Alabama asset forfeiture bill went from broad reforms to ‘best we can do’ Updated 10:51 AM; Facebook Share As he has for each of the past three years, Sen. Arthur Orr, R-Decatur introduced a bill at the start of this legislative session aimed at reining in civil asset forfeiture. Unlike his previous attempts, the legislation appears posed to finally be approved this year, but only after extensive negotiations with law enforcement and other lawmakers that stripped major reforms out of the bill, allowing police to continue seizing cash and property from many people who have not been convicted of crimes. “The bill is certainly not all we wanted, but it’s the best we could get through in the current environment,” Orr, a longtime critic of asset forfeiture, said via phone Tuesday evening. “I wish I could say this was game, set, match, but I can’t say that. But it’s the best we can do given the circumstances.”