Alabama · legislation
SB 58 (2024)
Genetic privacy and insurance protections
DiedTopics: Genetic privacy · Genetic discrimination · Consent · Data sharing · Health insurance · Life insurance · Long-term care insurance
Summary
Alabama SB 58 proposed express-consent requirements for collecting, analyzing, using, retaining, or transferring DNA. It also proposed confidentiality and ownership protections for DNA-analysis results and restrictions on insurer use of genetic information.
What the law or policy does
The bill would have established criminal penalties for specified DNA collection, analysis, disclosure, and transfer without express consent. It also would have restricted health, life, and long-term care insurers from requiring or using genetic information for specified coverage and premium decisions.
What this means
The proposal would have given individuals greater control over DNA samples and test results and would have limited how several kinds of insurers could use genetic information. It did not become law.
Primary sources
- SB 58 introduced bill. Alabama Legislature. Accessed August 31, 2026.
Record details
Record history
- February 6, 2024: Bill introduced and referred to the Senate Banking and Insurance Committee. Source: Alabama Legislature.
- May 9, 2024: Bill died when the 2024 regular session adjourned without further action. Source: Alabama Legislature.
- August 31, 2026: Record created from the introduced bill and legislative history. Source: Project review.
Technical metadata
Record ID: al-sb-58-2024
Topics: genetic-privacy, genetic-discrimination, consent, data-sharing, health-insurance, life-insurance, long-term-care-insurance
Canonical source file: data/states/alabama/al-sb-58-2024.yaml
Cite this record
Who Owns Your DNA? SB 58 (2024): Genetic privacy and insurance protections. U.S. Genetics & Genomics Law and Policy Tracker. Record version 1.0. Accessed [date].