---
type: "Bill"
title: "School Choice and Student Opportunity Act, formation of charter schools on or near military installation, with focus on serving military dependents, authorized, Sec. 16-6F-5 am'd."
description: "School Choice and Student Opportunity Act, formation of charter schools on or near military installation, with focus on serving military dependents, authorized, Sec. 16-6F-5 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2021rs"
identifier: "SB 103"
citation: "Alabama SB 103 (2021rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Charter Schools"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barfoot"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9e60a94d-384b-4e53-8329-c6aef1b9ec8c"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB103"
source_hash: "c3922846d67637a1d7dd794556e45f6c3106921af744589dbeda2521b79cd7a1"
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 103 (2021rs) — School Choice and Student Opportunity Act, formation of charter schools on or near military installation, with focus on serving military dependents, authorized, Sec. 16-6F-5 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/SB103-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 210952-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/210952-1.pdf)
3. **Amd/Sub 211365-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/211365-1.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/SB103-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 286 — **80–6** (pass) · lower
- Barfoot motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 479 — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 60 — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 285 — **86–1** (pass) · lower
- Drake motion to Table adopted Roll Call 284 — **88–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barfoot — 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 Senate committee on Veterans and Military Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 60 `passage`
- **2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Military and Veterans Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Military and Veterans Affairs Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Drake motion to Table adopted Roll Call 284 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Drake Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 285 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 286 `passage`
- **2021-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
- **2021-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Barfoot motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 479 `passage`
- **2021-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Second House Amendment
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2021-117 on 03/18/2021. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9e60a94d-384b-4e53-8329-c6aef1b9ec8c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).