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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Hospitals, require hospitals to bill an injured person's health insurance and only seek compensation from health insurance unless certain circumstances apply, clarifying hospital lien provisions, Sec. 27-12-25 added; Sec. 35-11-371 am'd."
+description: "Hospitals, require hospitals to bill an injured person's health insurance and only seek compensation from health insurance unless certain circumstances apply, clarifying hospital lien provisions, Sec. 27-12-25 added; Sec. 35-11-371 am'd."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
+legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
+session: "2021rs"
+identifier: "HB 279"
+citation: "Alabama HB 279 (2021rs)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Hospitals"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Faulkner"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 22
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e24fa79c-d32d-49c3-888c-ad05e2540c05"
+source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB279"
+source_hash: "8f855e3ce44b21c2725fada6114ce53e4a9db9133b7ac4679f3195c65aea9690"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-al"]
+---
+
+# Alabama HB 279 (2021rs) — Hospitals, require hospitals to bill an injured person's health insurance and only seek compensation from health insurance unless certain circumstances apply, clarifying hospital lien provisions, Sec. 27-12-25 added; Sec. 35-11-371 am'd.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/HB279-int.pdf)
+2. **Amd/Sub 209917-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/209917-2.pdf)
+3. **Amd/Sub 213167-3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/213167-3.pdf)
+4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/HB279-eng.pdf)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/HB279-enr.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1075 — **28–0** (pass) · upper
+- Elliott motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1074 — **28–0** (pass) · upper
+- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 672 — **81–1** (pass) · lower
+- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 673 — **85–1** (pass) · lower
+- Faulkner motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 996 — **101–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Faulkner — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Insurance `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
+- **2021-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2021-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Insurance Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2021-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 672 `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 673 `passage`
+- **2021-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
+- **2021-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Banking and Insurance `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
+- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Banking and Insurance Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Elliott motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1074 `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1075 `passage`
+- **2021-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
+- **2021-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Faulkner motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 996 `passage`
+- **2021-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Second House Amendment
+- **2021-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
+- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
+- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
+- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2021-379. `executive-signature`
+- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Banking and Insurance first Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 10:11 a.m. on April 29, 2021. `executive-receipt`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e24fa79c-d32d-49c3-888c-ad05e2540c05`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).
+