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Votes at a glance: House approves camp-safety act, health coverage bills and rental-platform rule
Summary
On Feb. 17 the Alabama House passed HB 381 (camp-safety), SB 71 (regulatory framework), HB 300 (breast-cancer screening coverage), SB 19 (prostate-screening coverage) and HB 296 (rental-platform consumer protections); several other local bills and ceremonial resolutions were also adopted.
The Alabama House recorded several final passage votes during today's floor session.
- HB 381, Sarah Marsh Heavens 27 Camp Safety Act — passed (final passage recorded 104'0). The bill requires emergency-preparedness licensing for overnight camps, a public registry, emergency action plans, mandatory safety systems, training and criminal-background checks; committee substitute and floor amendment adopted.
- SB 71 — passed (68'34). The bill establishes standards for when state agencies may adopt environmental regulations that exceed federal requirements and narrowly defines required scientific standards and causation thresholds; it includes an emergency-rule exception.
- HB 300 (breast-cancer screening insurance coverage) — passed (99'0). Substitute and a floor amendment to remove a specific guideline reference passed; bill requires coverage of certain diagnostic imaging without patient cost-sharing.
- SB 19 (prostate-screening insurance coverage) — passed (98'0). Committee substitute and a friendly amendment were adopted; bill eliminates certain cost-sharing for prostate screening.
- HB 296 (rental-platform consumer protection) — passed; committee substitute exempts platforms with brick-and-mortar Alabama locations and requires out-of-state platforms that provide guaranteed damage/service agreements to register those agreements with the Department of Insurance.
The House also adopted multiple ceremonial resolutions and a slate of uncontested local calendar bills earlier in the session; recorded tallies for some calendar items were taken from the transcript where provided. Where the transcript did not supply full roll-call detail for calendar items, outcomes are described as recorded in the House minutes.
