---
type: "Bill"
title: "To establish the ReEngage Alabama Grant Program; to provide grant award payments to eligible adult learners; to provide eligibility standards, and to provide for administration by the Alabama Commission on Higher Education; relating to grants for short-term credentials; to establish the Alabama Short-Term Credential Scholarship Program to provide grants to Alabama residents to help them earn short-term credentials; to determine eligible recipients; to establish procedures for administering the program; to set forth the process by which the program will be funded; and to repeal the Alabama Apprenticeship Tax Credit Act commencing with Section 40-18-422, Code of Alabama 1975."
description: "ReEngage Alabama Grant Program, established to provide financial incentives for adult learners to return to college and obtain degrees"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2023rs"
identifier: "SB 175"
citation: "Alabama SB 175 (2023rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ReEngage Alabama Grant Program"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arthur Orr"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-04-05T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-06-14T13:30:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3c129da0-53e8-43ab-a69f-1148ec4e5543"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "a7c097298f2064668138c759c93b7062ac8cc63cf4540db1f4eee85d6f59c255"
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 175 (2023rs) — To establish the ReEngage Alabama Grant Program; to provide grant award payments to eligible adult learners; to provide eligibility standards, and to provide for administration by the Alabama Commission on Higher Education; relating to grants for short-term credentials; to establish the Alabama Short-Term Credential Scholarship Program to provide grants to Alabama residents to help them earn short-term credentials; to determine eligible recipients; to establish procedures for administering the program; to set forth the process by which the program will be funded; and to repeal the Alabama Apprenticeship Tax Credit Act commencing with Section 40-18-422, Code of Alabama 1975.

ReEngage Alabama Grant Program, established to provide financial incentives for adult learners to return to college and obtain degrees

## 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/SB175-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2023-539** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1286142.AI1.pdf)
3. **Amendment 8ZDLF2-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/8ZDLF2-1.pdf)
4. **Conference Committee on SB175 Amendment RHURNM-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/RHURNM-1.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/SB175-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the H for Vote 1134 on SB175 (2023 Regular Session) — **102–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 1230 on SB175 (2023 Regular Session) — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the S for Vote 462 on SB175 (2023 Regular Session) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 919 on SB175 (2023 Regular Session) — **102–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 1055 on SB175 (2023 Regular Session) — **32–2** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 918 on SB175 (2023 Regular Session) — **101–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the H for Vote 1093 on SB175 (2023 Regular Session) — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Arthur Orr — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** Concur In and Adopt
- **2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** Concur In and Adopt
- **2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in House of Origin
- **2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** AMD/SUB (Conference Committee on SB175)
- **2023-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Accede (Conference Committee on SB175)
- **2023-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Non Concur and Appoint Conference Committee (Conference Committee on SB175)
- **2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended `passage`
- **2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Adopt
- **2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in Second House
- **2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in Second House
- **2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in Second House
- **2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Ways and Means Education) `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** AMD/SUB (Ways and Means Education)
- **2023-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Committee (Ways and Means Education) `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in Second House `reading-1`
- **2023-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass `passage`
- **2023-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2023-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in House of Origin
- **2023-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
- **2023-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Finance and Taxation Education) `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred (Finance and Taxation Education) `introduction, referral`
- **2023-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in House of Origin `reading-1`
- **2023-06-14T13:30:00+00:00** Enacted as 2023-539 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3c129da0-53e8-43ab-a69f-1148ec4e5543`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).