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type: "Bill"
title: "Public schools, professional educators' associations granted same level of access to employees of public schools"
description: "Public schools, professional educators' associations granted same level of access to employees of public schools"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2018rs"
identifier: "SB 159"
citation: "Alabama SB 159 (2018rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shelnutt"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-11T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-03-08T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/41bb1960-855f-48f4-b155-5493e398d4e0"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB159"
source_hash: "c02acba7dc14c3539188e56ea3e8f6b4cba54cbbcb1bc2e974f9bcc25126fbfe"
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 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](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/SB159-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/SB159-enr.pdf)
## Votes
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 374 — **252** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 620 — **5237** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/41bb1960-855f-48f4-b155-5493e398d4e0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).