---
type: "Bill"
title: "Juvenile court, termination of parental rights, factors for juvenile courts to consider including relationship with foster parents, permanency plans for children, notice of adoption, Secs. 12-15-319, 26-10A-17 am'd."
description: "Juvenile court, termination of parental rights, factors for juvenile courts to consider including relationship with foster parents, permanency plans for children, notice of adoption, Secs. 12-15-319, 26-10A-17 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2020rs"
identifier: "HB 157"
citation: "Alabama HB 157 (2020rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Juveniles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lee"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-02-06T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-03-10T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/43bf7ec1-3fc5-44f8-9d8c-7780f0e58290"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB157"
source_hash: "50bf61a625487fa378f24986175ff2f97628d2336144d7537a3110cca52c14e8"
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 157 (2020rs) — Juvenile court, termination of parental rights, factors for juvenile courts to consider including relationship with foster parents, permanency plans for children, notice of adoption, Secs. 12-15-319, 26-10A-17 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/2020rs/PrintFiles/HB157-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2020rs/PrintFiles/HB157-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 101 — **94–1** (pass) · lower
- Cosponsors Added — **63–5** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 323 — **26–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Children and Senior Advocacy `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2020-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 101 `passage`
- **2020-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Cosponsors Added
- **2020-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Children, Youth and Human Services `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2020-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 323 `passage`
- **2020-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2020-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2020-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2020-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2020-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2020-34. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 2:11 p.m. on March 10, 2020. `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/43bf7ec1-3fc5-44f8-9d8c-7780f0e58290`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).