---
type: "Bill"
title: "Nursing, Board of, authority to enter, coordinated license information, multistate practice, Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact, Secs. 34-21-20.01, 34-21-120 to 34-21-130, inclusive, added; Secs. 34-21-1, 34-21-2, 34-21-21, 34-21-22, 34-21-25 am'd."
description: "Nursing, Board of, authority to enter, coordinated license information, multistate practice, Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact, Secs. 34-21-20.01, 34-21-120 to 34-21-130, inclusive, added; Secs. 34-21-1, 34-21-2, 34-21-21, 34-21-22, 34-21-25 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2019rs"
identifier: "SB 38"
citation: "Alabama SB 38 (2019rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Nursing", "Board of"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Reed"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-03-05T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/14075bd6-3678-4bd5-a65d-a59d692bd86f"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB38"
source_hash: "9d3dbcc6811f203e1ba3a15112754b11c5f43371d0599ce9b5d78f2d4501a77a"
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 38 (2019rs) — Nursing, Board of, authority to enter, coordinated license information, multistate practice, Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact, Secs. 34-21-20.01, 34-21-120 to 34-21-130, inclusive, added; Secs. 34-21-1, 34-21-2, 34-21-21, 34-21-22, 34-21-25 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/SB38-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 197945-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/197945-2.pdf)
3. **Amd/Sub 198041-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/198041-2.pdf)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/SB38-eng.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/SB38-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Reed motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 68 — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Reed motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 69 — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 379 — **101–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 70 — **29–0** (pass) · upper

## 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 2 amendments `reading-2`
- **2019-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Healthcare Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Healthcare Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Reed motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 68 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Reed motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 69 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 70 `passage`
- **2019-04-03T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2019-04-03T04:00:00+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`
- **2019-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 379 `passage`
- **2019-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Rafferty intended to vote "Yea"
- **2019-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2019-102. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/14075bd6-3678-4bd5-a65d-a59d692bd86f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).