---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education budget, appropriations for the support, maintenance, and development of public education"
description: "Education budget, appropriations for the support, maintenance, and development of public education"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2018rs"
identifier: "HB 175"
citation: "Alabama HB 175 (2018rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education Trust Fund"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Poole"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 52
vote_count: 17
first_action: "2018-01-11T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-03-29T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/64ec6853-99c0-4a41-9ca1-cc279a5b5e08"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB175"
source_hash: "4eef8d53dd34d4b3fe201ca360117a107df8c3951ff004236c5bd5df03e24c93"
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 HB 175 (2018rs) — Education budget, appropriations for the support, maintenance, and development of public education

## 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/2018rs/PrintFiles/HB175-int.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/HB175-eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/HB175-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Singleton motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 848 — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Poole motion to Table adopted Roll Call 302 — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- Orr motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 847 — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Poole motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1062 — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Smitherman motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 851 — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Figures motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 849 — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 305 — **102–0** (pass) · lower
- Brewbaker motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 850 — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 856 — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Orr motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1251 — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 303 — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 301 — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Orr motion to Accede adopted Roll Call 1005 P&PO appoints Orr, Stutts and Singleton — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- Poole motion to Suspend Rules adopted Roll Call 1061 — **91–2** (pass) · lower
- Singleton motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 855 — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Poole motion to Non Concur and Appoint Conference Committee adopted Roll Call 904 House appoints — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 304 — **100–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Poole — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Ways and Means Education `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar with 1 substitute and 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2018-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Ways and Means Education first Substitute Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 301 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Ways and Means Education Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Poole motion to Table adopted Roll Call 302 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Poole Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 303 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Hall Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 304 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 305 `passage`
- **2018-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2018-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Finance and Taxation Education `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar with 1 substitute and `reading-2`
- **2018-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Carried Over to Call of the Chair
- **2018-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Finance and Taxation Education first Substitute Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Orr motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 847 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Orr Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Singleton motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 848 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Figures Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Figures motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 849 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Brewbaker Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Brewbaker motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 850 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Smitherman Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Smitherman motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 851 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Orr motion to Carry Over to the Call of the Chair adopted Voice Vote
- **2018-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Singleton Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Orr motion to Table adopted Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Singleton Second Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Singleton motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 855 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 856 `passage`
- **2018-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
- **2018-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Poole motion to Non Concur and Appoint Conference Committee adopted Roll Call 904 House appoints
- **2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Conference Committee Requested
- **2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Orr motion to Accede adopted Roll Call 1005 P&PO appoints Orr, Stutts and Singleton
- **2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Conference Committee Appointed
- **2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Conference Report
- **2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Poole motion to Suspend Rules adopted Roll Call 1061
- **2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Poole motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1062 `passage`
- **2018-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Carry Over as Unfinished Business adopted Voice Vote
- **2018-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Concurrence Requested
- **2018-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Orr motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1251 `passage`
- **2018-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Conference Report
- **2018-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2018-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2018-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2018-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2018-481. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Conference Committee on HB175 2018RS first Substitute Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Forwarded to Governor on March 29, 2018 at 9:57 a.m. on March 29, 2018. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Ways and Means Education first Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/64ec6853-99c0-4a41-9ca1-cc279a5b5e08`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).