---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local boards of education, virtual schools, military dependents of members of US Armed Forces, deemed Alabama residents when member ordered to relocate to state, Sec. 16-46A-1 am'd."
description: "Local boards of education, virtual schools, military dependents of members of US Armed Forces, deemed Alabama residents when member ordered to relocate to state, Sec. 16-46A-1 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2020rs"
identifier: "SB 143"
citation: "Alabama SB 143 (2020rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Board of Education", "County"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chesteen"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-02-06T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-03-10T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a3896e4e-1b89-4d5e-93b6-57792fe043b9"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB143"
source_hash: "1678d3fc63172299fddc11200d30481b6c69aa51572987901cdc34fc48fd4da3"
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 143 (2020rs) — Local boards of education, virtual schools, military dependents of members of US Armed Forces, deemed Alabama residents when member ordered to relocate to state, Sec. 16-46A-1 am'd.

## 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/2020rs/PrintFiles/SB143-int.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 250 — **105–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 115 — **30–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chesteen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Veterans and Military Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2020-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Carried Over to Call of the Chair
- **2020-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Carry Over to the Call of the Chair adopted Voice Vote
- **2020-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 115 `passage`
- **2020-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Military and Veterans Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2020-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 250 `passage`
- **2020-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2020-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2020-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2020-68. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a3896e4e-1b89-4d5e-93b6-57792fe043b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).