---
type: "Bill"
title: "Employment, employers and state agencies, required to follow specified federal requirements to determine whether a worker is an employee for purposes of benefits and tax liabilities,exception for workers' compensation"
description: "Employment, employers and state agencies, required to follow specified federal requirements to determine whether a worker is an employee for purposes of benefits and tax liabilities,exception for workers' compensation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2021rs"
identifier: "HB 408"
citation: "Alabama HB 408 (2021rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Employment"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kitchens"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-11T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-07T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/929a041e-ab51-40ae-ba80-a4202ad43ea9"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB408"
source_hash: "9b1dda65ecb73a4a6ad170ffb644dd4063d193a3b262684216ed632b4f93caa9"
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 408 (2021rs) — Employment, employers and state agencies, required to follow specified federal requirements to determine whether a worker is an employee for purposes of benefits and tax liabilities,exception for workers' compensation

## 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/HB408-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/HB408-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 366 — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 805 — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kitchens — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-11T05:00:00+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 `reading-2`
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 366 `passage`
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-18T04:00:00+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 805 `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. 2021-226. `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/929a041e-ab51-40ae-ba80-a4202ad43ea9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).