Alabama2026Enacted
HB533
Expanding Approved Epinephrine Devices for Schools
Last scannedAug 24, 2026, 9:06 AM
In one sentence
This law updates Alabama rules to allow schools and students to use any single-dose epinephrine device approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration.
What it does
- Changes state laws to include all FDA-approved single-use epinephrine devices for treating life-threatening allergic reactions.
- Allows students to carry and self-administer these new types of epinephrine delivery systems on school property or at school-sponsored events.
- Permits schools and authorized entities to stock any approved single-dose device instead of just specific autoinjectors.
- Requires that staff members who administer the medication complete an approved training program covering symptom recognition, storage, administration, and emergency follow-up.
- Provides legal protection from lawsuits for schools, employees, physicians, and trainers involved in these emergency responses.
Who it affects
- Public school students with allergies
- Local boards of education and public K-12 schools
- School nurses and trained staff members
- Authorized entities where allergens capable of causing anaphylaxis may be present
Limits and unknowns
- The requirement for schools to keep these devices on campus only applies if the state provides funding.
- This law does not allow students to possess controlled substances as defined in school medication rules.
- Permission for a student to self-administer medication is valid only for the specific school year it was granted.
Plain language
Terms to know
- Epinephrine delivery system
- A single-use device approved by the FDA that contains a premeasured dose of epinephrine to treat life-threatening allergic reactions.
- Authorized entity
- Any organization other than a K-12 public school where allergens capable of causing anaphylaxis may be present.
Official record
Sources
Official summary
This act amends Sections 16-1-39, 16-1-48, and 22-1-16, Code of Alabama 1975, to revise the form of epinephrine authorized to be carried and self-administered by students, and stocked and administered by schools, authorized entities, and certain staff members, to include any epinephrine delivery system consisting of a single-use device that is approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration that contains a premeasured dose of epinephrine and is used to administer epinephrine into the human body to prevent or treat a life-threatening allergic reaction.
Official activity
Bill history
- EnactedHouse
- Delivered to GovernorHouse
- Signature RequestedSenate
- EnrolledHouse
- Ready to EnrollHouse
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 1271 (Yeas 30, Nays 0)Senate
- Read for the Second Time and placed on the CalendarSenate
- Reported Out of Committee Second HouseSenate
- Pending Committee Action in Second HouseSenate
- Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on HealthcareSenate
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 966 (Yeas 105, Nays 0)House
- Third Reading in House of Origin (Yeas 105, Nays 0)House
- Read for the Second Time and placed on the CalendarHouse
- Reported Out of Committee House of OriginHouse
- Pending Committee Action in House of OriginHouse
- Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on HealthHouse