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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the Volunteer Rescue Squad Tuition Reimbursement Act of 2018; to amend Sections 22-18-60, 22-18-61, 22-18-63, and 22-18-64, Code of Alabama 1975, to decrease the required contracted for service time after graduation and licensing from three years to two years; to expand the program to include students who contract and provide service to ambulance services; to provide exclusions from reimbursement; and to increase the amount of operational expenses reimbursed to the Alabama Community College System; and to add Section 22-18-61.1 to the Code of Alabama 1975, to provide for the retroactive reimbursement of certain fees and expenses."
+description: "Volunteer Rescue Squad Tuition Reimbursement Act of 2018, contracted service time decreased; service for ambulance service included; certain fees and expenses also reimbursed; operational expenses for administration by Alabama Community College System increased"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
+legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
+session: "2023rs"
+identifier: "HB 213"
+citation: "Alabama HB 213 (2023rs)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Volunteer Rescue Squad Tuition Reimbursement Act of 2018"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Joe Lovvorn"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2023-03-23T04:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2023-06-01T13:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c4a1fb05-246e-420e-9c28-b30296d08df9"
+source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
+source_hash: "a5f6ab7dc19b3fbeb79835aadcd588e3aa821b1aa37cbb3c5f4e4c2ff25debc9"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-al"]
+---
+
+# Alabama HB 213 (2023rs) — Relating to the Volunteer Rescue Squad Tuition Reimbursement Act of 2018; to amend Sections 22-18-60, 22-18-61, 22-18-63, and 22-18-64, Code of Alabama 1975, to decrease the required contracted for service time after graduation and licensing from three years to two years; to expand the program to include students who contract and provide service to ambulance services; to provide exclusions from reimbursement; and to increase the amount of operational expenses reimbursed to the Alabama Community College System; and to add Section 22-18-61.1 to the Code of Alabama 1975, to provide for the retroactive reimbursement of certain fees and expenses.
+
+Volunteer Rescue Squad Tuition Reimbursement Act of 2018, contracted service time decreased; service for ambulance service included; certain fees and expenses also reimbursed; operational expenses for administration by Alabama Community College System increased
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/HB213-int.pdf)
+2. **Act 2023-353** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1274799.AI1.pdf)
+3. **Amendment GNQXCC-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/GNQXCC-1.pdf)
+4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/HB213-eng.pdf)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/HB213-enr.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Roll of the H for Vote 504 on HB213 (2023 Regular Session) — **105–0** (pass) · lower
+- Roll of the S for Vote 968 on HB213 (2023 Regular Session) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
+- Roll of the H for Vote 505 on HB213 (2023 Regular Session) — **105–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Joe Lovvorn — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
+- **2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
+- **2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass `passage`
+- **2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in Second House
+- **2023-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in Second House
+- **2023-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in Second House
+- **2023-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Finance and Taxation Education) `committee-passage`
+- **2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Committee (Finance and Taxation Education) `referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in Second House `reading-1`
+- **2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended `passage`
+- **2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Adopt
+- **2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in House of Origin
+- **2023-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in House of Origin
+- **2023-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
+- **2023-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Ways and Means Education) `committee-passage`
+- **2023-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred (Ways and Means Education) `introduction, referral`
+- **2023-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in House of Origin `reading-1`
+- **2023-06-01T13:00:00+00:00** Enacted as 2023-353 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c4a1fb05-246e-420e-9c28-b30296d08df9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).
+