---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to public education employee sick leave; to amend Section 16-1-18.1, Code of Alabama 1975, to authorize the use of up to eight weeks of sick leave for attending to an ill child for whom a petition for adoption has been filed and for attending to an adopted child."
description: "Education employees; sick leave allowed for caring for ill child for whom a petition for adoption has been filed and for an adopted child under certain circumstances"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2023rs"
identifier: "HB 103"
citation: "Alabama HB 103 (2023rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education employees"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alan Baker"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 23
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-03-07T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-06-01T13:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/95ef5bc5-4ce0-4053-b947-7ee1b4e88488"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "01c2ef6871386a5240811958dc88f8f93ba062242e24dee30ecb25d9f739823b"
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 103 (2023rs) — Relating to public education employee sick leave; to amend Section 16-1-18.1, Code of Alabama 1975, to authorize the use of up to eight weeks of sick leave for attending to an ill child for whom a petition for adoption has been filed and for attending to an adopted child.

Education employees; sick leave allowed for caring for ill child for whom a petition for adoption has been filed and for an adopted child under certain circumstances

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/HB103-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2023-352** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1274801.AI1.pdf)
3. **Amendment 1GMTLZ-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/1GMTLZ-1.pdf)
4. **Amendment GN7066-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/GN7066-1.pdf)
5. **Amendment SYS378-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/SYS378-1.pdf)
6. **Children and Senior Advocacy Amendment EP3AC2-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/EP3AC2-1.pdf)
7. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/HB103-eng.pdf)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/HB103-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the H for Vote 903 on HB103 (2023 Regular Session) — **103–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the H for Vote 15 on HB103 (2023 Regular Session) — **105–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 514 on HB103 (2023 Regular Session) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the S for Vote 513 on HB103 (2023 Regular Session) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 14 on HB103 (2023 Regular Session) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the H for Vote 13 on HB103 (2023 Regular Session) — **104–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the H for Vote 16 on HB103 (2023 Regular Session) — **91–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alan Baker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Concur In and Adopt
- **2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Read A Third Time And Passed As Amended
- **2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Adopt
- **2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in Second House
- **2023-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in Second House
- **2023-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in Second House
- **2023-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Finance and Taxation Education) `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** AMD/SUB (Finance and Taxation Education)
- **2023-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Committee (Finance and Taxation Education) `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in Second House `reading-1`
- **2023-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Add Cosponsor
- **2023-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass `passage`
- **2023-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Adopt
- **2023-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Adopt
- **2023-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2023-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in House of Origin
- **2023-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
- **2023-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Children and Senior Advocacy) `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** AMD/SUB (Children and Senior Advocacy)
- **2023-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred (Children and Senior Advocacy) `introduction, referral`
- **2023-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in House of Origin `reading-1`
- **2023-06-01T13:00:00+00:00** Enacted as 2023-352 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/95ef5bc5-4ce0-4053-b947-7ee1b4e88488`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).