---
type: "Bill"
title: "Literacy Act, definitions further provided, membership and duties of the Literacy Task Force, duties and functioning of the Alabama Committee on Grade Level Reading, Secs. 16-6G-2 to 16-6G-5, inclusive, am'd."
description: "Literacy Act, definitions further provided, membership and duties of the Literacy Task Force, duties and functioning of the Alabama Committee on Grade Level Reading, Secs. 16-6G-2 to 16-6G-5, inclusive, am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2022rs"
identifier: "HB 220"
citation: "Alabama HB 220 (2022rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Collins"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-02-02T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-05T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f6871f4b-b1f4-4a14-b844-106ef276814e"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB220"
source_hash: "24e511f23e6cd8bd6c9fb36038686f596986334a911986be76fc768752c4e78e"
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 220 (2022rs) — Literacy Act, definitions further provided, membership and duties of the Literacy Task Force, duties and functioning of the Alabama Committee on Grade Level Reading, Secs. 16-6G-2 to 16-6G-5, inclusive, 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/2022rs/PrintFiles/HB220-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 217321-3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/217321-3.pdf)
3. **Amd/Sub 218034-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/218034-2.pdf)
4. **Amd/Sub 219313-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/219313-1.pdf)
5. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/HB220-eng.pdf)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/HB220-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 290 — **103–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 288 — **102–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 923 — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Orr motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 922 — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 289 — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Collins — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Education Policy `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Education Policy Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 288 `amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Drummond Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 289 `amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 290 `passage`
- **2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Finance and Taxation Education `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2022-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Orr Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Orr motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 922 `amendment-passage`
- **2022-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 923 `passage`
- **2022-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
- **2022-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Collins motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Voice Vote 921 `passage`
- **2022-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2022-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Second House Amendment
- **2022-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2022-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2022-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2022-392. `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Forwarded to Governor on April 5, 2022 at 5:14 p.m. on April 5, 2022. `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f6871f4b-b1f4-4a14-b844-106ef276814e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).