---
type: "Bill"
title: "Colleges and universities, Student Grant Program, cap amount on grants increased from $1,200 to $3,000 per academic year, duties of Commission on Higher Ed. further provided for, Sec. 16-33A-3 am'd."
description: "Colleges and universities, Student Grant Program, cap amount on grants increased from $1,200 to $3,000 per academic year, duties of Commission on Higher Ed. further provided for, Sec. 16-33A-3 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2021rs"
identifier: "HB 424"
citation: "Alabama HB 424 (2021rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Student Grant Program"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Faulkner"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-05-04T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3ba26bb7-89c5-4c5d-b409-ca0995a764d3"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB424"
source_hash: "e73757651412c085292f2e60540e59b382da8f0e52f103d3b12c8adc8ee476d6"
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 424 (2021rs) — Colleges and universities, Student Grant Program, cap amount on grants increased from $1,200 to $3,000 per academic year, duties of Commission on Higher Ed. further provided for, Sec. 16-33A-3 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/HB424-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 213800-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/213800-1.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/HB424-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 764 — **86–0** (pass) · lower
- Barfoot motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1240 — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1241 — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- Faulkner motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1106 — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Faulkner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Ways and Means Education `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 764 `passage`
- **2021-04-13T04:00:00+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`
- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Coleman-Madison Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Barfoot motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1240 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1241 `passage`
- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Faulkner motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1106 `passage`
- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2021-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Second House Amendment
- **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. 2021-442. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 2:25 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/3ba26bb7-89c5-4c5d-b409-ca0995a764d3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).