republic-os/legislation/us/states/al/2020rs/hb-157.md

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Bill	Juvenile court, termination of parental rights, factors for juvenile courts to consider including relationship with foster parents, permanency plans for children, notice of adoption, Secs. 12-15-319, 26-10A-17 am'd.	Juvenile court, termination of parental rights, factors for juvenile courts to consider including relationship with foster parents, permanency plans for children, notice of adoption, Secs. 12-15-319, 26-10A-17 am'd.	us/states/al	Alabama Legislature	2020rs	HB 157	Alabama HB 157 (2020rs)	bill	Juveniles	enacted	Lee	2	15	3	2020-02-06T05:00:00+00:00	2020-03-10T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/43bf7ec1-3fc5-44f8-9d8c-7780f0e58290	http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB157	50bf61a625487fa378f24986175ff2f97628d2336144d7537a3110cca52c14e8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-al

Alabama HB 157 (2020rs) — Juvenile court, termination of parental rights, factors for juvenile courts to consider including relationship with foster parents, permanency plans for children, notice of adoption, Secs. 12-15-319, 26-10A-17 am'd.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 101 — 94–1 (pass) · lower
• Cosponsors Added — 63–5 (pass) · lower
• Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 323 — 26–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Lee — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-02-06T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Children and Senior Advocacy reading-1, referral-committee
• 2020-02-20T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the second time and placed on the calendar reading-2
• 2020-02-25T05:00:00+00:00 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2020-02-25T05:00:00+00:00 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 101 passage
• 2020-02-25T05:00:00+00:00 Cosponsors Added
• 2020-02-25T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Children, Youth and Human Services reading-1, referral-committee
• 2020-02-27T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the second time and placed on the calendar reading-2
• 2020-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2020-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 323 passage
• 2020-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Second House passage
• 2020-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 Enrolled
• 2020-03-10T04:00:00+00:00 Signature Requested
• 2020-03-10T04:00:00+00:00 Clerk of the House Certification
• 2020-03-10T04:00:00+00:00 Assigned Act No. 2020-34. executive-signature
• 2020-03-10T04:00:00+00:00 Delivered to Governor at 2:11 p.m. on March 10, 2020. executive-receipt

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/43bf7ec1-3fc5-44f8-9d8c-7780f0e58290. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).