---
type: "Bill"
title: "To create the Medicaid Emergency Reserve Fund and to provide for the withdrawal and use of amounts deposited into the fund."
description: "Medicaid Emergency Reserve Fund"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2023rs"
identifier: "HB 126"
citation: "Alabama HB 126 (2023rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Medicaid Emergency Reserve Fund"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kyle South"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-03-21T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-06-01T13:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef2a1974-294e-4fff-a522-225190e7003e"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "fbaa3c1ae7617ad90b5239c4fc4f3304e6cf403da18fb67ab8f5a1ded74bb058"
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 126 (2023rs) — To create the Medicaid Emergency Reserve Fund and to provide for the withdrawal and use of amounts deposited into the fund.

Medicaid Emergency Reserve Fund

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/HB126-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2023-359** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1274786.AI1.pdf)
3. **Amendment 75QZE2-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/75QZE2-1.pdf)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/HB126-eng.pdf)
5. **Ways and Means General Fund Amendment LHJTAA-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/LHJTAA-1.pdf)
6. **Ways and Means General Fund Amendment M8DJHW-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/M8DJHW-1.pdf)
7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/HB126-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the S for Vote 1040 on HB126 (2023 Regular Session) — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 373 on HB126 (2023 Regular Session) — **105–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the H for Vote 374 on HB126 (2023 Regular Session) — **101–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kyle South — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass `passage`
- **2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in Second House
- **2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in Second House
- **2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in Second House
- **2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Finance and Taxation General Fund) `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Committee (Finance and Taxation General Fund) `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in Second House `reading-1`
- **2023-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended `passage`
- **2023-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Adopt
- **2023-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2023-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in House of Origin
- **2023-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
- **2023-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Ways and Means General Fund) `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** AMD/SUB (Ways and Means General Fund)
- **2023-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** AMD/SUB (Ways and Means General Fund)
- **2023-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** AMD/SUB (Ways and Means General Fund)
- **2023-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred (Ways and Means General Fund) `introduction, referral`
- **2023-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in House of Origin `reading-1`
- **2023-06-01T13:00:00+00:00** Enacted as 2023-359 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ef2a1974-294e-4fff-a522-225190e7003e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).