---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education budget, appropriations for the support, maintenance, and development of public education"
description: "Education budget, appropriations for the support, maintenance, and development of public education"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2021rs"
identifier: "SB 189"
citation: "Alabama SB 189 (2021rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education Trust Fund"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Orr"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a7e64039-945c-446e-9659-06a7282ea586"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB189"
source_hash: "5ecfffc59b43ad0f8a3cf6dbaf604255c9d10779ea4d843addfb6e7b96a93444"
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 189 (2021rs) — Education budget, appropriations for the support, maintenance, and development of public education

## 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/SB189-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 211942-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/211942-1.pdf)
3. **Amd/Sub 212150-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/212150-1.pdf)
4. **Amd/Sub 213450-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/213450-2.pdf)
5. **Amd/Sub 213785-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/213785-1.pdf)
6. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/SB189-eng.pdf)
7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/SB189-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 987 — **103–0** (pass) · lower
- Orr motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 690 — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 691 — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Orr motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 689 — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Orr motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1187 — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 988 — **101–1** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 989 — **101–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Orr — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Finance and Taxation Education `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Reported from Finance and Taxation Education as Favorable with 1 substitute `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Finance and Taxation Education first Substitute Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Orr motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 689 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Orr Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Orr motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 690 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 691 `passage`
- **2021-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2021-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Ways and Means Education `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-22T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar with 1 substitute and `reading-2`
- **2021-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Ways and Means Education first Substitute Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 987 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Poole Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 988 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 989 `passage`
- **2021-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Daniels intended to vote "Yea"
- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Orr motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1187 `passage`
- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Second House Amendment
- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2021-342. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a7e64039-945c-446e-9659-06a7282ea586`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).