---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to athletic trainers; to create the Athletic Trainer Secondary School Incentive Program; to provide grants to local boards of education that meet certain requirements related to the use of athletic trainers in rural, 1A, 2A, 3A, and Title I secondary schools; to authorize the Alabama Board of Athletic Trainers to adopt rules to administer the incentive program and the grant application process; to require grants issued from the incentive program to be provided as stipends to qualifying athletic trainers; and to limit each secondary school and athletic trainer to one grant per school year."
description: "Athletic Trainers, Athletic Trainer Secondary School Incentive Program, created; grants provided to local boards of education for recruitment and retention of athletic trainers at rural or Title I secondary schools"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2023rs"
identifier: "SB 267"
citation: "Alabama SB 267 (2023rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Athletic Trainers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Donnie Chesteen"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-04-27T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-06-01T13:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4bc1041c-d6aa-47e6-b2ea-42d8d91c3f59"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "98dcea04933550c34332594f2375ea6e3e9be2139db1ef4bc9ce52553634453e"
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 267 (2023rs) — Relating to athletic trainers; to create the Athletic Trainer Secondary School Incentive Program; to provide grants to local boards of education that meet certain requirements related to the use of athletic trainers in rural, 1A, 2A, 3A, and Title I secondary schools; to authorize the Alabama Board of Athletic Trainers to adopt rules to administer the incentive program and the grant application process; to require grants issued from the incentive program to be provided as stipends to qualifying athletic trainers; and to limit each secondary school and athletic trainer to one grant per school year.

Athletic Trainers, Athletic Trainer Secondary School Incentive Program, created; grants provided to local boards of education for recruitment and retention of athletic trainers at rural or Title I secondary schools

## 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/SB267-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2023-341** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1274821.AI1.pdf)
3. **Amendment 5EZT33-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/5EZT33-1.pdf)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/SB267-eng.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/SB267-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the S for Vote 612 on SB267 (2023 Regular Session) — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 916 on SB267 (2023 Regular Session) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 613 on SB267 (2023 Regular Session) — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Donnie Chesteen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass `passage`
- **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`
- **2023-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Committee (Ways and Means Education) `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in Second House `reading-1`
- **2023-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Read A Third Time And Passed As Amended
- **2023-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Adopt
- **2023-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in House of Origin
- **2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
- **2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Finance and Taxation Education) `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** AMD/SUB (Finance and Taxation Education)
- **2023-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred (Finance and Taxation Education) `introduction, referral`
- **2023-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in House of Origin `reading-1`
- **2023-06-01T13:00:00+00:00** Enacted as 2023-341 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4bc1041c-d6aa-47e6-b2ea-42d8d91c3f59`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).