---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child care facilities, daycare centers defined to include preschools, church based, licensing required under certain conditions, criminal history background checks required, Sec. 38-7-21 added; Secs. 13A-6-29, 38-7-2, 38-7-3, 38-13-2, 38-13-3 am'd."
description: "Child care facilities, daycare centers defined to include preschools, church based, licensing required under certain conditions, criminal history background checks required, Sec. 38-7-21 added; Secs. 13A-6-29, 38-7-2, 38-7-3, 38-13-2, 38-13-3 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2018rs"
identifier: "HB 76"
citation: "Alabama HB 76 (2018rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Child Care Facilities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Warren"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-03-15T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e343bf0-f611-4b9e-b00a-a5c88a504922"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB76"
source_hash: "696116fa3094360da5105953c610a08935268cd85987c938844e1b4f53018c99"
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 76 (2018rs) — Child care facilities, daycare centers defined to include preschools, church based, licensing required under certain conditions, criminal history background checks required, Sec. 38-7-21 added; Secs. 13A-6-29, 38-7-2, 38-7-3, 38-13-2, 38-13-3 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/2018rs/PrintFiles/HB76-int.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/HB76-eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/HB76-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 172 — **50–37** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 829 — **23–4** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 170 — **83–4** (pass) · lower
- Warren motion to Table lost Roll Call 171 — **31–35** (fail) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 173 — **86–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Warren — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Children and Senior Advocacy `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar with 1 substitute and `reading-2`
- **2018-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Children and Senior Advocacy first Substitute Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 170 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Farley Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Farley motion to withdraw his amendment adopted Voice Vote
- **2018-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Farley Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Warren motion to Table lost Roll Call 171
- **2018-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 172 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 173 `passage`
- **2018-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2018-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2018-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Carried Over
- **2018-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Dial motion to Carry Over adopted Voice Vote
- **2018-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Carried Over to Call of the Chair
- **2018-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Dial 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** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 829 `passage`
- **2018-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2018-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2018-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2018-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2018-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2018-278. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Forwarded to Governor at 12:09 p.m. on March 15, 2018. `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6e343bf0-f611-4b9e-b00a-a5c88a504922`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).