---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education, issuance of professional educator certificate to individuals completing approved alternative teacher preparation programs, further provided for, St. Board of Education to adopt policies, Sec. 16-23-3.01 added; Sec. 16-23-3 am'd."
description: "Education, issuance of professional educator certificate to individuals completing approved alternative teacher preparation programs, further provided for, St. Board of Education to adopt policies, Sec. 16-23-3.01 added; Sec. 16-23-3 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2022rs"
identifier: "HB 307"
citation: "Alabama HB 307 (2022rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Baker"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-02-08T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3b7a7bc6-9b6f-4f73-9d08-22994bb8df48"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB307"
source_hash: "9782512214a8fa7577b72f75b544630c6c87543da21d0e75decae45d3cd53e4e"
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 HB 307 (2022rs) — Education, issuance of professional educator certificate to individuals completing approved alternative teacher preparation programs, further provided for, St. Board of Education to adopt policies, Sec. 16-23-3.01 added; 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/2022rs/PrintFiles/HB307-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 218039-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/218039-1.pdf)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/HB307-eng.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/HB307-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 340 — **101–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 339 — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 670 — **26–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Baker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Education Policy `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Baker Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 339 `amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 340 `passage`
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Education Policy `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 670 `passage`
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2022-239. `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 3:34 p.m. on March 29, 2022. `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3b7a7bc6-9b6f-4f73-9d08-22994bb8df48`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).