---
type: "Bill"
title: "Occupational licensing boards, a waiver process established for certain occupational licensing boards to be used to allow an employing entity, employed licensees, and certificate holders of that entity, to continue operations on a temporary basis after death of the designated qualifying representative of the employing entity, Sec. 41-9A-3 added."
description: "Occupational licensing boards, a waiver process established for certain occupational licensing boards to be used to allow an employing entity, employed licensees, and certificate holders of that entity, to continue operations on a temporary basis after death of the designated qualifying representative of the employing entity, Sec. 41-9A-3 added."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2021rs"
identifier: "HB 501"
citation: "Alabama HB 501 (2021rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Licenses and Licensing"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sanderford"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f49f45b2-f2a0-43fb-b99d-fefb7dbc0a07"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB501"
source_hash: "2a2a26220bb7e3ab695819fd6b04f114f6df3b8d86a4cbc6d81116e080d65844"
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 501 (2021rs) — Occupational licensing boards, a waiver process established for certain occupational licensing boards to be used to allow an employing entity, employed licensees, and certificate holders of that entity, to continue operations on a temporary basis after death of the designated qualifying representative of the employing entity, Sec. 41-9A-3 added.

## 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/HB501-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 211490-3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/211490-3.pdf)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/HB501-eng.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/HB501-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 656 — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1432 — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1433 — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 655 — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sanderford — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Boards, Agencies and Commissions `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2021-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Boards, Agencies and Commissions Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 655 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 656 `passage`
- **2021-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2021-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1432 `passage`
- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Holley motion to Reconsider adopted Voice Vote
- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1433 `passage`
- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2021-486. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 7:24 p.m. on May 17, 2021. `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f49f45b2-f2a0-43fb-b99d-fefb7dbc0a07`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).