---
type: "Bill"
title: "Board of Medical Examiners and Medical Licensure Commission, confidentiality of board meetings, accreditation organizations updated, and requirements for a certificate of qualification, temporary certificates of qualification and licensing of physicians and assistants to physician in state under military orders, Secs. 34-24-70.1, 34-24-301.1 added; Secs. 34-24-60, 34-24-70, 34-24-297, 34-24-302, 34-24-337, 34-24-361 am'd."
description: "Board of Medical Examiners and Medical Licensure Commission, confidentiality of board meetings, accreditation organizations updated, and requirements for a certificate of qualification, temporary certificates of qualification and licensing of physicians and assistants to physician in state under military orders, Secs. 34-24-70.1, 34-24-301.1 added; Secs. 34-24-60, 34-24-70, 34-24-297, 34-24-302, 34-24-337, 34-24-361 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2021rs"
identifier: "SB 124"
citation: "Alabama SB 124 (2021rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Medical Examiners", "State Board of"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chesteen"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-09T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/21a38502-d157-4111-8c6c-b6e6ab9c3006"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB124"
source_hash: "931e56264a021328614d07d93270ea5b05fef390ffd66f5636cc371cd646bd9b"
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 SB 124 (2021rs) — Board of Medical Examiners and Medical Licensure Commission, confidentiality of board meetings, accreditation organizations updated, and requirements for a certificate of qualification, temporary certificates of qualification and licensing of physicians and assistants to physician in state under military orders, Secs. 34-24-70.1, 34-24-301.1 added; Secs. 34-24-60, 34-24-70, 34-24-297, 34-24-302, 34-24-337, 34-24-361 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/SB124-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/SB124-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 270 — **102–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 48 — **28–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chesteen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Veterans and Military Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 48 `passage`
- **2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Health `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 270 `passage`
- **2021-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2021-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2021-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2021-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2021-100. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/21a38502-d157-4111-8c6c-b6e6ab9c3006`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).