---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education, St. Board of Ed. to adopt policy, local boards of education authorized to allow released time for religious education off campus for elective credit, Alabama Released Time Credit Act"
description: "Education, St. Board of Ed. to adopt policy, local boards of education authorized to allow released time for religious education off campus for elective credit, Alabama Released Time Credit Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2019rs"
identifier: "HB 291"
citation: "Alabama HB 291 (2019rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Garrett"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-04-02T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-22T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ffe2011b-f2a8-4f68-8be9-8e8a7cba8a60"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB291"
source_hash: "b33f7c8a4ffabd65158dcae36d782a02dcc3474016df45de42e1d2b2a46b5249"
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 291 (2019rs) — Education, St. Board of Ed. to adopt policy, local boards of education authorized to allow released time for religious education off campus for elective credit, Alabama Released Time Credit Act

## 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/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB291-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 199848-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/199848-1.pdf)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB291-eng.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB291-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 465 — **87–9** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 955 — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 464 — **84–10** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Garrett — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Education Policy `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Education Policy Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 464 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 465 `passage`
- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Hall intended to vote "Nay"
- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Education Policy `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2019-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 955 `passage`
- **2019-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2019-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2019-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2019-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2019-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2019-281. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 2:45 p.m. on May 22, 2019. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Education Policy 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/ffe2011b-f2a8-4f68-8be9-8e8a7cba8a60`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).