---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the Alabama Department of Public Health; to adopt the Genesis Act; to require the Department of Health to establish a Certificate of Nonviable Birth form to issue to parents, upon request, for certain nonviable births."
description: "Health, the Genesis Act, Department of Public Health to establish a Certificate of Nonviable Birth"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2023rs"
identifier: "HB 55"
citation: "Alabama HB 55 (2023rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Juandalynn Givan"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-03-06T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-16T13:10:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/098c65b7-3faa-4fde-b544-8440611395a7"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "b7b2884621f42cd950b3200c83807a387f03cb917ec8ea4b95171469b7d4652f"
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 55 (2023rs) — Relating to the Alabama Department of Public Health; to adopt the Genesis Act; to require the Department of Health to establish a Certificate of Nonviable Birth form to issue to parents, upon request, for certain nonviable births.

Health, the Genesis Act, Department of Public Health to establish a Certificate of Nonviable Birth

## 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/HB55-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2023-198** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1260783.AI1.pdf)
3. **Amendment QHF854-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/QHF854-1.pdf)
4. **Health Amendment FO8F5C-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/FO8F5C-1.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/HB55-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the H for Vote 259 on HB55 (2023 Regular Session) — **39–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the H for Vote 257 on HB55 (2023 Regular Session) — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the H for Vote 258 on HB55 (2023 Regular Session) — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 507 on HB55 (2023 Regular Session) — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Juandalynn Givan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Filed `filing`
- **2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass `passage`
- **2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in Second House
- **2023-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in Second House
- **2023-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in Second House
- **2023-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Healthcare) `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Committee (Healthcare) `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in Second House `reading-1`
- **2023-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Add Cosponsor
- **2023-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass `passage`
- **2023-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Adopt
- **2023-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2023-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in House of Origin
- **2023-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
- **2023-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Health) `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** AMD/SUB (Health)
- **2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** AMD/SUB (Health)
- **2023-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred (Health) `introduction, referral`
- **2023-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in House of Origin `reading-1`
- **2023-05-16T13:10:00+00:00** Enacted as 2023-198 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/098c65b7-3faa-4fde-b544-8440611395a7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).