---
type: "Bill"
title: "Talent Readiness and Industry Needs (TRAIN) Act, qualified employees authorized to teach a career and technical education program, tax credits provided to employers that loan qualified employees, workforce teaching certificate established"
description: "Education; Taxation & Revenue"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2026rs"
identifier: "HB 517"
citation: "Alabama HB 517 (2026rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lomax"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 32
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2026-02-26T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-17T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b29e7761-d300-40ed-82f2-19a5e87c59d1"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "ede50f8f055040c9acf3424eff18af7a55c5fbef96bee21f381503fc779131af"
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 517 (2026rs) — Talent Readiness and Industry Needs (TRAIN) Act, qualified employees authorized to teach a career and technical education program, tax credits provided to employers that loan qualified employees, workforce teaching certificate established

Education; Taxation & Revenue

## 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/2026RS/HB517-int.pdf)
2. **Elliott motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1253** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/XDM2IZE-1.pdf)
3. **Elliott motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1254** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/KH3KGUU-1.pdf)
4. **Elliott motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1255** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/5VPWQM3-1.pdf)
5. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB517-eng.pdf)
6. **Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 745** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/YM4Z522-1.pdf)
7. **Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 746** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/XDUJ5EZ-1.pdf)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB517-enr.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Lomax — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-04-17T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2026-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2026-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2026-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2026-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Lomax motion to Concur In and Adopt Senate Amendment - Adopted Roll Call 1343
- **2026-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 1256 `passage`
- **2026-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Elliott motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1255
- **2026-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Elliott 1st Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Elliott motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1254
- **2026-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Elliott motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1253
- **2026-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Finance and Taxation Education 1st Amendment Offered (Finance and Taxation Education) `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Finance and Taxation Education 2nd Amendment Offered (Finance and Taxation Education) `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in Second House
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Finance and Taxation Education)
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Finance and Taxation Education 2nd Amendment (Finance and Taxation Education)
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Finance and Taxation Education 1st Amendment (Finance and Taxation Education)
- **2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Finance and Taxation Education)
- **2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Finance and Taxation Education `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 747 `passage`
- **2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 746
- **2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Lomax 1st Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 745
- **2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Ways and Means Education 1st Substitute Offered (Ways and Means Education) `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2026-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Ways and Means Education)
- **2026-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- **2026-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Ways and Means Education 1st Substitute (Ways and Means Education)
- **2026-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Ways and Means Education)
- **2026-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means Education `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/b29e7761-d300-40ed-82f2-19a5e87c59d1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).