---
type: "Bill"
title: "Schools, public K-12, schools authorized to donate surplus, non-expired food to charitable organizations, redistribution to needy students"
description: "Schools, public K-12, schools authorized to donate surplus, non-expired food to charitable organizations, redistribution to needy students"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2019rs"
identifier: "HB 566"
citation: "Alabama HB 566 (2019rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Schools"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kitchens"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7783968f-cef2-4fcc-bdcb-34adc65fca5c"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB566"
source_hash: "82f14fa9a88683201f1115c401f1b300254b2f2fffb96d66fe324b9262280379"
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 566 (2019rs) — Schools, public K-12, schools authorized to donate surplus, non-expired food to charitable organizations, redistribution to needy students

## 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/HB566-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 201014-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/201014-2.pdf)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB566-eng.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB566-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1044 — **101–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1435 — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1043 — **101–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kitchens — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Education Policy `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Education Policy Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1043 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1044 `passage`
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Cosponsors Added
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Education Policy `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1435 `passage`
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **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. 2019-526. `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/7783968f-cef2-4fcc-bdcb-34adc65fca5c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).