---
type: "Bill"
title: "Emergency medical service personnel, licensing, criminal background checks authorized, licensing fees revised, Sec. 22-18-9 added; Secs. 22-18-4, 22-18-6 am'd."
description: "Emergency medical service personnel, licensing, criminal background checks authorized, licensing fees revised, Sec. 22-18-9 added; Secs. 22-18-4, 22-18-6 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2019rs"
identifier: "HB 58"
citation: "Alabama HB 58 (2019rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Emergency Medical Services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sells"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-03-05T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e3c4dd9-a258-4b84-97b9-251d9a66fde5"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB58"
source_hash: "80591b771f8d5de0b2ca1ef6c80b79b4d874ac78d00fd20f05a0b0df46bcce9d"
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 58 (2019rs) — Emergency medical service personnel, licensing, criminal background checks authorized, licensing fees revised, Sec. 22-18-9 added; Secs. 22-18-4, 22-18-6 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/HB58-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 197663-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/197663-2.pdf)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB58-eng.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB58-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1225 — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 294 — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 293 — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sells — 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 Boards, Agencies and Commissions `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-03T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2019-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Boards, Agencies and Commissions Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 293 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 294 `passage`
- **2019-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2019-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Governmental Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1225 `passage`
- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2019-493. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 1:33 p.m. on May 29, 2019. `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6e3c4dd9-a258-4b84-97b9-251d9a66fde5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).