---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health, telehealth and telemedicine further provided for, reg. by Bd. of Medical Examiners and Medical Licensure Commission, Secs. 34-24-700 to 34-24-707, inclusive, added; Secs. 34-24-500 to 34-24-508, inclusive, re practice of medicine across state lines, repealed."
description: "Health, telehealth and telemedicine further provided for, reg. by Bd. of Medical Examiners and Medical Licensure Commission, Secs. 34-24-700 to 34-24-707, inclusive, added; Secs. 34-24-500 to 34-24-508, inclusive, re practice of medicine across state lines, repealed."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2022rs"
identifier: "SB 272"
citation: "Alabama SB 272 (2022rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Roberts"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b560e8ee-10c3-48d9-8c34-857308daf990"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB272"
source_hash: "842af9f597c0b03178ee0522e80324b3fed7acefcc8acbf2f5bf7f1ce739b703"
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 272 (2022rs) — Health, telehealth and telemedicine further provided for, reg. by Bd. of Medical Examiners and Medical Licensure Commission, Secs. 34-24-700 to 34-24-707, inclusive, added; Secs. 34-24-500 to 34-24-508, inclusive, re practice of medicine across state lines, repealed.

## 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/SB272-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 218391-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/218391-2.pdf)
3. **Amd/Sub 219316-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/219316-1.pdf)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/SB272-eng.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/SB272-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 730 — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Roberts motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 729 — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Roberts — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Carried Over
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Roberts motion to Carry Over adopted Voice Vote
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Roberts motion to Table adopted Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Roberts first Substitute Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Roberts motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 729 `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 730 `passage`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Health `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2022-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Voice Vote 914 `passage`
- **2022-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2022-302. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b560e8ee-10c3-48d9-8c34-857308daf990`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).