---
type: "Bill"
title: "Emergency medical technicians or paramedics, certification, tuition reimbursement program by community colleges, Ala. Fire College, and Univ. of South Alabama, Volunteer Rescue Squad Tuition Reimbursement Act of 2018."
description: "Emergency medical technicians or paramedics, certification, tuition reimbursement program by community colleges, Ala. Fire College, and Univ. of South Alabama, Volunteer Rescue Squad Tuition Reimbursement Act of 2018."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2018rs"
identifier: "HB 385"
citation: "Alabama HB 385 (2018rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lovvorn"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2018-02-06T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-03-28T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2cc97968-500d-4c33-9417-990a73015fe8"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB385"
source_hash: "cfdab1d8e640c348dd390f68df8587d1b1910490301d1123629b02660de43abe"
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 385 (2018rs) — Emergency medical technicians or paramedics, certification, tuition reimbursement program by community colleges, Ala. Fire College, and Univ. of South Alabama, Volunteer Rescue Squad Tuition Reimbursement Act of 2018.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/HB385-int.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/HB385-eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/HB385-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Lovvorn motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1081 — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Cosponsors Added — **81–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 670 — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1065 — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 669 — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 668 — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 671 — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Orr motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1064 — **28–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lovvorn — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Ways and Means Education `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar with 1 substitute and 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2018-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Ways and Means Education first Substitute Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 668 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Ways and Means Education Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 669 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Whorton (R) Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 670 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 671 `passage`
- **2018-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Cosponsors Added
- **2018-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2018-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Finance and Taxation Education `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Finance and Taxation Education Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Dial motion to Table adopted Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Orr Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Orr motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1064 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1065 `passage`
- **2018-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
- **2018-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Lovvorn motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1081 `passage`
- **2018-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Second House Amendment
- **2018-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2018-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2018-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2018-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2018-524. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Ways and Means Education first Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Forwarded to Governor on March 28, 2018 at 4:30 p.m. on March 28, 2018. `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2cc97968-500d-4c33-9417-990a73015fe8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).