---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health benefit plans, insulin prescription drugs, co-pay limited, Secs. 10A-20-6.16, 27-21A-23 am'd."
description: "Health benefit plans, insulin prescription drugs, co-pay limited, Secs. 10A-20-6.16, 27-21A-23 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2021rs"
identifier: "HB 249"
citation: "Alabama HB 249 (2021rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health Benefit Plans"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lee"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-13T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a58b18f3-9e2d-4072-b297-01af4b314b9f"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB249"
source_hash: "a6d6c9efa29d043075d7a338c4242b89118a90626666fc821f76132b0dc1c625"
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 249 (2021rs) — Health benefit plans, insulin prescription drugs, co-pay limited, Secs. 10A-20-6.16, 27-21A-23 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/2021rs/PrintFiles/HB249-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/HB249-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 348 — **98–1** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 894 — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lee — 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 Insurance `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 348 `passage`
- **2021-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Jones (M) intended to vote "Yea"
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Banking and Insurance `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 894 `passage`
- **2021-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2021-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2021-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2021-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2021-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2021-236. `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 1:43 p.m. on April 13, 2021. `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a58b18f3-9e2d-4072-b297-01af4b314b9f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).