---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education, grades K-12, yoga, authorize local boards of education to offer to students"
description: "Education, grades K-12, yoga, authorize local boards of education to offer to students"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2021rs"
identifier: "HB 246"
citation: "Alabama HB 246 (2021rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gray"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/db4a9358-c05c-437d-9187-bd58e897ccb3"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB246"
source_hash: "c89f5b5f97d0ccbdfc9aff09a1118fd6551740b218da4640474883811da1edfe"
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 246 (2021rs) — Education, grades K-12, yoga, authorize local boards of education to offer to 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/2021rs/PrintFiles/HB246-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 212988-4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/212988-4.pdf)
3. **Amd/Sub 214192-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/214192-1.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/HB246-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roberts motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1407 — **25–2** (pass) · upper
- Gray motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1204 — **75–14** (pass) · lower
- Orr motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1406 — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1408 — **23–7** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 387 — **73–25** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gray — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Education Policy `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 387 `passage`
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Orr Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Orr motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1406 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Roberts Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Roberts motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1407 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1408 `passage`
- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Gray motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1204 `passage`
- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Bracy intended to vote "Yea"
- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Second House Amendment
- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2021-475. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 8:34 p.m. on May 17, 2021. `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/db4a9358-c05c-437d-9187-bd58e897ccb3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).