republic-os/legislation/us/states/al/2021rs/hb-237.md

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Bill	Abortion, physicians, duty of care owed to babies born alive after failed abortion, criminal penalties, definitions further provided	Abortion, physicians, duty of care owed to babies born alive after failed abortion, criminal penalties, definitions further provided	us/states/al	Alabama Legislature	2021rs	HB 237	Alabama HB 237 (2021rs)	bill	Abortion	enacted	Shaver	5	20	5	2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00	2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/788eb262-bfcd-4153-bb62-f8bfce6613e1	http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB237	9105ecffece5b68c22483c6ebf22bb7d71ddaa618a46f541e3ae2e56080433aa	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-al

Alabama HB 237 (2021rs) — Abortion, physicians, duty of care owed to babies born alive after failed abortion, criminal penalties, definitions further provided

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Amd/Sub 210641-2 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amd/Sub 210877-1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1457 — 31–0 (pass) · upper
• Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 483 — 75–13 (pass) · lower
• Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 485 — 76–12 (pass) · lower
• Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 484 — 73–18 (pass) · lower
• Ledbetter motion to Previous Question adopted Roll Call 482 — 74–24 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Shaver — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Judiciary reading-1, referral-committee
• 2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 2 amendments reading-2
• 2021-03-18T04:00:00+00:00 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2021-03-18T04:00:00+00:00 Judiciary 1st Amendment Offered amendment-introduction
• 2021-03-18T04:00:00+00:00 Ledbetter motion to Previous Question adopted Roll Call 482
• 2021-03-18T04:00:00+00:00 Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 483 amendment-passage
• 2021-03-18T04:00:00+00:00 Judiciary 2nd Amendment Offered amendment-introduction
• 2021-03-18T04:00:00+00:00 Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 484 amendment-passage
• 2021-03-18T04:00:00+00:00 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 485 passage
• 2021-03-18T04:00:00+00:00 Engrossed
• 2021-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Healthcare reading-1, referral-committee
• 2021-04-07T04:00:00+00:00 Read for the second time and placed on the calendar reading-2
• 2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1457 passage
• 2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Second House passage
• 2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00 Signature Requested
• 2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00 Enrolled
• 2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00 Clerk of the House Certification
• 2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00 Assigned Act No. 2021-502. executive-signature
• 2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00 Forwarded to Governor on May 17, 2021 at 11:13 p.m. on May 17, 2021. executive-receipt

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/788eb262-bfcd-4153-bb62-f8bfce6613e1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).