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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the State Board of Health and emergency medical services; to amend Section 22-18-1, Code of Alabama 1975, to further provide for the requirements for a licensure as a community paramedic; and to prohibit the State Board of Health from requiring a college degree for licensure as a community paramedic."
+description: "Paramedics, requirement of a college degree deleted for licensure"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
+legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
+session: "2023rs"
+identifier: "HB 417"
+citation: "Alabama HB 417 (2023rs)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Paramedics"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Phillip Pettus"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 20
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2023-05-30T14:30:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c60e03b8-8f98-48fd-9959-49a684f7ef1a"
+source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
+source_hash: "0143958c802aeb104316a2d2c3ea0d9e5b8e64a88bcdb81133d48d67602062fb"
+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 417 (2023rs) — Relating to the State Board of Health and emergency medical services; to amend Section 22-18-1, Code of Alabama 1975, to further provide for the requirements for a licensure as a community paramedic; and to prohibit the State Board of Health from requiring a college degree for licensure as a community paramedic.
+
+Paramedics, requirement of a college degree deleted for licensure
+
+## 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/HB417-int.pdf)
+2. **Act 2023-311** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1271920.AI1.pdf)
+3. **Amendment VT1MPP-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/VT1MPP-1.pdf)
+4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/HB417-eng.pdf)
+5. **Health Amendment JVR1YY-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/JVR1YY-1.pdf)
+6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/HB417-enr.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Roll of the H for Vote 714 on HB417 (2023 Regular Session) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
+- Roll of the S for Vote 1121 on HB417 (2023 Regular Session) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
+- Roll of the H for Vote 715 on HB417 (2023 Regular Session) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Phillip Pettus — 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
+- **2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass `passage`
+- **2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in Second House
+- **2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in Second House
+- **2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in Second House
+- **2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Healthcare) `committee-passage`
+- **2023-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Committee (Healthcare) `referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in Second House `reading-1`
+- **2023-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended `passage`
+- **2023-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Adopt
+- **2023-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in House of Origin
+- **2023-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in House of Origin
+- **2023-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
+- **2023-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Health) `committee-passage`
+- **2023-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** AMD/SUB (Health)
+- **2023-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** AMD/SUB (Health)
+- **2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred (Health) `introduction, referral`
+- **2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in House of Origin `reading-1`
+- **2023-05-30T14:30:00+00:00** Enacted as 2023-311 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c60e03b8-8f98-48fd-9959-49a684f7ef1a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).
+