---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public high schools; students excused from class for scholarship acceptance, college commitment, military enlistment"
description: "Education"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2026rs"
identifier: "HB 75"
citation: "Alabama HB 75 (2026rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Robertson (C)"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-12-02T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-17T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b93985a3-0700-4fd4-ac82-45ae6e762ebc"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "bb6381f6be9417e78598025c7922b4ee5a8c6918f032c85a09b7fefd54c040d9"
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 75 (2026rs) — Public high schools; students excused from class for scholarship acceptance, college commitment, military enlistment

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/2026RS/HB75-int.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB75-eng.pdf)
3. **Kelley motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1211** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/YMCCE62-1.pdf)
4. **Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 701** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/11S4JLZ-1.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB75-enr.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Robertson (C) — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-02T05:00:00+00:00** Filed `filing`
- **2026-04-17T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2026-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Robertson Motion to Concur In and Adopt Senate Amendment - Adopted Roll Call 1255
- **2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 1212 `passage`
- **2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Kelley motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1211
- **2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Education Policy 1st Amendment Offered (Education Policy) `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in Second House
- **2026-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Education Policy)
- **2026-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2026-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** Education Policy 1st Amendment (Education Policy)
- **2026-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Education Policy)
- **2026-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Education Policy `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2026-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 702 `passage`
- **2026-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 701
- **2026-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Collins 1st Substitute Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Education Policy)
- **2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- **2026-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Education Policy)
- **2026-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Education Policy `reading-1, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b93985a3-0700-4fd4-ac82-45ae6e762ebc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).