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+type: "Bill"
+title: "State Textbook Committee, publishers permitted to provide standards correlation evidence to State Dept. of Education, State Superintendent of Education to convene other instructional materials review committees to review and rate materials and to establish evaluation criteria, Sec. 16-36-73 added; Secs. 16-13B-2, 16-36-60, 16-36-60.1, 16-36-65 am'd."
+description: "State Textbook Committee, publishers permitted to provide standards correlation evidence to State Dept. of Education, State Superintendent of Education to convene other instructional materials review committees to review and rate materials and to establish evaluation criteria, Sec. 16-36-73 added; Secs. 16-13B-2, 16-36-60, 16-36-60.1, 16-36-65 am'd."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
+legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
+session: "2022rs"
+identifier: "SB 15"
+citation: "Alabama SB 15 (2022rs)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["State Textbook Committee"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Melson"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ec2771b-e8b7-4cac-b994-a342bc44d29e"
+source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB15"
+source_hash: "c8e56bbeddc52e597b59f17f44cddd7ecd4bb9771084a0727c20e56cbddc5c4a"
+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 15 (2022rs) — State Textbook Committee, publishers permitted to provide standards correlation evidence to State Dept. of Education, State Superintendent of Education to convene other instructional materials review committees to review and rate materials and to establish evaluation criteria, Sec. 16-36-73 added; Secs. 16-13B-2, 16-36-60, 16-36-60.1, 16-36-65 am'd.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/SB15-int.pdf)
+2. **Amd/Sub 216846-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/216846-2.pdf)
+3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/SB15-eng.pdf)
+4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/SB15-enr.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 159 — **29–0** (pass) · upper
+- Melson motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 158 — **29–0** (pass) · upper
+- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 472 — **102–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Melson — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Education Policy `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar with 1 substitute and `reading-2`
+- **2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Education Policy first Substitute Offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Melson motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 158 `amendment-passage`
+- **2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 159 `passage`
+- **2022-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
+- **2022-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Education Policy `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
+- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 472 `passage`
+- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
+- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
+- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
+- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2022-80. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4ec2771b-e8b7-4cac-b994-a342bc44d29e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).
+