---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health care providers; prohibit enforcement of contractual terms that restrict sharing cost information to patients and consumers"
description: "Health"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2025rs"
identifier: "SB 43"
citation: "Alabama SB 43 (2025rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Melson"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 27
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-04T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-22T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/334cdfa0-9353-42a0-9d60-1e8c36f27781"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "ab7b49c391d0e8a1e1bb44f8d85880ce209e9ccc352374b213e31336b71bdd0b"
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 43 (2025rs) — Health care providers; prohibit enforcement of contractual terms that restrict sharing cost information to patients and consumers

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/2025RS/SB43-int.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/SB43-eng.pdf)
3. **Health 1st Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/ZQZVURK-1.pdf)
4. **Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1206** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/HG9XE86-1.pdf)
5. **Singleton motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 537** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/V77HFLL-1.pdf)
6. **Singleton motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 538** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/U98FJGG-1.pdf)
7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/SB43-enr.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Melson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2025-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2025-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2025-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2025-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Melson Concur In and Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1046
- **2025-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 1207 `passage`
- **2025-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1206
- **2025-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Health Engrossed Substitute Offered (Health) `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-24T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Health)
- **2025-04-24T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House (Health)
- **2025-04-24T04:00:00+00:00** Health 1st Amendment (Health)
- **2025-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Health)
- **2025-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Health `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2025-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 539 `passage`
- **2025-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Singleton motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 538
- **2025-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Singleton 1st Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Singleton motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 537
- **2025-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Banking and Insurance 1st Substitute Offered (Banking and Insurance) `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2025-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Banking and Insurance)
- **2025-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- **2025-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Banking and Insurance 1st Substitute (Banking and Insurance)
- **2025-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Banking and Insurance)
- **2025-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Banking and Insurance `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/334cdfa0-9353-42a0-9d60-1e8c36f27781`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).