---
type: "Bill"
title: "Nursing, Board of, authorized to establish standards for student nurse apprenticeships and to issue apprentice permits, Sec. 34-21-2 am'd."
description: "Nursing, Board of, authorized to establish standards for student nurse apprenticeships and to issue apprentice permits, Sec. 34-21-2 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2021rs"
identifier: "SB 179"
citation: "Alabama SB 179 (2021rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Nursing", "Board of"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Coleman-Madison"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-03T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3d722570-0603-4ba2-9c95-730b6b9f0296"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB179"
source_hash: "e525170c86015f3d50aeff73ae4e51bc3258251f3638dd368969b44938decf54"
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 179 (2021rs) — Nursing, Board of, authorized to establish standards for student nurse apprenticeships and to issue apprentice permits, Sec. 34-21-2 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/SB179-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 210418-3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/210418-3.pdf)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/SB179-eng.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/SB179-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 318 — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- Reed motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 317 — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 806 — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Coleman-Madison — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Healthcare `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2021-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Healthcare Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Reed motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 317 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 318 `passage`
- **2021-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2021-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Health `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+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 806 `passage`
- **2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2021-275. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3d722570-0603-4ba2-9c95-730b6b9f0296`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).