---
type: "Bill"
title: "Newborn Screening Panel, procedure for addition of conditions to panel, further provided for"
description: "Health"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2024rs"
identifier: "HB 77"
citation: "Alabama HB 77 (2024rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Phillip Rigsby"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-02-01T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-05-07T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b775f6dd-f1ce-480f-8075-e358380303c6"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "c95f46b9d2141b50bf429f8610c22fd78f918175a6ea944028352e96875807f7"
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 77 (2024rs) — Newborn Screening Panel, procedure for addition of conditions to panel, further provided for

Health

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/HB77-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2024-208** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1539716.AI1.pdf)
3. **Amendment E4UL299-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/E4UL299-1.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/HB77-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the H for Vote 99 on HB77 (2024 Regular Session) — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 719 on HB77 (2024 Regular Session) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the S for Vote 721 on HB77 (2024 Regular Session) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the S for Vote 720 on HB77 (2024 Regular Session) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 100 on HB77 (2024 Regular Session) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Phillip Rigsby — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Filed `filing`
- **2024-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2024-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2024-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2024-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2024-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 721 `passage`
- **2024-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Melson motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 720
- **2024-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Melson 1st Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in Second House
- **2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Healthcare)
- **2024-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2024-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Healthcare)
- **2024-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Healthcare `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 100 `passage`
- **2024-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2024-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Health)
- **2024-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- **2024-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Health)
- **2024-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Health `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-06T16:40:00+00:00** Enacted as 2024-208 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b775f6dd-f1ce-480f-8075-e358380303c6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).