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Bill	Relating to the Alabama Department of Public Health; to adopt the Genesis Act; to require the Department of Health to establish a Certificate of Nonviable Birth form to issue to parents, upon request, for certain nonviable births.	Health, the Genesis Act, Department of Public Health to establish a Certificate of Nonviable Birth	us/states/al	Alabama Legislature	2023rs	HB 55	Alabama HB 55 (2023rs)	bill	Health	enacted	Juandalynn Givan	5	22	4	2023-03-06T05:00:00+00:00	2023-05-16T13:10:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/098c65b7-3faa-4fde-b544-8440611395a7	https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search	b7b2884621f42cd950b3200c83807a387f03cb917ec8ea4b95171469b7d4652f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-al

Alabama HB 55 (2023rs) — Relating to the Alabama Department of Public Health; to adopt the Genesis Act; to require the Department of Health to establish a Certificate of Nonviable Birth form to issue to parents, upon request, for certain nonviable births.

Health, the Genesis Act, Department of Public Health to establish a Certificate of Nonviable Birth

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Act 2023-198 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment QHF854-1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Health Amendment FO8F5C-1 (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Roll of the H for Vote 259 on HB55 (2023 Regular Session) — 39–0 (pass) · lower
• Roll of the H for Vote 257 on HB55 (2023 Regular Session) — 100–0 (pass) · lower
• Roll of the H for Vote 258 on HB55 (2023 Regular Session) — 100–0 (pass) · lower
• Roll of the S for Vote 507 on HB55 (2023 Regular Session) — 32–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Juandalynn Givan — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-03-06T05:00:00+00:00 Filed filing
• 2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00 Enrolled
• 2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00 Ready to Enroll
• 2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00 Read a Third Time and Pass passage
• 2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00 On Third Reading in Second House
• 2023-04-27T04:00:00+00:00 Read Second Time in Second House
• 2023-04-26T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out of Committee in Second House
• 2023-04-26T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Favorably (Healthcare) committee-passage
• 2023-04-19T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to Committee (Healthcare) referral-committee
• 2023-04-19T04:00:00+00:00 Read First Time in Second House reading-1
• 2023-04-18T04:00:00+00:00 Add Cosponsor
• 2023-04-18T04:00:00+00:00 Read a Third Time and Pass passage
• 2023-04-18T04:00:00+00:00 Adopt
• 2023-04-18T04:00:00+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
• 2023-04-05T04:00:00+00:00 AMD/SUB (Health)
• 2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00 AMD/SUB (Health)
• 2023-03-06T05:00:00+00:00 Introduced and Referred (Health) introduction, referral
• 2023-03-06T05:00:00+00:00 Read First Time in House of Origin reading-1
• 2023-05-16T13:10:00+00:00 Enacted as 2023-198 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/098c65b7-3faa-4fde-b544-8440611395a7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).