---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education, school grading system, certain English language learners exempt from proficiency assessments considered in grading public K-12 schools, State Superintendent of Education to amend state plan under Every Student Succeeds Act, Sec. 16-6C-2 am'd."
description: "Education, school grading system, certain English language learners exempt from proficiency assessments considered in grading public K-12 schools, State Superintendent of Education to amend state plan under Every Student Succeeds Act, Sec. 16-6C-2 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2022rs"
identifier: "SB 170"
citation: "Alabama SB 170 (2022rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Orr"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-02-02T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bf3a7c98-9493-4c7f-bf53-01081cb52f32"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB170"
source_hash: "460df7a3ebf85ecd188c915068ca49081ef2eabe20787b18ca280266be6438f9"
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 SB 170 (2022rs) — Education, school grading system, certain English language learners exempt from proficiency assessments considered in grading public K-12 schools, State Superintendent of Education to amend state plan under Every Student Succeeds Act, Sec. 16-6C-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/2022rs/PrintFiles/SB170-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 217393-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/217393-2.pdf)
3. **Amd/Sub 218392-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/218392-2.pdf)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/SB170-eng.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/SB170-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 199 — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- Reed motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 941 — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 891 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 892 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Orr motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 198 — **23–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Orr — 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 Senate 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`
- **2022-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Education Policy Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Orr motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 198 `amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 199 `passage`
- **2022-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2022-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Education Policy `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2022-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Education Policy Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 891 `amendment-passage`
- **2022-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 892 `passage`
- **2022-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Hassell intended to vote "Yea"
- **2022-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
- **2022-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Reed motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 941 `passage`
- **2022-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Second House Amendment
- **2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2022-374 on 04/14/2022. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bf3a7c98-9493-4c7f-bf53-01081cb52f32`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).