---
type: "Bill"
title: "Controlled substance database, access by medical examiners, coroners, and deputy coroners, in certain circumstances, Sec. 20-2-214 am'd."
description: "Controlled substance database, access by medical examiners, coroners, and deputy coroners, in certain circumstances, Sec. 20-2-214 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2022rs"
identifier: "HB 232"
citation: "Alabama HB 232 (2022rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Medical Examiners"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bedsole"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-02-02T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/875f02f7-3acd-4d96-ac80-222ef5d00ac0"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB232"
source_hash: "5074260b4a798f1ded503baf8ae3e4ff47e67e2588c49518845a1d793556b473"
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 232 (2022rs) — Controlled substance database, access by medical examiners, coroners, and deputy coroners, in certain circumstances, Sec. 20-2-214 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/2022rs/PrintFiles/HB232-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 217635-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/217635-1.pdf)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/HB232-eng.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/HB232-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1022 — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 159 — **95–1** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 160 — **101–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bedsole — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on State Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2022-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Bedsole Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 159 `amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 160 `passage`
- **2022-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Hall intended to vote "Yea"
- **2022-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2022-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Governmental Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1022 `passage`
- **2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2022-384. `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 9:46 a.m. on April7, 2022. `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/875f02f7-3acd-4d96-ac80-222ef5d00ac0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).