---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public K-12 Education, validity of emergency teaching certificate extended from one to two years, for a maximum of four years. Section 16-23-3, Code of Alabama 1975, amd."
description: "Public K-12 Education, validity of emergency teaching certificate extended from one to two years, for a maximum of four years. Section 16-23-3, Code of Alabama 1975, amd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2019rs"
identifier: "HB 506"
citation: "Alabama HB 506 (2019rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Superintendent of Education", "State"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Estes"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-04-25T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a78a36d1-bcfd-41bc-94cb-e33a3ae86c5f"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB506"
source_hash: "d88482ef369318e2e4593f762ab2ef3128d5611add2cbae4f40355c5bb0d61a7"
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 506 (2019rs) — Public K-12 Education, validity of emergency teaching certificate extended from one to two years, for a maximum of four years. Section 16-23-3, Code of Alabama 1975, amd.

## 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/HB506-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 200312-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/200312-2.pdf)
3. **Amd/Sub 201143-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/201143-2.pdf)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB506-eng.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB506-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 555 — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Singleton motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1126 — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 554 — **101–0** (pass) · lower
- Estes motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1093 — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1127 — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Estes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Education Policy `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2019-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Education Policy Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 554 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 555 `passage`
- **2019-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2019-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Education Policy `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar with 1 substitute and `reading-2`
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Education Policy first Substitute Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Singleton motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1126 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1127 `passage`
- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Estes motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1093 `passage`
- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Second House Amendment
- **2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2019-364. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 1:33 p.m. on May 29, 2019. `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a78a36d1-bcfd-41bc-94cb-e33a3ae86c5f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).