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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Literacy Act, reading proficiency, third grade retention requirement postponed until 2023-2024 school year, additional duties to State Superintendent of Ed. re implementation of law, Sec. 16-6G-5 am'd."
+description: "Literacy Act, reading proficiency, third grade retention requirement postponed until 2023-2024 school year, additional duties to State Superintendent of Ed. re implementation of law, Sec. 16-6G-5 am'd."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
+legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
+session: "2022rs"
+identifier: "SB 200"
+citation: "Alabama SB 200 (2022rs)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Education"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Smitherman"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/620b653b-00a6-469f-bd2b-80b73d72833b"
+source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB200"
+source_hash: "4f3c0f1e3bb3fa83a19401afdd69badaf7f290b8d0682c8e469d854088db9b6c"
+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 200 (2022rs) — Literacy Act, reading proficiency, third grade retention requirement postponed until 2023-2024 school year, additional duties to State Superintendent of Ed. re implementation of law, Sec. 16-6G-5 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/SB200-int.pdf)
+2. **Amd/Sub 217750-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/217750-2.pdf)
+3. **Amd/Sub 219768-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/219768-1.pdf)
+4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/SB200-eng.pdf)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/SB200-enr.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 368 — **20–12** (pass) · upper
+- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 887 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- Smitherman motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 367 — **33–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reed motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 942 — **30–0** (pass) · upper
+- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 886 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Smitherman — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Education Policy `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** Reported from Education Policy as Favorable with 1 amendment `committee-passage`
+- **2022-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2022-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Education Policy Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2022-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Smitherman motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 367 `amendment-passage`
+- **2022-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 368 `passage`
+- **2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
+- **2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Education Policy `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
+- **2022-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2022-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Collins Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2022-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 886 `amendment-passage`
+- **2022-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 887 `passage`
+- **2022-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
+- **2022-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Reed motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 942 `passage`
+- **2022-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Second House Amendment
+- **2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
+- **2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
+- **2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2022-391. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/620b653b-00a6-469f-bd2b-80b73d72833b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).
+