republic-os/legislation/us/states/al/2024rs/sb-159.md

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Bill	In vitro fertilization; civil and criminal immunity for death or damage to an embryo provided to persons when providing or receiving services related to IVF	Health	us/states/al	Alabama Legislature	2024rs	SB 159	Alabama SB 159 (2024rs)	bill	Health	enacted	Tim Melson	9	33	6	2024-02-27T05:00:00+00:00	2024-03-07T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/2259f004-1578-4ba8-909c-52f281c07cfb	https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search	63745e6517b5c79fe45a602efa78b0d304e9c20a9d1b457dc22070fcf4fc143d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-al

Alabama SB 159 (2024rs) — In vitro fertilization; civil and criminal immunity for death or damage to an embryo provided to persons when providing or receiving services related to IVF

Health

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Act 2024-20 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment BGDWQJQ-1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Amendment PFU3RER-1 (committee substitute) — source
5. Amendment V1YMPLL-1 (committee substitute) — source
6. Amendment ZNIZWWR-1 (committee substitute) — source
7. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
8. Health Amendment 1QXNZLZ-1 (committee substitute) — source
9. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Roll of the S for Vote 123 on SB159 (2024 Regular Session) — 32–0 (pass) · upper
• Roll of the S for Vote 126 on SB159 (2024 Regular Session) — 34–0 (pass) · upper
• Roll of the S for Vote 125 on SB159 (2024 Regular Session) — 31–0 (pass) · upper
• Roll of the H for Vote 203 on SB159 (2024 Regular Session) — 81–10 (pass) · lower
• Roll of the S for Vote 122 on SB159 (2024 Regular Session) — 30–3 (fail) · upper
• Roll of the S for Vote 183 on SB159 (2024 Regular Session) — 29–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Tim Melson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00 Delivered to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-03-07T05:00:00+00:00 Enacted became-law
• 2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00 Enrolled
• 2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00 Delivered to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00 Signature Requested
• 2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00 Ready to Enroll
• 2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00 Reed Motion to Concur Adopted
• 2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00 Third Reading in Second House
• 2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 205 passage
• 2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00 Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 204
• 2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00 HLTH Reported Substitute Offered (Health) amendment-introduction
• 2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00 Third Reading in Second House
• 2024-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 Committee Engrossed Substitute Adopted (Health)
• 2024-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 Committee Amendment Adopted (Health)
• 2024-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Health)
• 2024-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 Reported Out of Committee Second House
• 2024-02-29T05:00:00+00:00 Pending Committee Action in Second House (Health)
• 2024-02-29T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Health reading-1, referral-committee
• 2024-02-29T05:00:00+00:00 Engrossed
• 2024-02-29T05:00:00+00:00 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 126 passage
• 2024-02-29T05:00:00+00:00 Coleman-Madison motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 125
• 2024-02-29T05:00:00+00:00 Coleman-Madison 2nd Amendment Offered amendment-introduction
• 2024-02-29T05:00:00+00:00 Melson motion to Table - Adopted Voice Vote
• 2024-02-29T05:00:00+00:00 Coleman-Madison Amendment Offered amendment-introduction
• 2024-02-29T05:00:00+00:00 Melson motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 123
• 2024-02-29T05:00:00+00:00 HLTH Substitute Offered (Healthcare) amendment-introduction
• 2024-02-29T05:00:00+00:00 Third Reading in House of Origin
• 2024-02-28T05:00:00+00:00 Committee Substitute Adopted (Healthcare)
• 2024-02-28T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Healthcare)
• 2024-02-28T05:00:00+00:00 Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
• 2024-02-27T05:00:00+00:00 Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Healthcare)
• 2024-02-27T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Healthcare reading-1, referral-committee
• 2024-03-07T02:13:00+00:00 Enacted as 2024-20 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2259f004-1578-4ba8-909c-52f281c07cfb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).