republic-os/legislation/us/states/al/2023rs/hb-473.md

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Bill	Relating to the surrender of infants; to amend Sections 26-25-1, 26-25-2, 26-25-3, and 26-25-5, Code of Alabama 1975, and to add Sections 26-25-1.1 and 26-25-1.2 to the Code of Alabama 1975; to provide for the surrender of an infant to an emergency medical services provider or a hospital; to provide for the surrender of an infant in a baby safety device that meets certain requirements; to authorize the Department of Public Health to adopt rules relating to baby safety devices; to provide for an investigation into whether a surrendered infant is a missing child; to provide an affirmative defense to certain charges to parents who surrender an infant; to further provide for civil immunity for emergency medical services providers who accept surrendered infants; and to repeal Section 26-25-4, Code of Alabama 1975.	Surrender of infants; anonymous surrender of infants to emergency medical services provider or hospital, provided for; installation and maintenance of baby safety devices, provided for; Department of Public Health, authorized to adopt rules; certain affirmative defenses, provided to parents; certain immunity from liability, provided to emergency medical services providers	us/states/al	Alabama Legislature	2023rs	HB 473	Alabama HB 473 (2023rs)	bill	Surrender of infants	enacted	Donna Givens	7	21	4	2023-05-16T04:00:00+00:00	2023-06-14T13:30:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/7335a4a2-ea29-4b53-9588-c8351887722c	https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search	2c7093f6ae651e487d1b44f7f55f6b7bf610f6666ba5c4e0e7cb9241d07ad42b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-al

Alabama HB 473 (2023rs) — Relating to the surrender of infants; to amend Sections 26-25-1, 26-25-2, 26-25-3, and 26-25-5, Code of Alabama 1975, and to add Sections 26-25-1.1 and 26-25-1.2 to the Code of Alabama 1975; to provide for the surrender of an infant to an emergency medical services provider or a hospital; to provide for the surrender of an infant in a baby safety device that meets certain requirements; to authorize the Department of Public Health to adopt rules relating to baby safety devices; to provide for an investigation into whether a surrendered infant is a missing child; to provide an affirmative defense to certain charges to parents who surrender an infant; to further provide for civil immunity for emergency medical services providers who accept surrendered infants; and to repeal Section 26-25-4, Code of Alabama 1975.

Surrender of infants; anonymous surrender of infants to emergency medical services provider or hospital, provided for; installation and maintenance of baby safety devices, provided for; Department of Public Health, authorized to adopt rules; certain affirmative defenses, provided to parents; certain immunity from liability, provided to emergency medical services providers

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Act 2023-508 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment 0LS1CC-1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Amendment X3TM77-1 (committee substitute) — source
5. Children and Senior Advocacy Amendment N5QA88-1 (committee substitute) — source
6. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
7. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Roll of the H for Vote 862 on HB473 (2023 Regular Session) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• Roll of the S for Vote 1208 on HB473 (2023 Regular Session) — 31–0 (pass) · upper
• Roll of the S for Vote 1207 on HB473 (2023 Regular Session) — 31–0 (pass) · upper
• Roll of the H for Vote 863 on HB473 (2023 Regular Session) — 100–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Donna Givens — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00 Enrolled
• 2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00 Ready to Enroll
• 2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00 Read A Third Time And Passed As Amended
• 2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00 Adopt
• 2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00 On Third Reading in Second House
• 2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00 Read Second Time in Second House
• 2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out of Committee in Second House
• 2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Favorably (Veterans and Military Affairs) committee-passage
• 2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to Committee (Veterans and Military Affairs) referral-committee
• 2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00 Read First Time in Second House reading-1
• 2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00 Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended passage
• 2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00 Adopt
• 2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00 On Third Reading in House of Origin
• 2023-05-23T04:00:00+00:00 Read Second Time in House of Origin
• 2023-05-23T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
• 2023-05-23T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Favorably (Children and Senior Advocacy) committee-passage
• 2023-05-23T04:00:00+00:00 AMD/SUB (Children and Senior Advocacy)
• 2023-05-22T04:00:00+00:00 AMD/SUB (Children and Senior Advocacy)
• 2023-05-16T04:00:00+00:00 Introduced and Referred (Children and Senior Advocacy) introduction, referral
• 2023-05-16T04:00:00+00:00 Read First Time in House of Origin reading-1
• 2023-06-14T13:30:00+00:00 Enacted as 2023-508 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7335a4a2-ea29-4b53-9588-c8351887722c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).