---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alabama Genetic Counselor Act, Board of Genetic Counseling created to license genetic counselors, powers of board, qualifications for licensure, exemptions from licensure provided, funding, and penalties for violations"
description: "Alabama Genetic Counselor Act, Board of Genetic Counseling created to license genetic counselors, powers of board, qualifications for licensure, exemptions from licensure provided, funding, and penalties for violations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2019rs"
identifier: "SB 213"
citation: "Alabama SB 213 (2019rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Boards and Commissions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Waggoner"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-04-02T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e79fcd44-4c58-49e6-b6b7-82e2ab709a58"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB213"
source_hash: "352ba4227fa7a62115692d5af153d2eaa70a9d2dedb7b7591b109367926fe0e0"
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 213 (2019rs) — Alabama Genetic Counselor Act, Board of Genetic Counseling created to license genetic counselors, powers of board, qualifications for licensure, exemptions from licensure provided, funding, and penalties for violations

## 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/SB213-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 198716-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/198716-2.pdf)
3. **Amd/Sub 198936-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/198936-2.pdf)
4. **Amd/Sub 199117-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/199117-2.pdf)
5. **Amd/Sub 199446-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/199446-1.pdf)
6. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/SB213-eng.pdf)
7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/SB213-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 702 — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- Waggoner motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 375 — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Waggoner motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 377 — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Waggoner motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 376 — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 378 — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Waggoner motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 374 — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Waggoner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Healthcare `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 3 amendments `reading-2`
- **2019-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Healthcare Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Healthcare Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Healthcare Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Waggoner motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 374 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Waggoner motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 375 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Waggoner motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 376 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Waggoner Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Waggoner motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 377 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 378 `passage`
- **2019-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2019-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Health `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2019-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 702 `passage`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2019-224. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e79fcd44-4c58-49e6-b6b7-82e2ab709a58`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).