The bill establishes that the Sheriff of Mobile County will be responsible for the administration and supervision of electronic monitoring for pretrial defendants within the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit of Alabama. It explicitly prohibits the Sheriff from contracting with external entities for electronic monitoring services. Additionally, the Sheriff is granted the authority to set administrative and supervision fees to fund electronic monitoring and related programs, with the ability to collect these fees from individuals placed in such programs. All collected fees will be deposited into the county general fund.

The act is set to take effect on June 1, 2025. The new legal language includes provisions for the Sheriff’s exclusive authority over electronic monitoring and fee collection, while no deletions from current law are specified in the text provided.