---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public school teacher salary schedule, experience credit provided to certain certified teachers for experience as paraprofessional or teacher's aide"
description: "Education"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2024rs"
identifier: "SB 217"
citation: "Alabama SB 217 (2024rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Donnie Chesteen"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-03-07T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-05-09T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/005c2d97-59bf-427f-bc77-4dab770e8e8e"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "aaef468ac6f698f470065600ce0fd9c5c496f7f3355f18e2e19aa7781ee2e9e1"
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 217 (2024rs) — Public school teacher salary schedule, experience credit provided to certain certified teachers for experience as paraprofessional or teacher's aide

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/SB217-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2024-299** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1542703.AI1.pdf)
3. **Amendment FYUTD55-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/FYUTD55-1.pdf)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/SB217-eng.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/SB217-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the S for Vote 291 on SB217 (2024 Regular Session) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 1029 on SB217 (2024 Regular Session) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 290 on SB217 (2024 Regular Session) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 1030 on SB217 (2024 Regular Session) — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 289 on SB217 (2024 Regular Session) — **30–0** (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
- **2024-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2024-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 1030 `passage`
- **2024-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in Second House
- **2024-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Education Policy)
- **2024-04-17T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2024-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Education Policy)
- **2024-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Education Policy `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2024-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 291 `passage`
- **2024-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Chesteen motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 290
- **2024-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Education Policy 1st Amendment Offered (Education Policy) `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Education Policy)
- **2024-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- **2024-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Education Policy 1st Amendment (Education Policy)
- **2024-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Education Policy)
- **2024-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Education Policy `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-08T20:00:00+00:00** Enacted as 2024-299 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/005c2d97-59bf-427f-bc77-4dab770e8e8e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).