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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the Alabama School Choice and Student Opportunity Act; to amend Sections 16-6F-5, 16-6F-6, and 16-6F-10, Code of Alabama 1975, to change the appointment process for the Alabama Public Charter School Commission; to authorize the commission to hire staff; to require commissioners to receive annual training; to provide additional guidelines for the authorizing and application review process; to provide further for the operational and categorical funding of public charter schools in their first year of operation; and to clarify the per pupil federal, state, and local funding of conversion public charter schools during their first year of operation."
description: "Alabama School Choice and Student Opportunity Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2023rs"
identifier: "HB 363"
citation: "Alabama HB 363 (2023rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alabama School Choice and Student Opportunity Act"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Terri Collins"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 24
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-04-20T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-06-08T14:15:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9fcafe1e-c558-49cf-83d9-d8fed9ff629b"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "dcc19f98bb517a52fc07f3e72447f08f627dc9fc9f5f66f31c6d5e00f0705a9d"
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 363 (2023rs) — Relating to the Alabama School Choice and Student Opportunity Act; to amend Sections 16-6F-5, 16-6F-6, and 16-6F-10, Code of Alabama 1975, to change the appointment process for the Alabama Public Charter School Commission; to authorize the commission to hire staff; to require commissioners to receive annual training; to provide additional guidelines for the authorizing and application review process; to provide further for the operational and categorical funding of public charter schools in their first year of operation; and to clarify the per pupil federal, state, and local funding of conversion public charter schools during their first year of operation.
Alabama School Choice and Student Opportunity Act
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/HB363-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2023-420** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1280259.AI1.pdf)
3. **Amendment 3WAFEZ-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/3WAFEZ-1.pdf)
4. **Amendment 7NR8EE-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/7NR8EE-1.pdf)
5. **Amendment NGECJT-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/NGECJT-1.pdf)
6. **Education Policy Amendment FB8E5D-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/FB8E5D-1.pdf)
7. **Education Policy Amendment IHCTZW-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/IHCTZW-1.pdf)
8. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/HB363-eng.pdf)
9. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/HB363-enr.pdf)
## Votes
- Roll of the S for Vote 1162 on HB363 (2023 Regular Session) — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the S for Vote 1164 on HB363 (2023 Regular Session) — **26–8** (fail) · upper
- Roll of the S for Vote 1163 on HB363 (2023 Regular Session) — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 664 on HB363 (2023 Regular Session) — **76–25** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the H for Vote 662 on HB363 (2023 Regular Session) — **89–14** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the H for Vote 663 on HB363 (2023 Regular Session) — **100–3** (fail) · lower
- Roll of the H for Vote 1124 on HB363 (2023 Regular Session) — **98–3** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Terri Collins — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** Concur In and Adopt
- **2023-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Read Again a Third Time and Pass as Amended
- **2023-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Reconsider
- **2023-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Read A Third Time And Passed As Amended
- **2023-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Adopt
- **2023-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in Second House
- **2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in Second House
- **2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in Second House
- **2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Education Policy) `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Committee (Education Policy) `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in Second House `reading-1`
- **2023-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended `passage`
- **2023-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Adopt
- **2023-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Adopt
- **2023-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in House of Origin
- **2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
- **2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Education Policy) `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** AMD/SUB (Education Policy)
- **2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** AMD/SUB (Education Policy)
- **2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** AMD/SUB (Education Policy)
- **2023-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-06-08T14:15:00+00:00** Enacted as 2023-420 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9fcafe1e-c558-49cf-83d9-d8fed9ff629b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).