---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education, Alabama Math and Science Teacher Education Program (AMSTEP) created, ACHE to administer, loan repayment awards to eligible public school math and science teachers in underserved areas of state"
description: "Education, Alabama Math and Science Teacher Education Program (AMSTEP) created, ACHE to administer, loan repayment awards to eligible public school math and science teachers in underserved areas of state"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2018rs"
identifier: "HB 261"
citation: "Alabama HB 261 (2018rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lovvorn"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-18T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-03-28T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3d57e234-6bc8-42a6-b353-09b41ee41768"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB261"
source_hash: "a1b0cce6c4b775fd56f665ebdbef0d243b9253f2a91e778032a7584469ad8ac2"
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 261 (2018rs) — Education, Alabama Math and Science Teacher Education Program (AMSTEP) created, ACHE to administer, loan repayment awards to eligible public school math and science teachers in underserved areas of state

## 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/2018rs/PrintFiles/HB261-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/HB261-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Lovvorn motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1082 — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1086 — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 521 — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Coleman-Madison motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1085 — **29–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lovvorn — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-18T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Ways and Means Education `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2018-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 521 `passage`
- **2018-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Finance and Taxation Education `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Finance and Taxation Education Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Coleman-Madison motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1085 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1086 `passage`
- **2018-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
- **2018-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Lovvorn motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1082 `passage`
- **2018-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Second House Amendment
- **2018-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2018-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2018-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2018-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2018-504. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Forwarded to Governor on March 28, 2018 at 4:30 p.m. on March 28, 2018. `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3d57e234-6bc8-42a6-b353-09b41ee41768`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).