---
type: "Bill"
title: "Controlled substances, prescribing or dispensing, required to be only for a medical purpose, criminal penalties, Secs. 20-2-58, 20-2-71 am'd."
description: "Controlled substances, prescribing or dispensing, required to be only for a medical purpose, criminal penalties, Secs. 20-2-58, 20-2-71 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2019rs"
identifier: "HB 76"
citation: "Alabama HB 76 (2019rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Physicians"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["England"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-03-05T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d494a89-7214-4141-9aff-a99356aed2b9"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB76"
source_hash: "a1a8df50b7ef0037e9aa570474fb8e98feb782ab3fcc92bd9578fd309e2e2f7d"
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 76 (2019rs) — Controlled substances, prescribing or dispensing, required to be only for a medical purpose, criminal penalties, Secs. 20-2-58, 20-2-71 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/HB76-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 198557-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/198557-2.pdf)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB76-eng.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB76-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 210 — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1391 — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 209 — **94–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- England — 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 Health `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Rereferred from Health to Judiciary
- **2019-04-03T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2019-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Judiciary Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 209 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 210 `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 Healthcare `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1391 `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. 2019-537. `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/2d494a89-7214-4141-9aff-a99356aed2b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).