---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to parental rights; to establish legislative findings relating to the fundamental rights of parents; and to provide that the government may not burden certain fundamental rights of parents."
description: "Parental rights, fundamental rights of parents provided for"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2023rs"
identifier: "HB 6"
citation: "Alabama HB 6 (2023rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Parental rights"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kenneth Paschal"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-20T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-06-16T14:45:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/98a3f509-d5c5-4808-b3be-1c121082a908"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "96520ce3dc6ce953ab7c5c949237c95e33e75848e4c292acc909d86b6f0135bf"
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 6 (2023rs) — Relating to parental rights; to establish legislative findings relating to the fundamental rights of parents; and to provide that the government may not burden certain fundamental rights of parents.

Parental rights, fundamental rights of parents provided for

## 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/HB6-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2023-555** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1287028.AI1.pdf)
3. **Amendment 6O4MZZ-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/6O4MZZ-1.pdf)
4. **Amendment BAXKJQ-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/BAXKJQ-1.pdf)
5. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/HB6-eng.pdf)
6. **Judiciary Amendment YD4Y6N-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/YD4Y6N-1.pdf)
7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/HB6-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the H for Vote 882 on HB6 (2023 Regular Session) — **99–1** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 1158 on HB6 (2023 Regular Session) — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 881 on HB6 (2023 Regular Session) — **84–11** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the H for Vote 883 on HB6 (2023 Regular Session) — **87–8** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kenneth Paschal — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-20T05:00:00+00:00** Filed `filing`
- **2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2023-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass `passage`
- **2023-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in Second House
- **2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in Second House
- **2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in Second House
- **2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Children and Youth Health) `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Committee (Children and Youth Health) `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in Second House `reading-1`
- **2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended `passage`
- **2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Adopt
- **2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Table
- **2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Carry Over to the Call of the Chair
- **2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2023-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in House of Origin
- **2023-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
- **2023-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Judiciary) `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** AMD/SUB (Judiciary)
- **2023-04-03T04:00:00+00:00** AMD/SUB (Judiciary)
- **2023-01-20T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred (Judiciary) `introduction, referral`
- **2023-06-16T14:45:00+00:00** Enacted as 2023-555 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/98a3f509-d5c5-4808-b3be-1c121082a908`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).