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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the Board of Medical Examiners; to amend Sections 34-24-50.1 and 34-24-70, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide further for qualifications for licensure as a physician; and to add Section 34-24-75.2 to the Code of Alabama 1975, to authorize the board to issue permits for certain medical school graduates to practice medicine in a limited capacity for a limited time as bridge year graduate physicians."
description: "Board of Medical Examiners, permits for limited scope of practice to certain medical school graduates for limited period authorized, certain licensure qualifications for physicians revised"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2023rs"
identifier: "SB 155"
citation: "Alabama SB 155 (2023rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Board of Medical Examiners"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["April Weaver"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-04-04T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-23T18:10:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe62cd8a-87f4-4bcf-b5ea-4725ce6a67c9"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "8f07632d13db9027e7ecae1d5ea2f0e93daf517a56d0c7a268908794ec921d96"
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 155 (2023rs) — Relating to the Board of Medical Examiners; to amend Sections 34-24-50.1 and 34-24-70, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide further for qualifications for licensure as a physician; and to add Section 34-24-75.2 to the Code of Alabama 1975, to authorize the board to issue permits for certain medical school graduates to practice medicine in a limited capacity for a limited time as bridge year graduate physicians.
Board of Medical Examiners, permits for limited scope of practice to certain medical school graduates for limited period authorized, certain licensure qualifications for physicians revised
## 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/SB155-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2023-233** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1267463.AI1.pdf)
3. **Amendment KO9S5U-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/KO9S5U-1.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/SB155-enr.pdf)
## Votes
- Roll of the S for Vote 645 on SB155 (2023 Regular Session) — **330** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the S for Vote 436 on SB155 (2023 Regular Session) — **290** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 632 on SB155 (2023 Regular Session) — **1030** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the H for Vote 631 on SB155 (2023 Regular Session) — **1040** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- April Weaver — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2023-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Concur In and Adopt
- **2023-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended `passage`
- **2023-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Adopt
- **2023-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in Second House
- **2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in Second House
- **2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in Second House
- **2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Health) `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Committee (Health) `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in Second House `reading-1`
- **2023-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass `passage`
- **2023-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2023-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in House of Origin
- **2023-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
- **2023-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Healthcare) `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred (Healthcare) `introduction, referral`
- **2023-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in House of Origin `reading-1`
- **2023-05-23T18:10:00+00:00** Enacted as 2023-233 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fe62cd8a-87f4-4bcf-b5ea-4725ce6a67c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).