---
type: "Bill"
title: "Teachers, St. Board of Education, alternative teaching certificates authorized for qualified former members of Armed Forces, Sec. 16-23-3 am'd."
description: "Teachers, St. Board of Education, alternative teaching certificates authorized for qualified former members of Armed Forces, Sec. 16-23-3 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2021rs"
identifier: "SB 16"
citation: "Alabama SB 16 (2021rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jones"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1a74dd30-a5f0-4d68-b1c2-9d2510773832"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB16"
source_hash: "92af9e6e249b9cd6de883aaeb0a8624b647531e4e15d03155a710c8cf96a7b68"
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 16 (2021rs) — Teachers, St. Board of Education, alternative teaching certificates authorized for qualified former members of Armed Forces, Sec. 16-23-3 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/SB16-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 211246-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/211246-1.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/SB16-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 50 — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Jones motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 478 — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 282 — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 281 — **100–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jones — 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 50 `passage`
- **2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Education Policy `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** McMillan Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 281 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 282 `passage`
- **2021-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
- **2021-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Jones motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 478 `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. 2021-111. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1a74dd30-a5f0-4d68-b1c2-9d2510773832`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).