---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education, Construction Trade Academy Fund, created, Home Builders Licensure Board, required to develop program to increase availability of construction trade education, board to administer program, Sec. 34-14A-20 added; Secs. 34-14A-1, 34-14A-2, 34-14A-3, 34-14A-12 am'd."
description: "Education, Construction Trade Academy Fund, created, Home Builders Licensure Board, required to develop program to increase availability of construction trade education, board to administer program, Sec. 34-14A-20 added; Secs. 34-14A-1, 34-14A-2, 34-14A-3, 34-14A-12 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2019rs"
identifier: "SB 242"
citation: "Alabama SB 242 (2019rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Givhan"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-04-04T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0317e04f-a4a4-422f-a335-ce2d1dca9fb4"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB242"
source_hash: "70fcd8df65d41e66326da3673f895c1eb3b5f1299f7b4fcb22921b1f28237ca1"
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 242 (2019rs) — Education, Construction Trade Academy Fund, created, Home Builders Licensure Board, required to develop program to increase availability of construction trade education, board to administer program, Sec. 34-14A-20 added; Secs. 34-14A-1, 34-14A-2, 34-14A-3, 34-14A-12 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/SB242-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 199714-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/199714-2.pdf)
3. **Amd/Sub 201558-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/201558-2.pdf)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/SB242-eng.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/SB242-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1215 — **103–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1216 — **102–0** (pass) · lower
- Givhan motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 642 — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 643 — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Givhan motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1381 — **26–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Givhan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar with 1 substitute and `reading-2`
- **2019-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development first Substitute Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Givhan motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 642 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 643 `passage`
- **2019-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2019-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Ways and Means Education `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Ways and Means Education Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1215 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1216 `passage`
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Givhan motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1381 `passage`
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Second House Amendment
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2019-482. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0317e04f-a4a4-422f-a335-ce2d1dca9fb4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).