---
type: "Bill"
title: "Board of Medical Examiners; \"expedited license\" defined for purposes of criminal background check for physician licensure"
description: "Occupational Licensing Boards"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2024rs"
identifier: "SB 244"
citation: "Alabama SB 244 (2024rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Occupational Licensing Boards"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["April Weaver"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-05-09T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/64278f9d-787e-4feb-bdf4-d8256df3f4e3"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "8da1bcb6cfa38807eb169df10de7c021229dd63e68ee153e76968b0e17446286"
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 244 (2024rs) — Board of Medical Examiners; "expedited license" defined for purposes of criminal background check for physician licensure

Occupational Licensing Boards

## 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/2024RS/SB244-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2024-300** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1542704.AI1.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/SB244-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the S for Vote 434 on SB244 (2024 Regular Session) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 1083 on SB244 (2024 Regular Session) — **102–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the H for Vote 1082 on SB244 (2024 Regular Session) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 435 on SB244 (2024 Regular Session) — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- April Weaver — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2024-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2024-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2024-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2024-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 1083 `passage`
- **2024-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in Second House
- **2024-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Health)
- **2024-04-24T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2024-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Health)
- **2024-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Health `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 435 `passage`
- **2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2024-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Veterans and Military Affairs)
- **2024-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- **2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Veterans and Military Affairs)
- **2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-08T19:45:00+00:00** Enacted as 2024-300 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/64278f9d-787e-4feb-bdf4-d8256df3f4e3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).