---
type: "Bill"
title: "Schools, public, pledge of allegiance to U.S. flag, required to be conducted at the beginning of each school day, Sec. 16-43-5 am'd."
description: "Schools, public, pledge of allegiance to U.S. flag, required to be conducted at the beginning of each school day, Sec. 16-43-5 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2019rs"
identifier: "HB 339"
citation: "Alabama HB 339 (2019rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ledbetter"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-04-03T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/58ae719f-7ae6-4d3e-8f09-16a2dc0ec9d4"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB339"
source_hash: "fd2dc8ab4883c28c729783f05188a156cb0085b0dcd22efb5f43e55da9ac975d"
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 339 (2019rs) — Schools, public, pledge of allegiance to U.S. flag, required to be conducted at the beginning of each school day, Sec. 16-43-5 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/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB339-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 200676-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/200676-1.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB339-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 217 — **101–0** (pass) · lower
- Cosponsors Added — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- Ledbetter motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 728 — **95–1** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 618 — **25–4** (pass) · upper
- Figures motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 617 — **24–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ledbetter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-03T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Education Policy `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Reported from Education Policy as Favorable `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 217 `passage`
- **2019-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Cosponsors Added
- **2019-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Scott intended to vote "Yea"
- **2019-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate 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 `reading-2`
- **2019-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Figures Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Figures motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 617 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 618 `passage`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Ledbetter motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 728 `passage`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Second House Amendment
- **2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2019-241. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 10:01 a.m. on May 16, 2019. `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/58ae719f-7ae6-4d3e-8f09-16a2dc0ec9d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).