---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education, public K-12 schools, sex education, revising the focus of content, course materials and instructions provided, Sec. 16-40A-2 am'd."
description: "Education, public K-12 schools, sex education, revising the focus of content, course materials and instructions provided, Sec. 16-40A-2 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2021rs"
identifier: "HB 385"
citation: "Alabama HB 385 (2021rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hall"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 26
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-02-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e2646fda-e94c-4f34-9403-1460c178e156"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB385"
source_hash: "09b410b84635d9f7c75dddf78ea76a598e0418c296cc7f1c5f4c01ef6a1622a5"
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 385 (2021rs) — Education, public K-12 schools, sex education, revising the focus of content, course materials and instructions provided, Sec. 16-40A-2 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/2021rs/PrintFiles/HB385-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 211036-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/211036-1.pdf)
3. **Amd/Sub 211100-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/211100-1.pdf)
4. **Amd/Sub 211101-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/211101-1.pdf)
5. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/HB385-eng.pdf)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/HB385-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 240 — **75–21** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1053 — **18–6** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 243 — **69–30** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 242 — **70–21** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 241 — **62–27** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hall — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-09T05:00:00+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`
- **2021-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Kiel Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 240 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Crawford Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 241 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2021-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Kitchens Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 242 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Education Policy `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 243 `passage`
- **2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Carried Over to Call of the Chair
- **2021-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Crawford intended to vote "Yea"
- **2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Figures motion to Carry Over to the Call of the Chair adopted Voice Vote
- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Carried Over to Call of the Chair
- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Figures motion to Carry Over to the Call of the Chair adopted Voice Vote
- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1053 `passage`
- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2021-293. `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 5:17 p.m. on April 20, 2021. `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e2646fda-e94c-4f34-9403-1460c178e156`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).