---
type: "Bill"
title: "Physical Therapy Licensure Compact, adopted, licensed physical therapists authorized to practice among compact member states"
description: "Physical Therapy Licensure Compact, adopted, licensed physical therapists authorized to practice among compact member states"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2021rs"
identifier: "SB 82"
citation: "Alabama SB 82 (2021rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Physical Therapists"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Whatley"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/16c13322-7c7a-43db-bc54-1c619f66f4b0"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB82"
source_hash: "ac0cb3b8480e2cbd173c3ae2449bd224d0abf7e1cd0f57edac0799a8a66b2b1f"
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 82 (2021rs) — Physical Therapy Licensure Compact, adopted, licensed physical therapists authorized to practice among compact member states

## 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/2021rs/PrintFiles/SB82-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 209983-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/209983-2.pdf)
3. **Amd/Sub 211023-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/211023-2.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/SB82-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 263 — **102–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 265 — **102–0** (pass) · lower
- Reed motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 482 — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 42 — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 264 — **102–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Whatley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Veterans and Military Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 42 `passage`
- **2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Health `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Health Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 263 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Moore (P) Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 264 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 265 `passage`
- **2021-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
- **2021-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Reed motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 482 `passage`
- **2021-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Second House Amendment
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2021-115. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/16c13322-7c7a-43db-bc54-1c619f66f4b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).