---
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, Secs. 35-11-370 to 35-11-375, inclusive, 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, Secs. 35-11-370 to 35-11-375, inclusive, am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2019rs"
identifier: "HB 11"
citation: "Alabama HB 11 (2019rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Hospitals"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rowe"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-03-05T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-22T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8c32dc9d-46d5-4a5c-a141-3ee4e22c8873"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB11"
source_hash: "4e11eac07c8060b0c8aafc8c3ab6e92b6517560efa437c4fc133653106d36101"
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 11 (2019rs) — 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, Secs. 35-11-370 to 35-11-375, inclusive, 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/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB11-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 198994-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/198994-2.pdf)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB11-eng.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB11-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 944 — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 206 — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 207 — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rowe — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Insurance `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar with 1 substitute and `reading-2`
- **2019-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Insurance first Substitute Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 206 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 207 `passage`
- **2019-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2019-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Banking and Insurance `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2019-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 944 `passage`
- **2019-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2019-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2019-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2019-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2019-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2019-273. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 2:45 p.m. on May 22, 2019. `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8c32dc9d-46d5-4a5c-a141-3ee4e22c8873`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).