---
type: "Bill"
title: "Dentistry, Joint Interim Commission created to study the need for a second school of dentistry"
description: "Dentistry, Joint Interim Commission created to study the need for a second school of dentistry"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2021rs"
identifier: "HJR 272"
citation: "Alabama HJR 272 (2021rs)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["Resolutions", "Legislative"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wadsworth"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-05-06T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d4288a60-29d1-47b2-b8ca-eed3d33ac952"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HJR272"
source_hash: "5f2c0ea337be590f5c6c7e5f1d8f29805f35c3d5ec5c631bdb5d0fa9d808fd6e"
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 HJR 272 (2021rs) — Dentistry, Joint Interim Commission created to study the need for a second school of dentistry

## 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/HJR272-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 214104-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/214104-2.pdf)
3. **Amd/Sub 214281-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/214281-2.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/HJR272-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Wadsworth motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1227 — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wadsworth — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Wadsworth motion to Adopt adopted Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Received in Senate and referred to the Senate committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Reported from Rules 1 amendment `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Rules Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Waggoner motion to Adopt adopted Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Voice Vote `passage`
- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Wadsworth motion to Suspend Rules adopted Voice Vote
- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Wadsworth motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1227 `passage`
- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Second House Amendment
- **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. 2021-528. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 11:59 p.m. on May 17, 2021. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Rules first Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d4288a60-29d1-47b2-b8ca-eed3d33ac952`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).