---
type: "Bill"
title: "Foster homes, defines additional types of foster family homes, may include related parties and therapeutic homes, Sec. 38-7-2 am'd."
description: "Foster homes, defines additional types of foster family homes, may include related parties and therapeutic homes, Sec. 38-7-2 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2021rs"
identifier: "HB 324"
citation: "Alabama HB 324 (2021rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Foster Family Homes"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lee"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-07T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/85c99a35-5146-49e3-abbe-e1a1f650f20e"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB324"
source_hash: "1da650637b19ae97d683659e3378f5a07efc78e4f4867c315d6342855ed2b7cb"
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 324 (2021rs) — Foster homes, defines additional types of foster family homes, may include related parties and therapeutic homes, Sec. 38-7-2 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/HB324-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 211132-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/211132-1.pdf)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/HB324-eng.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/HB324-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 333 — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 332 — **102–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 796 — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Children and Senior Advocacy `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** Lee Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 332 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 333 `passage`
- **2021-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Mooney intended to vote "Yea"
- **2021-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2021-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Children, Youth and Human Services `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 796 `passage`
- **2021-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2021-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2021-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2021-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2021-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2021-225. `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 2:45 p.m. on April 7, 2021. `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/85c99a35-5146-49e3-abbe-e1a1f650f20e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).