---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hospitals, private hospital assessment and Medicaid funding program extended for fiscal year 2019, Secs. 40-26B-71, 40-26B-73, 40-26B-77.1, 40-26B-79, 40-26B-80, 40-26B-81, 40-26B-82, 40-26B-84, 40-26B-88 am'd."
description: "Hospitals, private hospital assessment and Medicaid funding program extended for fiscal year 2019, Secs. 40-26B-71, 40-26B-73, 40-26B-77.1, 40-26B-79, 40-26B-80, 40-26B-81, 40-26B-82, 40-26B-84, 40-26B-88 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2018rs"
identifier: "HB 322"
citation: "Alabama HB 322 (2018rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Hospitals"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Clouse"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-30T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-03-28T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b47805d-89a8-44ac-a892-9baeef8bf5d8"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB322"
source_hash: "edce358b7d6d0fefa68f93b6246edf86d4205d47d94eff13ee8cc4fa5de80c84"
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 322 (2018rs) — Hospitals, private hospital assessment and Medicaid funding program extended for fiscal year 2019, Secs. 40-26B-71, 40-26B-73, 40-26B-77.1, 40-26B-79, 40-26B-80, 40-26B-81, 40-26B-82, 40-26B-84, 40-26B-88 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/2018rs/PrintFiles/HB322-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/HB322-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1214 — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 322 — **100–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Clouse — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Ways and Means General Fund `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2018-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 322 `passage`
- **2018-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Buskey intended to vote "Yea"
- **2018-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Finance and Taxation General Fund `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2018-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1214 `passage`
- **2018-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2018-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2018-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2018-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2018-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2018-543. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 4;30 p.m. on March 28, 2018. `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1b47805d-89a8-44ac-a892-9baeef8bf5d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).