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Bill	Education, public schools, grades 6 to 12, allow elective courses on the study of the Bible and display artifacts, monuments, symbols, and text related to the study of the Bible, State Board of Education to implement rules and policies	Education, public schools, grades 6 to 12, allow elective courses on the study of the Bible and display artifacts, monuments, symbols, and text related to the study of the Bible, State Board of Education to implement rules and policies	us/states/al	Alabama Legislature	2019rs	SB 14	Alabama SB 14 (2019rs)	bill	Education	enacted	Melson	8	36	11	2019-03-05T05:00:00+00:00	2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/99d42b22-395f-4655-a399-e7f16ee87074	http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB14	292760345c11aaaeb5cdeb75458fe86e23d1bb2ba2b48df9f77df14018935b00	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-al

Alabama SB 14 (2019rs) — Education, public schools, grades 6 to 12, allow elective courses on the study of the Bible and display artifacts, monuments, symbols, and text related to the study of the Bible, State Board of Education to implement rules and policies

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Amd/Sub 198119-1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amd/Sub 198123-1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Amd/Sub 198250-1 (committee substitute) — source
5. Amd/Sub 201634-1 (committee substitute) — source
6. Amd/Sub 201962-1 (committee substitute) — source
7. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
8. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Melson motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 34 — 27–0 (pass) · upper
• Melson motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 33 — 27–0 (pass) · upper
• Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 91 — 32–1 (pass) · upper
• Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 934 — 88–0 (pass) · lower
• Ledbetter motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1201 — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• Marsh motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1365 — 24–0 (pass) · upper
• Smitherman motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 90 — 32–0 (pass) · upper
• Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 935 — 94–2 (pass) · lower
• Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 933 — 100–0 (pass) · lower
• Marsh motion to Non Concur and Appoint Conference Committee adopted Roll Call 1176 P&PO appoints Melson, Chesteen and Beasley — 32–0 (pass) · upper
• Ledbetter motion to Accede adopted Roll Call 1096 House appoints Ledbetter, Rowe and Grimsley — 100–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Melson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Education Policy reading-1, referral-committee
• 2019-03-20T04:00:00+00:00 Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 2 amendments reading-2
• 2019-03-21T04:00:00+00:00 Third Reading Carried Over to Call of the Chair
• 2019-03-21T04:00:00+00:00 Education Policy Amendment Offered amendment-introduction
• 2019-03-21T04:00:00+00:00 Education Policy Amendment Offered amendment-introduction
• 2019-03-21T04:00:00+00:00 Melson motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 33 amendment-passage
• 2019-03-21T04:00:00+00:00 Melson motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 34 amendment-passage
• 2019-03-21T04:00:00+00:00 Melson motion to Carry Over to the Call of the Chair adopted Voice Vote
• 2019-04-02T04:00:00+00:00 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2019-04-02T04:00:00+00:00 Smitherman Amendment Offered amendment-introduction
• 2019-04-02T04:00:00+00:00 Smitherman motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 90 amendment-passage
• 2019-04-02T04:00:00+00:00 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 91 passage
• 2019-04-03T04:00:00+00:00 Engrossed
• 2019-04-03T04:00:00+00:00 Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Education Policy reading-1, referral-committee
• 2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00 Read for the second time and placed on the calendar reading-2
• 2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00 Drummond Amendment Offered amendment-introduction
• 2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00 Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 933 amendment-passage
• 2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00 Allen Amendment Offered amendment-introduction
• 2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00 Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 934 amendment-passage
• 2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 935 passage
• 2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00 Concurrence Requested
• 2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00 Marsh motion to Non Concur and Appoint Conference Committee adopted Roll Call 1176 P&PO appoints Melson, Chesteen and Beasley
• 2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00 Conference Committee Requested
• 2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00 Ledbetter motion to Accede adopted Roll Call 1096 House appoints Ledbetter, Rowe and Grimsley
• 2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00 Conference Committee Appointed
• 2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00 Conference Report
• 2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00 Marsh motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1365 passage
• 2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00 Conference Report concurrence requested
• 2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00 Ledbetter motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1201 passage
• 2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00 Concurred in Conference Report
• 2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00 Rafferty intended to vote "Nay"
• 2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00 Enrolled
• 2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00 Signature Requested
• 2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00 Delivered to Governor at 5:58 p.m. on May 30, 2019 executive-receipt
• 2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00 Assigned Act No. 2019-508. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/99d42b22-395f-4655-a399-e7f16ee87074. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).