republic-os/legislation/us/states/al/2018rs/hb-9.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Youth sports, coaches and certain others involved in high risk youth athletics, injury mitigation course approved by Public Health Dept. required annually"
description: "Youth sports, coaches and certain others involved in high risk youth athletics, injury mitigation course approved by Public Health Dept. required annually"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2018rs"
identifier: "HB 9"
citation: "Alabama HB 9 (2018rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Youth Sports"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Williams (JD)"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2018-01-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a6b9e5a2-940b-40a5-ac02-41d1fc44bb4d"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB9"
source_hash: "6dd9601c5e0108e216e57cc7c71d6fd952ebf78bc72d0de67edd67021db20100"
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 HB 9 (2018rs) — Youth sports, coaches and certain others involved in high risk youth athletics, injury mitigation course approved by Public Health Dept. required annually

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/HB9-int.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/HB9-eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/HB9-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 141 — **41–21** (pass) · lower
- Waggoner motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 740 — **24–1** (pass) · upper
- Williams (JD) motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 690 — **75–5** (pass) · lower
- Waggoner motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1089 — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 140 — **82–1** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 741 — **25–1** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 139 — **82–0** (pass) · lower
- Williams (JD) motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 940 — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Williams (JD) — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Education Policy `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2018-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Carried Over
- **2018-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** Education Policy Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** Williams (JD) motion to Carry Over Temporarily adopted Voice Vote
- **2018-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** Further Consideration
- **2018-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** Education Policy Amendment resumed
- **2018-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 139 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** Williams (JD) Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 140 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 141 `passage`
- **2018-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2018-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Health and Human Services `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2018-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Health and Human Services Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Waggoner motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 740 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 741 `passage`
- **2018-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
- **2018-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Williams (JD) motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 690 `passage`
- **2018-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2018-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Second House Amendment
- **2018-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2018-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Forwarded to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Executive Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Williams (JD) motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 940 `passage`
- **2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** House of Origin Concurs in Executive Amendment
- **2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Waggoner motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1089 `passage`
- **2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Second House Concurs in Executive Amendment
- **2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2018-496. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 2:28 p.m. on March 27, 2018. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Health and Human Services first Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a6b9e5a2-940b-40a5-ac02-41d1fc44bb4d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).