---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education, K-3 grades, Alabama Literacy Act, established, steps to improve reading proficiency"
description: "Education, K-3 grades, Alabama Literacy Act, established, steps to improve reading proficiency"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2019rs"
identifier: "HB 388"
citation: "Alabama HB 388 (2019rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Collins"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 30
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2019-04-09T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/079c3004-029a-4101-bc52-2b056ad7855b"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB388"
source_hash: "d36d202a8145b6557e321f7060865cc204358bfc7d17dca5b9f1af5daa6182db"
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 388 (2019rs) — Education, K-3 grades, Alabama Literacy Act, established, steps to improve reading proficiency

## 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/HB388-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 200613-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/200613-1.pdf)
3. **Amd/Sub 201439-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/201439-1.pdf)
4. **Amd/Sub 202315-4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/202315-4.pdf)
5. **Amd/Sub 202322-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/202322-1.pdf)
6. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB388-eng.pdf)
7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB388-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Gudger motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1376 — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 756 — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 755 — **98–2** (pass) · lower
- Collins motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1238 — **90–3** (pass) · lower
- Smitherman motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1377 — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 757 — **92–3** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1378 — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules Committee Petition to Cease Debate lost Roll Call 1375 — **3–21** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Collins — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-09T04:00:00+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 `reading-2`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Collins first Substitute Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Collins motion to Carry Over Temporarily adopted Voice Vote
- **2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Education Policy `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Open
- **2019-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 755 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee Petition to Cease Debate lost Roll Call 1375
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Moore (M) Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 756 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Gudger Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Gudger motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1376 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Givan intended to vote "Nay"
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Collins motion to Miscellaneous adopted Voice Vote
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Smitherman Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 757 `passage`
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Smitherman motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1377 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1378 `passage`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Collins motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1238 `passage`
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Second House Amendment
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2019-523. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 10:30 a.m. on May 31, 2019. `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/079c3004-029a-4101-bc52-2b056ad7855b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).