---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cullman Co., Battleground School Historical Board estab., immunity for board members, property may be transferred to county board of education"
description: "Cullman Co., Battleground School Historical Board estab., immunity for board members, property may be transferred to county board of education"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2020rs"
identifier: "HB 485"
citation: "Alabama HB 485 (2020rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cullman County"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stadthagen"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-05-04T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-05-09T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0cb20c31-8788-4d06-a76a-fe0671ac986f"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB485"
source_hash: "72ea7a1dd03c0c96c36fe09b623083b1c385bf69d611d5851dcf066dee2bdfd1"
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 485 (2020rs) — Cullman Co., Battleground School Historical Board estab., immunity for board members, property may be transferred to county board of education

## 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/HB485-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 207084-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2020rs/PrintFiles/207084-1.pdf)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2020rs/PrintFiles/HB485-eng.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2020rs/PrintFiles/HB485-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 493 — **23–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 494 — **28–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 689 — **30–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Stadthagen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Local Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2020-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Local Legislation Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2020-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 493 `amendment-passage`
- **2020-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 494 `passage`
- **2020-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2020-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Local Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2020-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 689 `passage`
- **2020-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2020-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2020-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2020-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2020-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2020-160. `executive-signature`
- **2020-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 3:33 p.m. on May 9, 2020. `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0cb20c31-8788-4d06-a76a-fe0671ac986f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).