---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education Dept. of, Early Childhood Education, Secretary, qualifications, Sec. 26-24-2 am'd."
description: "Education Dept. of, Early Childhood Education, Secretary, qualifications, Sec. 26-24-2 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2018rs"
identifier: "HB 71"
citation: "Alabama HB 71 (2018rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Collins"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bf22db8a-7893-4a5c-99f0-fb7aef7510e5"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB71"
source_hash: "bd59e202f7028e10dbc050014d017a82a7921f2221b33ae1e89313f7255c3c08"
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 71 (2018rs) — Education Dept. of, Early Childhood Education, Secretary, qualifications, Sec. 26-24-2 am'd.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/HB71-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/HB71-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 112 — **89–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1029 — **28–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Collins — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Education Policy `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2018-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 112 `passage`
- **2018-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** Scott intended to vote "Yea"
- **2018-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Education and Youth Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1029 `passage`
- **2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2018-414. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 1:06 p.m. on March 22, 2018. `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bf22db8a-7893-4a5c-99f0-fb7aef7510e5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).