---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health care, Alabama Rural Hospital Resource Center, created, within Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham, staffing and reporting requirements, rural administrative residency program, created"
description: "Health care, Alabama Rural Hospital Resource Center, created, within Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham, staffing and reporting requirements, rural administrative residency program, created"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2018rs"
identifier: "SB 351"
citation: "Alabama SB 351 (2018rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["University of Alabama--Birmingham"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Reed"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-02-27T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/67bde927-2cf5-4341-9f42-61f8e947f16b"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB351"
source_hash: "7729863044a57e831beafd0a6e46fcf200c8717b85ee88307c5be3b342f973c6"
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 SB 351 (2018rs) — Health care, Alabama Rural Hospital Resource Center, created, within Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham, staffing and reporting requirements, rural administrative residency program, created

## 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/SB351-int.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/SB351-eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/SB351-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Reed motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 790 — **24–1** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 791 — **25–1** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 932 — **84–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 933 — **80–7** (pass) · lower
- Reed motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 924 — **26–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Reed — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Health and Human Services `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2018-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Health and Human Services Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Reed motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 790 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 791 `passage`
- **2018-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2018-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Urban and Rural Development `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2018-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Warren Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 932 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 933 `passage`
- **2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
- **2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Reed motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 924 `passage`
- **2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Second House Amendment
- **2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2018-394. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/67bde927-2cf5-4341-9f42-61f8e947f16b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).