---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the Military Family Jobs Opportunity Act; to amend Section 31-1-6, Code of Alabama 1975, as amended by Act 2022-92, 2022 Regular Session, to extend professional license reciprocity to spouses of United States Department of Defense civil servants."
description: "Military Family Jobs Opportunity Act; eligible persons to include Department of Defense civil servants"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2023rs"
identifier: "SB 37"
citation: "Alabama SB 37 (2023rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Military Family Jobs Opportunity Act"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sam Givhan"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-03-07T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-16T19:10:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a5c32710-6cb0-4dd8-89e2-ca5f2777123b"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "2c34d0f96c44dacd9a4344029c7a0d0cc2bbc9b6737d7157de1b9222f542d2ec"
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 37 (2023rs) — Relating to the Military Family Jobs Opportunity Act; to amend Section 31-1-6, Code of Alabama 1975, as amended by Act 2022-92, 2022 Regular Session, to extend professional license reciprocity to spouses of United States Department of Defense civil servants.

Military Family Jobs Opportunity Act; eligible persons to include Department of Defense civil servants

## 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/SB37-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2023-200** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1261234.AI1.pdf)
3. **Amendment JAITFF-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/JAITFF-1.pdf)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/SB37-eng.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/SB37-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the S for Vote 213 on SB37 (2023 Regular Session) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the S for Vote 212 on SB37 (2023 Regular Session) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 548 on SB37 (2023 Regular Session) — **105–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sam Givhan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass `passage`
- **2023-05-02T04:00:00+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 (Military and Veterans Affairs) `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Committee (Military and Veterans Affairs) `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in Second House `reading-1`
- **2023-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Read A Third Time And Passed As Amended
- **2023-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Adopt
- **2023-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2023-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in House of Origin
- **2023-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
- **2023-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Veterans and Military Affairs) `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred (Veterans and Military Affairs) `introduction, referral`
- **2023-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in House of Origin `reading-1`
- **2023-05-16T19:10:00+00:00** Enacted as 2023-200 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a5c32710-6cb0-4dd8-89e2-ca5f2777123b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).