---
type: "Bill"
title: "Emergency medical services, declared to be for a public purpose"
description: "Emergency medical services, declared to be for a public purpose"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2022rs"
identifier: "SB 183"
citation: "Alabama SB 183 (2022rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Emergency Medical Services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Waggoner"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-02-03T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e9b6c3d5-4e1c-4d3b-988b-a224e6dc1336"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB183"
source_hash: "b6cbf8bfa1700a4cf138af7ae06ec2a39f72cacd7f14e05ea63dce758fea30ec"
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 183 (2022rs) — Emergency medical services, declared to be for a public purpose

## 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/SB183-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 217196-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/217196-2.pdf)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/SB183-eng.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/SB183-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 152 — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 351 — **102–0** (pass) · lower
- Waggoner motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 151 — **29–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Waggoner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Governmental Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Governmental Affairs Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Waggoner motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 151 `amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 152 `passage`
- **2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Health `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 351 `passage`
- **2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2022-106. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e9b6c3d5-4e1c-4d3b-988b-a224e6dc1336`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).