---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sunset Law; Board of Nursing continued with modification until October 1, 2029"
description: "Occupational Licensing Boards"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2025rs"
identifier: "HB 128"
citation: "Alabama HB 128 (2025rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Occupational Licensing Boards"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rafferty"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-03T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-06T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7a4ffcdf-b233-4384-b86a-c255f16b7af7"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "0d3fba478da70694fd989e860d932009f6774e634070e1744475f2ae1336c0b0"
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 128 (2025rs) — Sunset Law; Board of Nursing continued with modification until October 1, 2029

Occupational Licensing Boards

## 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/2025RS/HB128-int.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/HB128-eng.pdf)
3. **Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/3Y6JVVZ-1.pdf)
4. **Williams motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 474** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/2JX9XSK-1.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/HB128-enr.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Rafferty — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Filed `filing`
- **2025-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2025-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2025-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-24T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2025-04-24T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2025-04-24T04:00:00+00:00** Rafferty Concur In and Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1011
- **2025-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 475 `passage`
- **2025-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Williams motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 474
- **2025-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Williams 1st Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in Second House
- **2025-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Healthcare)
- **2025-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2025-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Healthcare)
- **2025-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Healthcare `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2025-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 3 `passage`
- **2025-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 2
- **2025-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Boards, Agencies and Commissions 1st Substitute Offered (Boards, Agencies and Commissions) `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2025-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Boards, Agencies and Commissions)
- **2025-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- **2025-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Boards, Agencies and Commissions 1st Substitute (Boards, Agencies and Commissions)
- **2025-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Boards, Agencies and Commissions)
- **2025-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Boards, Agencies and Commissions `reading-1, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7a4ffcdf-b233-4384-b86a-c255f16b7af7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).