---
type: "Bill"
title: "Nursing, Board of, loan repayment program for advanced-practice nurses, loan program authorized for certain currently certified nurses, Sec. 34-21-96 am'd."
description: "Nursing, Board of, loan repayment program for advanced-practice nurses, loan program authorized for certain currently certified nurses, Sec. 34-21-96 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2019rs"
identifier: "SB 37"
citation: "Alabama SB 37 (2019rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Nursing", "Board of"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Reed"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-05T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/14142461-b7f8-449d-8430-3de8b4630e83"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB37"
source_hash: "7d89e09ef654e415b0a1df48cb9640b4201dee0b6fd90c181776f381448a9bd8"
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 SB 37 (2019rs) — Nursing, Board of, loan repayment program for advanced-practice nurses, loan program authorized for certain currently certified nurses, Sec. 34-21-96 am'd.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/SB37-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/SB37-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 42 — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 908 — **76–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Reed — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Healthcare `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2019-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Adopted
- **2019-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 42 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Health `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 908 `passage`
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2019-301. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/14142461-b7f8-449d-8430-3de8b4630e83`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).