---
type: "Bill"
title: "Veterinary medicine; veterinarian-client-patient relationship further specified; scope of practice inside and outside veterinarian-client-patient relationship further defined"
description: "Animals"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2026rs"
identifier: "SB 85"
citation: "Alabama SB 85 (2026rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Animals"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stutts"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 26
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2026-01-13T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7bdaf046-9fb9-4841-ab99-b9adfd2f58e1"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "1491f05da484ee8d6aad91d9af4c1f15b7726c0a439dfc76a4a5af40562d5994"
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 85 (2026rs) — Veterinary medicine; veterinarian-client-patient relationship further specified; scope of practice inside and outside veterinarian-client-patient relationship further defined

Animals

## 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/SB85-int.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/SB85-eng.pdf)
3. **Stutts motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 618** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/2JE9HIK-1.pdf)
4. **Stutts motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 619** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/JP1PWYF-1.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/SB85-enr.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Stutts — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2026-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2026-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2026-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2026-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 1319 `passage`
- **2026-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in Second House
- **2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Agriculture and Forestry)
- **2026-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2026-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Agriculture and Forestry)
- **2026-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Agriculture and Forestry `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 620 `passage`
- **2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Stutts motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 619
- **2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Stutts 1st Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Stutts motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 618
- **2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry 1st Substitute Offered (Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry) `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2026-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry)
- **2026-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- **2026-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry 1st Substitute (Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry)
- **2026-01-15T05:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Committee in House of Origin (Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry) `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-15T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Healthcare)
- **2026-01-15T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- **2026-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Healthcare)
- **2026-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Healthcare `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/7bdaf046-9fb9-4841-ab99-b9adfd2f58e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).