---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public elementary school, admittance of children to kindergarten and first grade, demonstration of first grade readiness"
description: "Education"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2024rs"
identifier: "HB 113"
citation: "Alabama HB 113 (2024rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pebblin W. Warren"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-02-06T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-05-16T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0416fbd7-ae80-4f84-a767-3b9ad0bdc6ef"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "bdef716ba8360f67aa98d9fc03cb833ece7d9a9cb3ec95605565052c478ec817"
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 113 (2024rs) — Public elementary school, admittance of children to kindergarten and first grade, demonstration of first grade readiness

Education

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/HB113-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2024-347** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1547895.AI1.pdf)
3. **Amendment L1CIYYA-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/L1CIYYA-1.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/HB113-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the S for Vote 1179 on HB113 (2024 Regular Session) — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 94 on HB113 (2024 Regular Session) — **96–4** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 1185 on HB113 (2024 Regular Session) — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 95 on HB113 (2024 Regular Session) — **90–9** (fail) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 1184 on HB113 (2024 Regular Session) — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Pebblin W. Warren — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2024-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2024-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2024-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2024-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 1185 `passage`
- **2024-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Smitherman motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1184
- **2024-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Smitherman 1st Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Carried Over to the Call of the Chair
- **2024-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Smitherman 1st Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in Second House
- **2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Education Policy)
- **2024-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2024-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Education Policy)
- **2024-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Education Policy `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 95 `passage`
- **2024-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2024-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Education Policy)
- **2024-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- **2024-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Education Policy)
- **2024-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Education Policy `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-15T15:07:00+00:00** Enacted as 2024-347 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0416fbd7-ae80-4f84-a767-3b9ad0bdc6ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).