---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alabama School of Healthcare Sciences Bill"
description: "Education"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2024rs"
identifier: "HB 163"
citation: "Alabama HB 163 (2024rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cynthia Almond"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-02-14T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-05-06T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aef3c99d-88e7-40dc-8c4f-389c06e8da2b"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "49d799191f17c178ca700f71f385d36e3d46d2161074ec1e541fdf691a28295e"
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 163 (2024rs) — Alabama School of Healthcare Sciences Bill

Education

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/HB163-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2024-192** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1538403.AI1.pdf)
3. **Amendment XXF1EEE-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/XXF1EEE-1.pdf)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/HB163-eng.pdf)
5. **Ways and Means Education Amendment Z6JERRR-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/Z6JERRR-1.pdf)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/HB163-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the H for Vote 596 on HB163 (2024 Regular Session) — **101–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 927 on HB163 (2024 Regular Session) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the S for Vote 928 on HB163 (2024 Regular Session) — **28–3** (fail) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 597 on HB163 (2024 Regular Session) — **103–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the H for Vote 598 on HB163 (2024 Regular Session) — **103–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cynthia Almond — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2024-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2024-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2024-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2024-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2024-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 928 `passage`
- **2024-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in Second House
- **2024-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Finance and Taxation Education)
- **2024-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2024-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Finance and Taxation Education)
- **2024-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Finance and Taxation Education `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2024-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 598 `passage`
- **2024-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 597
- **2024-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Ways and Means Education Engrossed Substitute Offered (Ways and Means Education) `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2024-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Ways and Means Education)
- **2024-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin (Ways and Means Education)
- **2024-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** Ways and Means Education 1st Amendment (Ways and Means Education)
- **2024-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Ways and Means Education)
- **2024-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means Education `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-03T15:50:00+00:00** Enacted as 2024-192 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aef3c99d-88e7-40dc-8c4f-389c06e8da2b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).