---
type: "Bill"
title: "Emergency Management Act of 1955, states of emergency, business and religious entities authorized to operate under certain conditions"
description: "Emergency Management Act of 1955, states of emergency, business and religious entities authorized to operate under certain conditions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2021rs"
identifier: "HB 103"
citation: "Alabama HB 103 (2021rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Emergency Management"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kiel"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b1dec51d-6392-4f10-be64-31d47c0e3256"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB103"
source_hash: "28185e7a6dee2ce5c17c41de7fd4ab8ce5d6bb43e4b6c6d81f49b06c0375b5d4"
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 103 (2021rs) — Emergency Management Act of 1955, states of emergency, business and religious entities authorized to operate under certain conditions

## 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/2021rs/PrintFiles/HB103-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 209650-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/209650-2.pdf)
3. **Amd/Sub 211150-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/211150-1.pdf)
4. **Amd/Sub 212612-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/212612-1.pdf)
5. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/HB103-eng.pdf)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/HB103-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 712 — **26–6** (pass) · upper
- Kiel motion to Table adopted Roll Call 237 — **70–26** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 236 — **74–19** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 238 — **75–22** (pass) · lower
- Rules Committee Petition to Cease Debate adopted Roll Call 710 — **25–7** (pass) · upper
- Singleton motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 711 — **25–6** (pass) · upper
- Kiel motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 611 — **95–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kiel — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on State Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2021-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** State Government Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 236 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Howard Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Kiel motion to Table adopted Roll Call 237 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 238 `passage`
- **2021-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Holmes intended to vote "Yea"
- **2021-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee Petition to Cease Debate adopted Roll Call 710
- **2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Singleton Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Singleton motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 711 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 712 `passage`
- **2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
- **2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Kiel motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 611 `passage`
- **2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Second House Amendment
- **2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2021-160. `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 2:30 p.m. on April 1, 2021. `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b1dec51d-6392-4f10-be64-31d47c0e3256`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).