republic-os/legislation/us/states/al/2022rs/sb-15.md

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Bill	State Textbook Committee, publishers permitted to provide standards correlation evidence to State Dept. of Education, State Superintendent of Education to convene other instructional materials review committees to review and rate materials and to establish evaluation criteria, Sec. 16-36-73 added; Secs. 16-13B-2, 16-36-60, 16-36-60.1, 16-36-65 am'd.	State Textbook Committee, publishers permitted to provide standards correlation evidence to State Dept. of Education, State Superintendent of Education to convene other instructional materials review committees to review and rate materials and to establish evaluation criteria, Sec. 16-36-73 added; Secs. 16-13B-2, 16-36-60, 16-36-60.1, 16-36-65 am'd.	us/states/al	Alabama Legislature	2022rs	SB 15	Alabama SB 15 (2022rs)	bill	State Textbook Committee	enacted	Melson	4	15	3	2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00	2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/4ec2771b-e8b7-4cac-b994-a342bc44d29e	http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB15	c8e56bbeddc52e597b59f17f44cddd7ecd4bb9771084a0727c20e56cbddc5c4a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-al

Alabama SB 15 (2022rs) — State Textbook Committee, publishers permitted to provide standards correlation evidence to State Dept. of Education, State Superintendent of Education to convene other instructional materials review committees to review and rate materials and to establish evaluation criteria, Sec. 16-36-73 added; Secs. 16-13B-2, 16-36-60, 16-36-60.1, 16-36-65 am'd.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Amd/Sub 216846-2 (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
4. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 159 — 29–0 (pass) · upper
• Melson motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 158 — 29–0 (pass) · upper
• Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 472 — 102–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Melson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Education Policy reading-1, referral-committee
• 2022-02-02T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the second time and placed on the calendar with 1 substitute and reading-2
• 2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00 Education Policy first Substitute Offered amendment-introduction
• 2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00 Melson motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 158 amendment-passage
• 2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 159 passage
• 2022-02-10T05:00:00+00:00 Engrossed
• 2022-02-10T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Education Policy reading-1, referral-committee
• 2022-02-16T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the second time and placed on the calendar reading-2
• 2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 472 passage
• 2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Second House passage
• 2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00 Signature Requested
• 2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00 Enrolled
• 2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00 Assigned Act No. 2022-80. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4ec2771b-e8b7-4cac-b994-a342bc44d29e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).