republic-os/legislation/us/states/al/2019rs/hb-388.md

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Bill	Education, K-3 grades, Alabama Literacy Act, established, steps to improve reading proficiency	Education, K-3 grades, Alabama Literacy Act, established, steps to improve reading proficiency	us/states/al	Alabama Legislature	2019rs	HB 388	Alabama HB 388 (2019rs)	bill	Education	enacted	Collins	7	30	8	2019-04-09T04:00:00+00:00	2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/079c3004-029a-4101-bc52-2b056ad7855b	http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB388	d36d202a8145b6557e321f7060865cc204358bfc7d17dca5b9f1af5daa6182db	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-al

Alabama HB 388 (2019rs) — Education, K-3 grades, Alabama Literacy Act, established, steps to improve reading proficiency

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Amd/Sub 200613-1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amd/Sub 201439-1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Amd/Sub 202315-4 (committee substitute) — source
5. Amd/Sub 202322-1 (committee substitute) — source
6. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
7. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Gudger motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1376 — 30–0 (pass) · upper
• Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 756 — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 755 — 98–2 (pass) · lower
• Collins motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1238 — 90–3 (pass) · lower
• Smitherman motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1377 — 26–0 (pass) · upper
• Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 757 — 92–3 (pass) · lower
• Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1378 — 26–0 (pass) · upper
• Rules Committee Petition to Cease Debate lost Roll Call 1375 — 3–21 (fail) · upper

Sponsors

• Collins — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-04-09T04:00:00+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 reading-2
• 2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00 Collins first Substitute Offered amendment-introduction
• 2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00 Collins motion to Carry Over Temporarily adopted Voice Vote
• 2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00 Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Education Policy reading-1, referral-committee
• 2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00 Third Reading Open
• 2019-05-21T04:00:00+00:00 Read for the second time and placed on the calendar reading-2
• 2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00 Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 755 amendment-passage
• 2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00 Rules Committee Petition to Cease Debate lost Roll Call 1375
• 2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00 Moore (M) Amendment Offered amendment-introduction
• 2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00 Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 756 amendment-passage
• 2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00 Gudger Amendment Offered amendment-introduction
• 2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00 Gudger motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1376 amendment-passage
• 2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00 Givan intended to vote "Nay"
• 2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00 Collins motion to Miscellaneous adopted Voice Vote
• 2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00 Smitherman Amendment Offered amendment-introduction
• 2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 757 passage
• 2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00 Smitherman motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1377 amendment-passage
• 2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1378 passage
• 2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00 Engrossed
• 2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00 Concurrence Requested
• 2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00 Collins motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1238 passage
• 2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00 Concurred in Second House Amendment
• 2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00 Signature Requested
• 2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00 Enrolled
• 2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00 Clerk of the House Certification
• 2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00 Assigned Act No. 2019-523. executive-signature
• 2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00 Delivered to Governor at 10:30 a.m. on May 31, 2019. executive-receipt

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/079c3004-029a-4101-bc52-2b056ad7855b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).