Relating to the Volunteer Rescue Squad Tuition Reimbursement Act of 2018; to amend Sections 22-18-60, 22-18-61, 22-18-63, and 22-18-64, Code of Alabama 1975, to decrease the required contracted for service time after graduation and licensing from three years to two years; to expand the program to include students who contract and provide service to ambulance services; to provide exclusions from reimbursement; and to increase the amount of operational expenses reimbursed to the Alabama Community College System; and to add Section 22-18-61.1 to the Code of Alabama 1975, to provide for the retroactive reimbursement of certain fees and expenses.
Summary
Volunteer Rescue Squad Tuition Reimbursement Act of 2018, contracted service time decreased; service for ambulance service included; certain fees and expenses also reimbursed; operational expenses for administration by Alabama Community College System increased
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2023
Committee Review
May 2023
House Passage
May 2023
Senate Passage
May 2023
Signed into Law
Jun 2023
Introduced Mar 23, 2023
Signed Jun 1, 2023
Floor votes · Senate May 24, 2023 · House May 2, 2023
How they voted
31–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 34
May 24, 2023
D
Democratic8
75% Yea
R
Republican26
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
18
Key actions
6
Committee
5
May 24, 2023
Upper · Passed
Read a Third Time and Pass
upper
May 17, 2023
Upper · Passed
Reported Out of Committee in Second House
upper
May 17, 2023
Upper · Passed
Reported Favorably (Finance and Taxation Education)
upper
May 3, 2023
Committee
Referred to Committee (Finance and Taxation Education)
upper
May 2, 2023
Lower · Passed
Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended
lower
Apr 26, 2023
Lower · Passed
Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
lower
Apr 26, 2023
Lower · Passed
Reported Favorably (Ways and Means Education)
lower
Mar 23, 2023
Introduced
Introduced and Referred (Ways and Means Education)
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Joe Lovvorn
RRepublican
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