: Engrossed (Senate) - 2025-03-19: Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Judiciary (House) - 2025-03-19: Pending Committee Action in Second House (House) - 2025-03-18: Third Reading in House of Origin (Senate) - 2025-03-18: Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Safety 1st Amendment Offered (Senate) - 2025-03-18: Jones motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 338 (Senate) - 2025-03-18: Jones 1st Amendment Offered (Senate) - 2025-03-18: Jones motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 339 (Senate) - 2025-03-18: Smitherman 1st Amendment Offered (Senate) - 2025-03-18: Smitherman motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 340 (Senate) - 2025-03-18: Carried Over to the Call of the Chair (Senate) - 2025-03-18: Jones 2nd Amendment Offered (Senate) - 2025-03-18: Jones motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 351 (Senate) - 2025-03-18: Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 352 (Senate) - 2025-03-05: Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Safety 1st Amendment (Senate) - 2025-03-05: Reported Out of Committee House of Origin (Senate) - 2025-03-05: Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Senate) - 2025-02-27: Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Safety (Senate) - 2025-02-27: Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Senate) ## Bill text - As Introduced: [PDF](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/SB200-int.pdf) - Engrossed: [PDF](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/SB200-eng.pdf) - Enrolled: [PDF](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/SB200-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/SB200-int.pdf) - [Engrossed (PDF)](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/SB200-eng.pdf) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/SB200-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-SB200-2025rs (as of 2026-10-16).