---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the Alabama Board of Social Work Examiners; to amend Section 34-30-3, Code of Alabama 1975, and to add Section 34-30-34 to the Code of Alabama 1975; to provide further for the scope of practice of licensees."
description: "Board of Social Work Examiners, scope of practice of licensees"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2023rs"
identifier: "HB 56"
citation: "Alabama HB 56 (2023rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Board of Social Work Examiners"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Frances Holk-Jones"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-06T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-03T18:10:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/39bacb55-f1ed-4ea3-97ce-806f452e2140"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "7e02e6da55815cfa03ad6b9ccee08b9936a7492de989dc09ae5235979988fd6d"
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 56 (2023rs) — Relating to the Alabama Board of Social Work Examiners; to amend Section 34-30-3, Code of Alabama 1975, and to add Section 34-30-34 to the Code of Alabama 1975; to provide further for the scope of practice of licensees.

Board of Social Work Examiners, scope of practice of licensees

## 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/HB56-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2023-100** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1251151.AI1.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/HB56-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the S for Vote 405 on HB56 (2023 Regular Session) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 128 on HB56 (2023 Regular Session) — **104–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Frances Holk-Jones — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Filed `filing`
- **2023-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2023-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2023-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass `passage`
- **2023-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in Second House
- **2023-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in Second House
- **2023-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in Second House
- **2023-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (State Governmental Affairs) `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Committee (State Governmental Affairs) `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in Second House `reading-1`
- **2023-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass `passage`
- **2023-04-11T04:00:00+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 (Boards, Agencies and Commissions) `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred (Boards, Agencies and Commissions) `introduction, referral`
- **2023-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in House of Origin `reading-1`
- **2023-05-03T18:10:00+00:00** Enacted as 2023-100 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/39bacb55-f1ed-4ea3-97ce-806f452e2140`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).