---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alabama Veterans Resource Center, center and board created to assist veterans and families transition to civilian life; duties and powers of board provided"
description: "Military"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2025rs"
identifier: "SB 70"
citation: "Alabama SB 70 (2025rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Military"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jones (A)"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 28
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-04T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-02-27T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c5f29035-5330-431c-840e-6ac87ccd7f60"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "e66870afa1b76623519c30c30dd86c70125c190ac39176d87bacf6c877146b64"
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 70 (2025rs) — Alabama Veterans Resource Center, center and board created to assist veterans and families transition to civilian life; duties and powers of board provided

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/2025RS/SB70-int.pdf)
2. **Coleman-Madison motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 9** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/16GI3LZ-1.pdf)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/SB70-eng.pdf)
4. **Military and Veterans Affairs 1st Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/3FKTEEE-1.pdf)
5. **Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 157** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/WK2R555-1.pdf)
6. **Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 158** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/G379526-1.pdf)
7. **Smitherman motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 8** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/UA4UDGX-1.pdf)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/SB70-enr.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Jones (A) — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2025-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2025-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2025-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2025-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** Gudger Motion to Concur In and Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 131
- **2025-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 159 `passage`
- **2025-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 158
- **2025-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** Brown 1st Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 157
- **2025-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** Military and Veterans Affairs Engrossed Substitute Offered (Military and Veterans' Affairs) `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in Second House
- **2025-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Military and Veterans' Affairs)
- **2025-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House (Military and Veterans' Affairs)
- **2025-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Military and Veterans Affairs 1st Amendment (Military and Veterans' Affairs)
- **2025-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Military and Veterans' Affairs)
- **2025-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2025-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 10 `passage`
- **2025-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Coleman-Madison motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 9
- **2025-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Coleman-Madison 1st Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Smitherman motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 8
- **2025-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Smitherman 1st Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2025-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Safety)
- **2025-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- **2025-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Safety)
- **2025-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c5f29035-5330-431c-840e-6ac87ccd7f60`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).