---
type: "Bill"
title: "Teacher certification; Military Veteran Temporary Teaching Certificate established"
description: "Education"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2026rs"
identifier: "SB 149"
citation: "Alabama SB 149 (2026rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Woods"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 24
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2026-01-14T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-03T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/57ce23ea-db1d-486a-adbf-ad6da00a54aa"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "7aa42b678910bff8b83de906e1416816e425373d7687b3f7b3072b7034406535"
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 149 (2026rs) — Teacher certification; Military Veteran Temporary Teaching Certificate established

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/2026RS/SB149-int.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/SB149-eng.pdf)
3. **Woods motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 132** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/W1NQH9E-1.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/SB149-enr.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Woods — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2026-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 543 `passage`
- **2026-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in Second House
- **2026-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Military and Veterans' Affairs)
- **2026-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2026-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Committee in Second House (Military and Veterans' Affairs) `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Education Policy)
- **2026-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2026-01-22T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Education Policy)
- **2026-01-22T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Education Policy `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-22T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2026-01-22T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 133 `passage`
- **2026-01-22T05:00:00+00:00** Woods motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 132
- **2026-01-22T05:00:00+00:00** Woods 1st Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-01-22T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2026-01-21T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Education Policy)
- **2026-01-21T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- **2026-01-14T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Education Policy)
- **2026-01-14T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Education Policy `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/57ce23ea-db1d-486a-adbf-ad6da00a54aa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).