---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health insurance, safe harbor created"
description: "Insurance"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2026rs"
identifier: "SB 170"
citation: "Alabama SB 170 (2026rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Roberts"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2026-01-15T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6308bccd-5e68-4b95-b4bb-bc3864960c5e"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "cf3100e692a8cb14c6c743e2ad2d07ee8fcd4bce722ac8c4d1b2a8973bd839ae"
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 170 (2026rs) — Health insurance, safe harbor created

Insurance

## 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/SB170-int.pdf)
2. **Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 859** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/RBRKINM-1.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/SB170-enr.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Roberts — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2026-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2026-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2026-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2026-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** Roberts Concur in and Adopt- Adopted Roll Call 801
- **2026-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 860 `passage`
- **2026-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 859
- **2026-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** Insurance Engrossed Substitute Offered (Insurance) `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in Second House
- **2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Insurance)
- **2026-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House (Insurance)
- **2026-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Insurance)
- **2026-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Insurance `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 430 `passage`
- **2026-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2026-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Banking and Insurance)
- **2026-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- **2026-01-15T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Banking and Insurance)
- **2026-01-15T05:00:00+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/6308bccd-5e68-4b95-b4bb-bc3864960c5e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).