---
type: "Bill"
title: "Nursing facilities, privilege assessments on each nursing home bed, assessment increased, methodology for recalculation of assets provided, quality incentive program for nursing facilities, Secs. 40-26B-21, 40-26B-26, 40-26B-27 am'd."
description: "Nursing facilities, privilege assessments on each nursing home bed, assessment increased, methodology for recalculation of assets provided, quality incentive program for nursing facilities, Secs. 40-26B-21, 40-26B-26, 40-26B-27 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2020rs"
identifier: "HB 401"
citation: "Alabama HB 401 (2020rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Nursing Facilities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Clouse"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-03-05T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-05-09T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7084d713-fc83-4547-94c1-dcda9726a060"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB401"
source_hash: "6499246e841d02e4a406224f25ff1f90ff7fcc74283ec7c512f62ab045fd9670"
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 401 (2020rs) — Nursing facilities, privilege assessments on each nursing home bed, assessment increased, methodology for recalculation of assets provided, quality incentive program for nursing facilities, Secs. 40-26B-21, 40-26B-26, 40-26B-27 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/2020rs/PrintFiles/HB401-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2020rs/PrintFiles/HB401-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 726 — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 476 — **74–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Clouse — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Ways and Means General Fund `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2020-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 476 `passage`
- **2020-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Finance and Taxation General Fund `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2020-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 726 `passage`
- **2020-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2020-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2020-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2020-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2020-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2020-147. `executive-signature`
- **2020-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 2:43 p.m. on May 9, 2020. `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7084d713-fc83-4547-94c1-dcda9726a060`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).