---
type: "Bill"
title: "Literacy Act, reading proficiency, third grade retention requirement postponed until 2023-2024 school year, additional duties to State Superintendent of Ed. re implementation of law, Sec. 16-6G-5 am'd."
description: "Literacy Act, reading proficiency, third grade retention requirement postponed until 2023-2024 school year, additional duties to State Superintendent of Ed. re implementation of law, Sec. 16-6G-5 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2022rs"
identifier: "SB 200"
citation: "Alabama SB 200 (2022rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Smitherman"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/620b653b-00a6-469f-bd2b-80b73d72833b"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB200"
source_hash: "4f3c0f1e3bb3fa83a19401afdd69badaf7f290b8d0682c8e469d854088db9b6c"
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 200 (2022rs) — Literacy Act, reading proficiency, third grade retention requirement postponed until 2023-2024 school year, additional duties to State Superintendent of Ed. re implementation of law, Sec. 16-6G-5 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/SB200-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 217750-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/217750-2.pdf)
3. **Amd/Sub 219768-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/219768-1.pdf)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/SB200-eng.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/SB200-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 368 — **20–12** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 887 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Smitherman motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 367 — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Reed motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 942 — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 886 — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Smitherman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Education Policy `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** Reported from Education Policy as Favorable with 1 amendment `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Education Policy Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Smitherman motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 367 `amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 368 `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 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 `reading-2`
- **2022-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Collins Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 886 `amendment-passage`
- **2022-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 887 `passage`
- **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 942 `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. 2022-391. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/620b653b-00a6-469f-bd2b-80b73d72833b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).