---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health, health care facilities, one caregiver or visitor to patients or residents to be allowed, subject to reasonable restrictions"
description: "Health, health care facilities, one caregiver or visitor to patients or residents to be allowed, subject to reasonable restrictions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2021rs"
identifier: "HB 521"
citation: "Alabama HB 521 (2021rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wood (D)"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 35
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2021-03-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-05-04T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/21e361c0-319a-4782-b371-4517e0eb7a1e"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB521"
source_hash: "645c0fd63b3732899277f70b2cc5fd2b2c6e9173ba60ab172abc923234d7bc8f"
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 521 (2021rs) — Health, health care facilities, one caregiver or visitor to patients or residents to be allowed, subject to reasonable restrictions

## 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/HB521-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 211638-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/211638-2.pdf)
3. **Amd/Sub 213276-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/213276-1.pdf)
4. **Amd/Sub 213296-3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/213296-3.pdf)
5. **Amd/Sub 213503-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/213503-2.pdf)
6. **Amd/Sub 213656-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/213656-2.pdf)
7. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/HB521-eng.pdf)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/HB521-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1052 — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- Wood (D) motion to Non Concur and Appoint Conference Committee adopted Roll Call 990 House appoints Wood (D), Gray and Mooney — **101–0** (pass) · lower
- Gudger motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1050 — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- Gudger motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1298 — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 670 — **82–5** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 669 — **65–22** (pass) · lower
- Wood (D) motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1063 — **99–2** (pass) · lower
- Reed motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1051 — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- Gudger motion to Accede adopted Roll Call 1175 P&PO appoints Gudger, Givhan and Hatcher — **28–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wood (D) — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Health `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2021-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Health Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 669 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 670 `passage`
- **2021-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Scott and Alexander intended to vote "Yea"
- **2021-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Hanes intended to vote "Nay"
- **2021-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2021-04-08T04:00:00+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 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Gudger motion to Table adopted Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Gudger Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Gudger motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1050 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Reed Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Reed motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1051 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1052 `passage`
- **2021-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
- **2021-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Wood (D) motion to Non Concur and Appoint Conference Committee adopted Roll Call 990 House appoints Wood (D), Gray and Mooney
- **2021-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Conference Committee Requested
- **2021-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Gudger motion to Accede adopted Roll Call 1175 P&PO appoints Gudger, Givhan and Hatcher
- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Conference Committee Appointed
- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Conference Report
- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Conference Committee on HB521 2021RS first Substitute Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Wood (D) motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1063 `passage`
- **2021-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Concurrence Requested
- **2021-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Gudger motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1298 `passage`
- **2021-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Conference Report
- **2021-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2021-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2021-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2021-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2021-470. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 4:44 p.m. on May 4, 2021. `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/21e361c0-319a-4782-b371-4517e0eb7a1e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).