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type: "Bill"
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title: "Health care providers; prohibit enforcement of contractual terms that restrict sharing cost information to patients and consumers"
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description: "Health"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
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legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
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session: "2025rs"
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identifier: "SB 43"
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citation: "Alabama SB 43 (2025rs)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Health"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Melson"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 27
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2025-02-04T05:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2025-05-22T04:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/334cdfa0-9353-42a0-9d60-1e8c36f27781"
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source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
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source_hash: "ab7b49c391d0e8a1e1bb44f8d85880ce209e9ccc352374b213e31336b71bdd0b"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-al"]
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---
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# Alabama SB 43 (2025rs) — Health care providers; prohibit enforcement of contractual terms that restrict sharing cost information to patients and consumers
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Health
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/SB43-int.pdf)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/SB43-eng.pdf)
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3. **Health 1st Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/ZQZVURK-1.pdf)
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4. **Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1206** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/HG9XE86-1.pdf)
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5. **Singleton motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 537** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/V77HFLL-1.pdf)
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6. **Singleton motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 538** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/U98FJGG-1.pdf)
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7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/SB43-enr.pdf)
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## Sponsors
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- Melson — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
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- **2025-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
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- **2025-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
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- **2025-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
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- **2025-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Melson Concur In and Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1046
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- **2025-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 1207 `passage`
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- **2025-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1206
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- **2025-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Health Engrossed Substitute Offered (Health) `amendment-introduction`
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- **2025-04-24T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Health)
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- **2025-04-24T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House (Health)
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- **2025-04-24T04:00:00+00:00** Health 1st Amendment (Health)
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- **2025-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Health)
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- **2025-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Health `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
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- **2025-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 539 `passage`
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- **2025-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Singleton motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 538
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- **2025-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Singleton 1st Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
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- **2025-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Singleton motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 537
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- **2025-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Banking and Insurance 1st Substitute Offered (Banking and Insurance) `amendment-introduction`
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- **2025-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
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- **2025-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Banking and Insurance)
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- **2025-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
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- **2025-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Banking and Insurance 1st Substitute (Banking and Insurance)
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- **2025-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Banking and Insurance)
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- **2025-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Banking and Insurance `reading-1, referral-committee`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/334cdfa0-9353-42a0-9d60-1e8c36f27781`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).
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