Alabama · Legislation
SB 58 (2024)
Genetic privacy and insurance protections
- Status
- Died
- Effective date
- Not stated
- Last reviewed
- September 2, 2026
- Source review
- Primary source reviewed
Summary
Alabama SB 58 did not become law. It would have required express consent for collecting, analyzing, using, retaining, or transferring DNA, declared DNA analysis results to be the individual's exclusive property and confidential, and restricted some insurer uses of genetic information.
Topics: Privacy · Health Insurance Nondiscrimination · Other Lines of Insurance Nondiscrimination
What it requires or prohibits
The bill would have established criminal penalties for specified DNA collection, analysis, disclosure, and transfer without express consent. It also would have limited health, life, and long-term care insurers from requiring or using genetic information for specified eligibility, coverage, and premium decisions.
In plain language
The proposal would have given individuals more control over DNA samples and test results and limited some insurance uses. Because it died in committee, it created no new rights, restrictions, or penalties.
Primary sources
- SB 58 introduced bill. Alabama Legislature. Accessed September 2, 2026.
Record details
Record metadata
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.
- September 2, 2026: Project-authored analysis revised after primary-source review.
Technical metadata
Record ID: al-sb-58-2024
Topics: privacy, health-insurance-nondiscrimination, other-lines-of-insurance-nondiscrimination
Record data file: data/states/alabama/al-sb-58-2024.yaml
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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 1.1. Accessed [date]. https://whoownsyourdna.org/records/al-sb-58-2024/