---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education budget, appropriations for the support, maintenance, and development of public education"
description: "Education budget, appropriations for the support, maintenance, and development of public education"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2020rs"
identifier: "HB 187"
citation: "Alabama HB 187 (2020rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education Trust Fund"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Poole"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 28
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2020-02-06T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-05-09T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/757d2c1d-6778-46d1-8aec-737774038036"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB187"
source_hash: "018db1df0bcb724fae7d018e5eab1d7ad611edf0187357b128d1b1d3880088d4"
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 187 (2020rs) — Education budget, appropriations for the support, maintenance, and development of public education

## 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/2020rs/PrintFiles/HB187-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 206864-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2020rs/PrintFiles/206864-1.pdf)
3. **Amd/Sub 206864-5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2020rs/PrintFiles/206864-5.pdf)
4. **Amd/Sub 207148-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2020rs/PrintFiles/207148-1.pdf)
5. **Amd/Sub 207245-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2020rs/PrintFiles/207245-2.pdf)
6. **Amd/Sub 207394-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2020rs/PrintFiles/207394-1.pdf)
7. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2020rs/PrintFiles/HB187-eng.pdf)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2020rs/PrintFiles/HB187-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 448 — **75–1** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 712 — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Poole motion to Concur In and Adopt Adopted Roll Call 573 — **73–1** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 451 — **76–1** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 449 — **71–1** (pass) · lower
- Orr motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 711 — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 450 — **76–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Poole — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Ways and Means Education `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-05-05T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar with 1 substitute and 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2020-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Ways and Means Education first Substitute Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2020-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 448 `amendment-passage`
- **2020-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Ways and Means Education Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2020-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 449 `amendment-passage`
- **2020-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Sullivan intended vote "Yea"
- **2020-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Poole Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2020-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 450 `amendment-passage`
- **2020-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 451 `passage`
- **2020-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2020-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Finance and Taxation Education `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar with 1 substitute and `reading-2`
- **2020-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Finance and Taxation Education first Substitute Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2020-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Orr motion to Table adopted Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2020-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Orr first Substitute Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2020-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Orr motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 711 `amendment-passage`
- **2020-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 712 `passage`
- **2020-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
- **2020-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Poole motion to Concur In and Adopt Adopted Roll Call 573
- **2020-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Second House Amendment
- **2020-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2020-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2020-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2020-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 1:42 p.m. on May 9, 2020. `executive-receipt`
- **2020-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2020-169. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/757d2c1d-6778-46d1-8aec-737774038036`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).