republic-os/legislation/us/states/al/2019rs/sb-397.md

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Bill	Board of Education, State, renamed the Alabama Commission on Elementary and Secondary Education, members appointed by Governor, State Superintendent of Education renamed as the Secretary of Elementary and Secondary Education, secretary appointed by commission, Governor to appoint team to advise commission, const. amend.	Board of Education, State, renamed the Alabama Commission on Elementary and Secondary Education, members appointed by Governor, State Superintendent of Education renamed as the Secretary of Elementary and Secondary Education, secretary appointed by commission, Governor to appoint team to advise commission, const. amend.	us/states/al	Alabama Legislature	2019rs	SB 397	Alabama SB 397 (2019rs)	bill	Constitutional Amendments	enacted	Marsh	4	18	3	2019-05-09T04:00:00+00:00	2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/a4d2bd1f-0a32-40eb-8883-10f097b7aaee	http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB397	9a38f3b9fb3be2d49a4fde445d99e1fd9628eb82db4536a4f02c2f86b18cd5ae	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-al

Alabama SB 397 (2019rs) — Board of Education, State, renamed the Alabama Commission on Elementary and Secondary Education, members appointed by Governor, State Superintendent of Education renamed as the Secretary of Elementary and Secondary Education, secretary appointed by commission, Governor to appoint team to advise commission, const. amend.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Amd/Sub 201306-1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
4. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1255 — 78–21 (pass) · lower
• Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 896 — 30–0 (pass) · upper
• Marsh motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 895 — 29–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Marsh — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-05-09T04:00:00+00:00 Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Education Policy reading-1, referral-committee
• 2019-05-14T04:00:00+00:00 Read for the second time and placed on the calendar reading-2
• 2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00 Third Reading Carried Over to Call of the Chair
• 2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00 Marsh motion to Carry Over to the Call of the Chair adopted Voice Vote
• 2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00 Singleton Amendment Offered amendment-introduction
• 2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00 Marsh motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 895 amendment-passage
• 2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 896 passage
• 2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00 Engrossed
• 2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00 Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Ways and Means Education reading-1, referral-committee
• 2019-05-21T04:00:00+00:00 Rereferred from W&ME to EP
• 2019-05-22T04:00:00+00:00 Read for the second time and placed on the calendar reading-2
• 2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1255 passage
• 2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Second House passage
• 2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00 Enrolled
• 2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00 Signature Requested
• 2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00 Assigned Act No. 2019-345. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a4d2bd1f-0a32-40eb-8883-10f097b7aaee. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).