republic-os/legislation/us/states/al/2019rs/hb-291.md

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Bill	Education, St. Board of Ed. to adopt policy, local boards of education authorized to allow released time for religious education off campus for elective credit, Alabama Released Time Credit Act	Education, St. Board of Ed. to adopt policy, local boards of education authorized to allow released time for religious education off campus for elective credit, Alabama Released Time Credit Act	us/states/al	Alabama Legislature	2019rs	HB 291	Alabama HB 291 (2019rs)	bill	Education	enacted	Garrett	4	19	3	2019-04-02T04:00:00+00:00	2019-05-22T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/ffe2011b-f2a8-4f68-8be9-8e8a7cba8a60	http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB291	b33f7c8a4ffabd65158dcae36d782a02dcc3474016df45de42e1d2b2a46b5249	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-al

Alabama HB 291 (2019rs) — Education, St. Board of Ed. to adopt policy, local boards of education authorized to allow released time for religious education off campus for elective credit, Alabama Released Time Credit Act

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Amd/Sub 199848-1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
4. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 465 — 87–9 (pass) · lower
• Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 955 — 28–0 (pass) · upper
• Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 464 — 84–10 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Garrett — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-04-02T04:00:00+00:00 Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Education Policy reading-1, referral-committee
• 2019-04-25T04:00:00+00:00 Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment reading-2
• 2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00 Education Policy Amendment Offered amendment-introduction
• 2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00 Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 464 amendment-passage
• 2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 465 passage
• 2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00 Hall intended to vote "Nay"
• 2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00 Engrossed
• 2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00 Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Education Policy reading-1, referral-committee
• 2019-05-08T04:00:00+00:00 Read for the second time and placed on the calendar reading-2
• 2019-05-21T04:00:00+00:00 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2019-05-21T04:00:00+00:00 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 955 passage
• 2019-05-21T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Second House passage
• 2019-05-21T04:00:00+00:00 Enrolled
• 2019-05-22T04:00:00+00:00 Signature Requested
• 2019-05-22T04:00:00+00:00 Clerk of the House Certification
• 2019-05-22T04:00:00+00:00 Assigned Act No. 2019-281. executive-signature
• 2019-05-22T04:00:00+00:00 Delivered to Governor at 2:45 p.m. on May 22, 2019. executive-receipt
• 2019-05-22T04:00:00+00:00 Education Policy first Amendment Offered amendment-introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ffe2011b-f2a8-4f68-8be9-8e8a7cba8a60. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).