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Alabama · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 74: Alabama Math and Science Teacher Education Program (AMSTEP), renamed the Loan Assistance in Support of Educators in Alabama (LASEA) Program; providing loan assistance in acute educator shortage programs as determined by the Alabama Commission on Higher Education in consultation with the State Department of Education and the Alabama Commission on the Evaluation of Services

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 74 is a bill introduced in the Alabama Senate on January 13, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Alabama Math and Science Teacher Education Program (AMSTEP), renamed the Loan Assistance in Support of Educators in Alabama (LASEA) Program; providing loan assistance in acute educator shortage programs as determined by the Alabama Commission on Higher Education in consultation with the State Department of Education and the Alabama Commission on the Evaluation of Services. Primary sponsor: Donnie Chesteen (Republican). Most recent recorded action (February 19, 2026): Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Education Policy).

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Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Education

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Donnie ChesteenPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate29

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Education Policy)
  2. Reported Out of Committee Second House
  3. Third Reading in House of Origin
  4. Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 400
  5. Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Education Policy
  6. Pending Committee Action in Second House (Education Policy)
  7. Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
  8. Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Education Policy)
  9. Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Education Policy
  10. Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Education Policy)

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source