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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to health insurance; to allow health insurers to communicate with enrollees regarding their health insurance plan or policy by electronic means."
description: "Health benefit plans, electronic communications with insured, authorized"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2023rs"
identifier: "SB 167"
citation: "Alabama SB 167 (2023rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health benefit plans"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Josh Carnley"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-04-04T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-16T13:20:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c509df66-dec3-4671-83c1-132f6b38e374"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "4c2ec3ba96c95ec26327e0f4d64422e666a2de07c60098eea2c145652c237670"
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 167 (2023rs) — Relating to health insurance; to allow health insurers to communicate with enrollees regarding their health insurance plan or policy by electronic means.
Health benefit plans, electronic communications with insured, authorized
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/SB167-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2023-196** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1260782.AI1.pdf)
3. **Amendment ZZHDKW-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/ZZHDKW-1.pdf)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/SB167-eng.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/SB167-enr.pdf)
## Votes
- Roll of the H for Vote 627 on SB167 (2023 Regular Session) — **1030** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 382 on SB167 (2023 Regular Session) — **320** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the S for Vote 381 on SB167 (2023 Regular Session) — **320** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Josh Carnley — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2023-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2023-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass `passage`
- **2023-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in Second House
- **2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in Second House
- **2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in Second House
- **2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Insurance) `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Committee (Insurance) `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in Second House `reading-1`
- **2023-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Read A Third Time And Passed As Amended
- **2023-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Adopt
- **2023-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2023-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in House of Origin
- **2023-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
- **2023-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Banking and Insurance) `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred (Banking and Insurance) `introduction, referral`
- **2023-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in House of Origin `reading-1`
- **2023-05-16T13:20:00+00:00** Enacted as 2023-196 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c509df66-dec3-4671-83c1-132f6b38e374`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).