republic-os/legislation/us/states/al/2026rs/sb-85.md

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Bill	Veterinary medicine; veterinarian-client-patient relationship further specified; scope of practice inside and outside veterinarian-client-patient relationship further defined	Animals	us/states/al	Alabama Legislature	2026rs	SB 85	Alabama SB 85 (2026rs)	bill	Animals	enacted	Stutts	5	26	0	2026-01-13T05:00:00+00:00	2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/7bdaf046-9fb9-4841-ab99-b9adfd2f58e1	https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search	1491f05da484ee8d6aad91d9af4c1f15b7726c0a439dfc76a4a5af40562d5994	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-al

Alabama SB 85 (2026rs) — Veterinary medicine; veterinarian-client-patient relationship further specified; scope of practice inside and outside veterinarian-client-patient relationship further defined

Animals

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Stutts motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 618 (committee substitute) — source
4. Stutts motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 619 (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Sponsors

• Stutts — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00 Enacted became-law
• 2026-04-09T04:00:00+00:00 Signature Requested
• 2026-04-09T04:00:00+00:00 Delivered to Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-04-09T04:00:00+00:00 Enrolled
• 2026-04-08T04:00:00+00:00 Ready to Enroll
• 2026-04-08T04:00:00+00:00 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 1319 passage
• 2026-04-08T04:00:00+00:00 Third Reading in Second House
• 2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Agriculture and Forestry)
• 2026-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 Reported Out of Committee Second House
• 2026-02-26T05:00:00+00:00 Pending Committee Action in Second House (Agriculture and Forestry)
• 2026-02-26T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Agriculture and Forestry reading-1, referral-committee
• 2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00 Engrossed
• 2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 620 passage
• 2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00 Stutts motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 619
• 2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00 Stutts 1st Amendment Offered amendment-introduction
• 2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00 Stutts motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 618
• 2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00 Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry 1st Substitute Offered (Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry) amendment-introduction
• 2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00 Third Reading in House of Origin
• 2026-02-12T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry)
• 2026-02-11T05:00:00+00:00 Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
• 2026-02-11T05:00:00+00:00 Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry 1st Substitute (Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry)
• 2026-01-15T05:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to Committee in House of Origin (Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry) referral-committee
• 2026-01-15T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Healthcare)
• 2026-01-15T05:00:00+00:00 Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
• 2026-01-13T05:00:00+00:00 Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Healthcare)
• 2026-01-13T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Healthcare reading-1, referral-committee

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7bdaf046-9fb9-4841-ab99-b9adfd2f58e1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).