---
type: "Bill"
title: "Educational institutions, including colleges and universities, local boards of education, and schools, prohibited from using public funds to advocate for or against ballot measures"
description: "Educational institutions, including colleges and universities, local boards of education, and schools, prohibited from using public funds to advocate for or against ballot measures"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2022rs"
identifier: "SB 313"
citation: "Alabama SB 313 (2022rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Orr"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 34
vote_count: 13
first_action: "2022-03-15T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ca5929dd-7914-462b-837f-1d7fb75c12f1"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB313"
source_hash: "3c4775742d07565d10266a16ce7dfa3338e31d46fb8aa252fe4134da0938305e"
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 313 (2022rs) — Educational institutions, including colleges and universities, local boards of education, and schools, prohibited from using public funds to advocate for or against ballot measures

## 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/SB313-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 219038-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/219038-2.pdf)
3. **Amd/Sub 219701-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/219701-2.pdf)
4. **Amd/Sub 219986-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/219986-1.pdf)
5. **Amd/Sub 219986-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/219986-2.pdf)
6. **Amd/Sub 220028-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/220028-2.pdf)
7. **Amd/Sub 220046-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/220046-1.pdf)
8. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/SB313-eng.pdf)
9. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/SB313-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Jones (M) motion to Reconsider adopted Roll Call 984 — **101–0** (pass) · lower
- Jones (M) motion to Table adopted Roll Call 985 — **101–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 981 — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 988 — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 912 — **26–5** (pass) · upper
- Rules Committee Petition to Cease Debate adopted Roll Call 911 — **26–5** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 989 — **73–26** (pass) · lower
- Jones (M) motion to Reconsider adopted Roll Call 986 — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Orr motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1089 — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- Jones (M) motion to Table adopted Roll Call 987 — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 741 — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 982 — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 983 — **99–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Orr — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar with 1 substitute and `reading-2`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Carried Over to Call of the Chair
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development first Substitute Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 741 `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Orr motion to Carry Over to the Call of the Chair adopted Voice Vote
- **2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee Petition to Cease Debate adopted Roll Call 911
- **2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 912 `passage`
- **2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Constitution, Campaigns and Elections `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Hassell 1st Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Hassell motion to WITHDRAW adopted Voice Vote
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Sells Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 981 `amendment-passage`
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 982 `amendment-passage`
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Kiel Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Hassell 2nd Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 983 `amendment-passage`
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Jones (M) motion to Table adopted Roll Call 987 `amendment-passage`
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Jones (M) motion to Table adopted Roll Call 985 `amendment-passage`
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Jones (M) motion to Reconsider adopted Roll Call 984
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Jones (M) motion to Reconsider adopted Roll Call 986
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Jones (M) Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 988 `amendment-passage`
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 989 `passage`
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Orr motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1089 `passage`
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Second House Amendment
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2022-428. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ca5929dd-7914-462b-837f-1d7fb75c12f1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).