---
type: "Bill"
title: "Off-label medical treatment; adverse action by occupational licensing board because of recommendation, prohibited; patient informed consent, required; cause of action, provided"
description: "Health"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2024rs"
identifier: "SB 72"
citation: "Alabama SB 72 (2024rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arthur Orr"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-02-07T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-05-17T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/023c0761-460a-48fe-ae5c-a51c264289a9"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "44549a6b40b1e845ad31ceecd070e7dfc3cae114ec71daafa514fbdecb61b86b"
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 72 (2024rs) — Off-label medical treatment; adverse action by occupational licensing board because of recommendation, prohibited; patient informed consent, required; cause of action, provided

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/SB72-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2024-414** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1549458.AI1.pdf)
3. **Amendment 8B7S2HF-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/8B7S2HF-1.pdf)
4. **Amendment PMIMEGE-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/PMIMEGE-1.pdf)
5. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/SB72-eng.pdf)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/SB72-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the S for Vote 170 on SB72 (2024 Regular Session) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 1175 on SB72 (2024 Regular Session) — **102–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 168 on SB72 (2024 Regular Session) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the S for Vote 169 on SB72 (2024 Regular Session) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 1173 on SB72 (2024 Regular Session) — **103–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the H for Vote 1174 on SB72 (2024 Regular Session) — **103–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Arthur Orr — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2024-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2024-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2024-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2024-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 1175 `passage`
- **2024-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1174
- **2024-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Lee 1st Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in Second House
- **2024-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Health)
- **2024-04-03T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Health)
- **2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Health `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2024-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 170 `passage`
- **2024-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Melson motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 169
- **2024-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** HLTH Substitute Offered (Healthcare) `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2024-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** Committee Amendment Adopted (Healthcare)
- **2024-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Healthcare)
- **2024-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- **2024-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Healthcare)
- **2024-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Healthcare `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-16T16:30:00+00:00** Enacted as 2024-414 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/023c0761-460a-48fe-ae5c-a51c264289a9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).