---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education, law enforcement officers, firefighters, and rescue squad members, higher education assistance program for the children under certain conditions, Sec. 16-64-6, 36-21-102 am'd."
description: "Education, law enforcement officers, firefighters, and rescue squad members, higher education assistance program for the children under certain conditions, Sec. 16-64-6, 36-21-102 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2021rs"
identifier: "HB 153"
citation: "Alabama HB 153 (2021rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lovvorn"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-05-04T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bf3bae2e-d94c-4425-aca7-3d454529cee1"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB153"
source_hash: "73689b6b8470fb55c4b1c6e0f4e5de93da4b6f18fd0b52d628f4d6140b3d05e9"
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 153 (2021rs) — Education, law enforcement officers, firefighters, and rescue squad members, higher education assistance program for the children under certain conditions, Sec. 16-64-6, 36-21-102 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/2021rs/PrintFiles/HB153-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 212071-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/212071-2.pdf)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/HB153-eng.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/HB153-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 604 — **87–1** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1332 — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 603 — **84–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lovvorn — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Ways and Means Education `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Ways and Means Education Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 603 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 604 `passage`
- **2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Finance and Taxation Education `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-22T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1332 `passage`
- **2021-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2021-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2021-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2021-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2021-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2021-425. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 8:42 p.m. on May 4, 2021. `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bf3bae2e-d94c-4425-aca7-3d454529cee1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).