---
type: "Bill"
title: "Teachers, math and science teachers, salary schedule, add'l compensation, Education Dept. to administer, add'l salary supplement for hard-to-staff schools, terms of employment contracts, fund created in State Treasury, commencing 2021-2022 school year, funding in education budget"
description: "Teachers, math and science teachers, salary schedule, add'l compensation, Education Dept. to administer, add'l salary supplement for hard-to-staff schools, terms of employment contracts, fund created in State Treasury, commencing 2021-2022 school year, funding in education budget"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2021rs"
identifier: "SB 327"
citation: "Alabama SB 327 (2021rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chesteen"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b24d12a2-d570-4b14-becf-d109ce05cec1"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB327"
source_hash: "9f0dd03be7008e27378dc93d518582081a40405be0e84b17e4b4af0ddac51a04"
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 327 (2021rs) — Teachers, math and science teachers, salary schedule, add'l compensation, Education Dept. to administer, add'l salary supplement for hard-to-staff schools, terms of employment contracts, fund created in State Treasury, commencing 2021-2022 school year, funding in education budget

## 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/SB327-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 212164-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/212164-1.pdf)
3. **Amd/Sub 212164-7** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/212164-7.pdf)
4. **Amd/Sub 212185-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/212185-1.pdf)
5. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/SB327-eng.pdf)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/SB327-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Chesteen motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1172 — **26–2** (pass) · upper
- Chesteen motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 665 — **27–1** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 973 — **103–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 667 — **28–1** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 972 — **103–0** (pass) · lower
- Smitherman motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 666 — **21–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chesteen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+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 `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Chesteen first Substitute Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Chesteen motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 665 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Smitherman Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Smitherman motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 666 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 667 `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 972 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 973 `passage`
- **2021-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
- **2021-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Chesteen motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1172 `passage`
- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Second House Amendment
- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2021-340. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b24d12a2-d570-4b14-becf-d109ce05cec1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).