---
type: "Bill"
title: "Firefighters, occupational disease, to provide further for which cancers are included within meaning of firefighter's occupational disease, Sec. 11-43-144 am'd."
description: "Firefighters, occupational disease, to provide further for which cancers are included within meaning of firefighter's occupational disease, Sec. 11-43-144 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2021rs"
identifier: "HB 532"
citation: "Alabama HB 532 (2021rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Firefighters"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bedsole"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/996e64ac-3749-4edd-9c25-b95acc135a74"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB532"
source_hash: "e0caf16b70ceec2a123f924c2e0fe1ffed74fe35ab6794063a2feea33e56e0cc"
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 532 (2021rs) — Firefighters, occupational disease, to provide further for which cancers are included within meaning of firefighter's occupational disease, Sec. 11-43-144 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/HB532-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 212916-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/212916-2.pdf)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/HB532-eng.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/HB532-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1464 — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 913 — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 912 — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bedsole — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on County and Municipal Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-07T04:00:00+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** County and Municipal Government Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 912 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 913 `passage`
- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2021-04-22T04:00:00+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 1464 `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. 2021-491. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 11:59 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/996e64ac-3749-4edd-9c25-b95acc135a74`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).