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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the Alabama Board of Social Work Examiners; to amend Section 34-30-3, Code of Alabama 1975, and to add Section 34-30-34 to the Code of Alabama 1975; to provide further for the scope of practice of licensees."
+description: "Board of Social Work Examiners, scope of practice of licensees"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
+legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
+session: "2023rs"
+identifier: "HB 56"
+citation: "Alabama HB 56 (2023rs)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Board of Social Work Examiners"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Frances Holk-Jones"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-03-06T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2023-05-03T18:10:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/39bacb55-f1ed-4ea3-97ce-806f452e2140"
+source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
+source_hash: "7e02e6da55815cfa03ad6b9ccee08b9936a7492de989dc09ae5235979988fd6d"
+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 56 (2023rs) — Relating to the Alabama Board of Social Work Examiners; to amend Section 34-30-3, Code of Alabama 1975, and to add Section 34-30-34 to the Code of Alabama 1975; to provide further for the scope of practice of licensees.
+
+Board of Social Work Examiners, scope of practice of licensees
+
+## 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/HB56-int.pdf)
+2. **Act 2023-100** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1251151.AI1.pdf)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/HB56-enr.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Roll of the S for Vote 405 on HB56 (2023 Regular Session) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
+- Roll of the H for Vote 128 on HB56 (2023 Regular Session) — **104–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Frances Holk-Jones — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Filed `filing`
+- **2023-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
+- **2023-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
+- **2023-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass `passage`
+- **2023-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in Second House
+- **2023-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in Second House
+- **2023-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in Second House
+- **2023-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (State Governmental Affairs) `committee-passage`
+- **2023-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Committee (State Governmental Affairs) `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in Second House `reading-1`
+- **2023-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass `passage`
+- **2023-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in House of Origin
+- **2023-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in House of Origin
+- **2023-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
+- **2023-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Boards, Agencies and Commissions) `committee-passage`
+- **2023-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred (Boards, Agencies and Commissions) `introduction, referral`
+- **2023-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in House of Origin `reading-1`
+- **2023-05-03T18:10:00+00:00** Enacted as 2023-100 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/39bacb55-f1ed-4ea3-97ce-806f452e2140`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).
+