---
type: "Bill"
title: "Food enrichment; corn masa folic acid requirements, corn masa flour added, exempt products revised"
description: "Health"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2026rs"
identifier: "HB 139"
citation: "Alabama HB 139 (2026rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crawford"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 26
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2026-01-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3da50820-bfe1-4561-98f4-222d9a71b05a"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "1f0781fc9ebbf60913df4852df16b4247ff01cac95239d57a368f5eb4e1d878f"
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 139 (2026rs) — Food enrichment; corn masa folic acid requirements, corn masa flour added, exempt products revised

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/2026RS/HB139-int.pdf)
2. **Bell motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1290** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/TBL2459-1.pdf)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB139-eng.pdf)
4. **Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 313** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/JPXS4NF-1.pdf)
5. **Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 314** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/11SQ63Z-1.pdf)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB139-enr.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Crawford — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** Filed `filing`
- **2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2026-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2026-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2026-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2026-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Crawford motion to Concur In and Adopt Senate Amendment - Adopted Roll Call 1346
- **2026-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 1291 `passage`
- **2026-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Bell motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1290
- **2026-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development 1st Amendment Offered (Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development) `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development)
- **2026-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2026-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development 1st Amendment (Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development)
- **2026-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development)
- **2026-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2026-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 315 `passage`
- **2026-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 314
- **2026-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Crawford 1st Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 313
- **2026-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Health Engrossed Substitute Offered (Health) `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2026-01-21T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Health)
- **2026-01-21T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin (Health)
- **2026-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Health)
- **2026-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Health `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/3da50820-bfe1-4561-98f4-222d9a71b05a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).