---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public K-12 schools, to prohibit certain actions toward military children and membership in athletic associations that do the same"
description: "Children; Education; Military"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2024rs"
identifier: "HB 251"
citation: "Alabama HB 251 (2024rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Children"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chad Robertson"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-02-27T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-05-16T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7ada0434-d4c2-479c-94dd-99f99906a5e9"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "ca83331c3d6c8fbf06750fae54ec27877a20ca741e157715b3e42b53e74015cf"
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 251 (2024rs) — Public K-12 schools, to prohibit certain actions toward military children and membership in athletic associations that do the same

Children; Education; Military

## 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/HB251-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2024-397** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1548618.AI1.pdf)
3. **Amendment NAFZJJ8-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/NAFZJJ8-1.pdf)
4. **Education Policy Amendment HTTA833-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/HTTA833-1.pdf)
5. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/HB251-eng.pdf)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/HB251-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the H for Vote 537 on HB251 (2024 Regular Session) — **103–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 1180 on HB251 (2024 Regular Session) — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the S for Vote 1181 on HB251 (2024 Regular Session) — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 535 on HB251 (2024 Regular Session) — **103–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the H for Vote 536 on HB251 (2024 Regular Session) — **102–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chad Robertson — 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
- **2024-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2024-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2024-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2024-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 1181 `passage`
- **2024-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in Second House
- **2024-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Veterans and Military Affairs)
- **2024-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2024-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Veterans and Military Affairs)
- **2024-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2024-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 537 `passage`
- **2024-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 536
- **2024-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Education Policy Engrossed Substitute Offered (Education Policy) `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2024-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Education Policy)
- **2024-04-03T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin (Education Policy)
- **2024-04-03T04:00:00+00:00** Education Policy 1st Amendment (Education Policy)
- **2024-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Education Policy)
- **2024-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Education Policy `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-15T19:15:00+00:00** Enacted as 2024-397 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7ada0434-d4c2-479c-94dd-99f99906a5e9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).