---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to public high schools; to require students to complete a personal financial literacy and money management course before graduation; to provide for the creation and administration of a financial literacy examination; and to require the reporting of a summary of examination results to the State Department of Education."
description: "Public K-12 education; course on personal financial literacy required; examination and reporting of results"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2023rs"
identifier: "HB 164"
citation: "Alabama HB 164 (2023rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public K-12 education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andy Whitt"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-03-21T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-15T16:05:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5fea803f-3af0-4e2f-9e06-dea3e4c77aec"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "9d8cb505f2c96073f33957fc0ae54ed40a42480d91cf359db7ec8cd172a9bd1e"
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 164 (2023rs) — Relating to public high schools; to require students to complete a personal financial literacy and money management course before graduation; to provide for the creation and administration of a financial literacy examination; and to require the reporting of a summary of examination results to the State Department of Education.

Public K-12 education; course on personal financial literacy required; examination and reporting of results

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/HB164-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2023-179** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1260768.AI1.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/HB164-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the S for Vote 518 on HB164 (2023 Regular Session) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 231 on HB164 (2023 Regular Session) — **104–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the H for Vote 232 on HB164 (2023 Regular Session) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Andy Whitt — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass `passage`
- **2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in Second House
- **2023-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in Second House
- **2023-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in Second House
- **2023-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Education Policy) `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Committee (Education Policy) `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in Second House `reading-1`
- **2023-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Add Cosponsor
- **2023-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass `passage`
- **2023-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2023-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in House of Origin
- **2023-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
- **2023-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Education Policy) `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred (Education Policy) `introduction, referral`
- **2023-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in House of Origin `reading-1`
- **2023-05-15T16:05:00+00:00** Enacted as 2023-179 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5fea803f-3af0-4e2f-9e06-dea3e4c77aec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).