republic-os/legislation/us/states/al/2018rs/sb-159.md

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Bill	Public schools, professional educators' associations granted same level of access to employees of public schools	Public schools, professional educators' associations granted same level of access to employees of public schools	us/states/al	Alabama Legislature	2018rs	SB 159	Alabama SB 159 (2018rs)	bill	Education	enacted	Shelnutt	2	12	2	2018-01-11T05:00:00+00:00	2018-03-08T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/41bb1960-855f-48f4-b155-5493e398d4e0	http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB159	c02acba7dc14c3539188e56ea3e8f6b4cba54cbbcb1bc2e974f9bcc25126fbfe	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-al

Alabama SB 159 (2018rs) — Public schools, professional educators' associations granted same level of access to employees of public schools

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 374 — 25–2 (pass) · upper
• Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 620 — 52–37 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Shelnutt — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-11T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Education and Youth Affairs reading-1, referral-committee
• 2018-02-01T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the second time and placed on the calendar reading-2
• 2018-02-13T05:00:00+00:00 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2018-02-13T05:00:00+00:00 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 374 passage
• 2018-02-13T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Education Policy reading-1, referral-committee
• 2018-02-22T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the second time and placed on the calendar reading-2
• 2018-03-06T05:00:00+00:00 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2018-03-06T05:00:00+00:00 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 620 passage
• 2018-03-08T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Second House passage
• 2018-03-08T05:00:00+00:00 Enrolled
• 2018-03-08T05:00:00+00:00 Signature Requested
• 2018-03-08T05:00:00+00:00 Assigned Act No. 2018-233. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/41bb1960-855f-48f4-b155-5493e398d4e0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).