---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Health, Dept. of, authorized to provide education regarding care for Alzheimer's and dementia patients, responsibility removed from Mental Health Dept., funding authorized, Dementia Education and Training Act, Secs. 22-50-70, 22-50-71, 22-50-72, 22-50-73, 22-50-74 repealed"
description: "Public Health, Dept. of, authorized to provide education regarding care for Alzheimer's and dementia patients, responsibility removed from Mental Health Dept., funding authorized, Dementia Education and Training Act, Secs. 22-50-70, 22-50-71, 22-50-72, 22-50-73, 22-50-74 repealed"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2019rs"
identifier: "HB 549"
citation: "Alabama HB 549 (2019rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hall"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/70c50b2c-7642-43e8-96ab-9cb87af40dd2"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB549"
source_hash: "717b4e0f1ead78985005b1ee49c9e45300063101df0f59c25a1d4fc8f616f5e9"
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 549 (2019rs) — Public Health, Dept. of, authorized to provide education regarding care for Alzheimer's and dementia patients, responsibility removed from Mental Health Dept., funding authorized, Dementia Education and Training Act, Secs. 22-50-70, 22-50-71, 22-50-72, 22-50-73, 22-50-74 repealed

## 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/HB549-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 201099-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/201099-2.pdf)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB549-eng.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB549-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1428 — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1040 — **102–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1041 — **101–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hall — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on State Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** State Government Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1040 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1041 `passage`
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1428 `passage`
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2019-453. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 10:30 a.m. on May 31, 2019. `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/70c50b2c-7642-43e8-96ab-9cb87af40dd2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).