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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the Alabama Medical Liability Act of 1996; to amend Section 6-5-549.1 of the Code of Alabama 1975, to provide that the term \"health care provider\" as used in that act and the Alabama Medical Liability Act of 1987 would include emergency medical services personnel and any emergency medical provider service."
description: "Medical Liability Act of 1996, Health care provider to include emergency medical services personnel and provider services"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2023rs"
identifier: "HB 162"
citation: "Alabama HB 162 (2023rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Medical Liability Act of 1996"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ed Oliver"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-21T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-03T20:15:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3e2180b4-7cd3-4372-aa10-504f068c3ba2"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "60d613f15ffc6556960c598ed1cc2b043e5592798fea76c25c67873507b59b86"
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 162 (2023rs) — Relating to the Alabama Medical Liability Act of 1996; to amend Section 6-5-549.1 of the Code of Alabama 1975, to provide that the term "health care provider" as used in that act and the Alabama Medical Liability Act of 1987 would include emergency medical services personnel and any emergency medical provider service.
Medical Liability Act of 1996, Health care provider to include emergency medical services personnel and provider services
## 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/HB162-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2023-103** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1251150.AI1.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/HB162-enr.pdf)
## Votes
- Roll of the H for Vote 167 on HB162 (2023 Regular Session) — **1040** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 393 on HB162 (2023 Regular Session) — **320** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Ed Oliver — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2023-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2023-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass `passage`
- **2023-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in Second House
- **2023-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in Second House
- **2023-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in Second House
- **2023-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Judiciary) `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Committee (Judiciary) `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in Second House `reading-1`
- **2023-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass `passage`
- **2023-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2023-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in House of Origin
- **2023-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
- **2023-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Health) `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred (Health) `introduction, referral`
- **2023-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in House of Origin `reading-1`
- **2023-05-03T20:15:00+00:00** Enacted as 2023-103 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3e2180b4-7cd3-4372-aa10-504f068c3ba2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).