---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public K-12 education, remote early enrollment of transferring military children with special needs"
description: "Education; Military"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2024rs"
identifier: "SB 211"
citation: "Alabama SB 211 (2024rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Donnie Chesteen"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-05-09T18:30:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/957913db-b0f8-40d7-96e3-52c54716258f"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "623d8784e4407872287709c3c6ce9706d8ffb490f40a7c6eafa026ca27eab708"
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 211 (2024rs) — Public K-12 education, remote early enrollment of transferring military children with special needs

Education; Military

## 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/SB211-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2024-328** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1542981.AI1.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/SB211-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the S for Vote 278 on SB211 (2024 Regular Session) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 951 on SB211 (2024 Regular Session) — **101–1** (fail) · lower
- Roll of the H for Vote 952 on SB211 (2024 Regular Session) — **99–1** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 277 on SB211 (2024 Regular Session) — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Donnie Chesteen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-09T04:00:00+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
- **2024-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2024-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 952 `passage`
- **2024-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in Second House
- **2024-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Military and Veterans Affairs)
- **2024-04-17T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2024-04-03T04:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Military and Veterans Affairs)
- **2024-04-03T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 278 `passage`
- **2024-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2024-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Veterans and Military Affairs)
- **2024-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- **2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Veterans and Military Affairs)
- **2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-09T18:30:00+00:00** Enacted as 2024-328 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/957913db-b0f8-40d7-96e3-52c54716258f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).