---
type: "Bill"
title: "Ten Commandments; required to be displayed in certain public schools, subject to the availability of donations"
description: "Education"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2026rs"
identifier: "SB 99"
citation: "Alabama SB 99 (2026rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kelley"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2026-01-13T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-13T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e1326186-d5ab-4393-8e7d-af6e8ee4ab05"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "408087aebb2e89c6612fdc7b6be48d59bc7a00c3b4133d0a38c4b531c32c0ed7"
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 SB 99 (2026rs) — Ten Commandments; required to be displayed in certain public schools, subject to the availability of donations

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/SB99-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/SB99-enr.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Kelley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2026-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2026-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2026-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2026-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 1347 `passage`
- **2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (State Government)
- **2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Committee in Second House (State Government) `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Education Policy)
- **2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Education Policy)
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Education Policy `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 979 `passage`
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Petition To Close Debate- Adopted Roll Call 978
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Carried Over to the Call of the Chair
- **2026-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Education Policy)
- **2026-02-11T05:00:00+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 Senate 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/e1326186-d5ab-4393-8e7d-af6e8ee4ab05`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).