republic-os/legislation/us/states/al/2018rs/sb-123.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Dental Examiners, Board of, patient abandonment defined, exemption of mobile facilities expanded to all state and local health dept. mobile dental facilities, exemptions for limited pracitce clarified, cont. education providers, time for taking licensing exam extended, display of license and reproduction of registration cert., fees, disciplinary action, approval of specialty status by board, membership ballot procedure, succession on bd., technical corrections, Secs. 34-9-1, 34-9-4, 34-9-6, 34-9-6.1, 34-9-7, 34-9-7.1, 34-9-7.2, 34-9-8, 34-9-9, 34-9-10, 34-9-12, 34-9-13, 34-9-14, 34-9-15, 34-9-16, 34-9-18, 34-9-19, 34-9-22, 34-9-26, 34-9-27, 34-9-28, 34-9-40, 34-9-41, 34-9-43.2, 34-9-88, 34-38-2 am'd."
description: "Dental Examiners, Board of, patient abandonment defined, exemption of mobile facilities expanded to all state and local health dept. mobile dental facilities, exemptions for limited pracitce clarified, cont. education providers, time for taking licensing exam extended, display of license and reproduction of registration cert., fees, disciplinary action, approval of specialty status by board, membership ballot procedure, succession on bd., technical corrections, Secs. 34-9-1, 34-9-4, 34-9-6, 34-9-6.1, 34-9-7, 34-9-7.1, 34-9-7.2, 34-9-8, 34-9-9, 34-9-10, 34-9-12, 34-9-13, 34-9-14, 34-9-15, 34-9-16, 34-9-18, 34-9-19, 34-9-22, 34-9-26, 34-9-27, 34-9-28, 34-9-40, 34-9-41, 34-9-43.2, 34-9-88, 34-38-2 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2018rs"
identifier: "SB 123"
citation: "Alabama SB 123 (2018rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Dental Examiners of Alabama", "Board of"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bussman"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-03-13T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/141253ad-f021-4c55-851d-e4dc0afeceed"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB123"
source_hash: "28b3e531c14aaf6b217f07bd66f6fbf5d73654c3b9ff33e031e5cf5d45231ed8"
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 123 (2018rs) — Dental Examiners, Board of, patient abandonment defined, exemption of mobile facilities expanded to all state and local health dept. mobile dental facilities, exemptions for limited pracitce clarified, cont. education providers, time for taking licensing exam extended, display of license and reproduction of registration cert., fees, disciplinary action, approval of specialty status by board, membership ballot procedure, succession on bd., technical corrections, Secs. 34-9-1, 34-9-4, 34-9-6, 34-9-6.1, 34-9-7, 34-9-7.1, 34-9-7.2, 34-9-8, 34-9-9, 34-9-10, 34-9-12, 34-9-13, 34-9-14, 34-9-15, 34-9-16, 34-9-18, 34-9-19, 34-9-22, 34-9-26, 34-9-27, 34-9-28, 34-9-40, 34-9-41, 34-9-43.2, 34-9-88, 34-38-2 am'd.

## 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/SB123-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/SB123-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 512 — **46–35** (pass) · lower
- Bussman motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 770 — **23–5** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 513 — **52–23** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 206 — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- Marsh motion to Non-Concur and Bussman Substitute Motion to Table adopted Roll Call 769 — **19–10** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bussman — 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 Senate committee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2018-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 206 `passage`
- **2018-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Health `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2018-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Black first Substitute Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 512 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 513 `passage`
- **2018-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
- **2018-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Marsh motion to Non-Concur and Bussman Substitute Motion to Table adopted Roll Call 769 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Bussman motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 770 `passage`
- **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** Enrolled
- **2018-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2018-274. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/141253ad-f021-4c55-851d-e4dc0afeceed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).