republic-os/legislation/us/states/al/2026rs/hb-78.md

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Bill	Early childhood education; guidelines for limited screen time for children in certain licensed child-care facilities, certain preschools, and public kindergarten established, annual training requirement for teachers and certain staff members established, Department of Early Childhood Education, Department of Human Resources, and State Board of Education authorized to implement and enforce limited screen time requirements	Children	us/states/al	Alabama Legislature	2026rs	HB 78	Alabama HB 78 (2026rs)	bill	Children	enacted	Ross	4	23	0	2025-12-02T05:00:00+00:00	2026-03-04T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/677b224a-4088-4725-833f-33b32be269c5	https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search	b70bf607203288c9af53f380644686acbecbc9bd4ab80acef5bf6ab9047683b5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-al

Alabama HB 78 (2026rs) — Early childhood education; guidelines for limited screen time for children in certain licensed child-care facilities, certain preschools, and public kindergarten established, annual training requirement for teachers and certain staff members established, Department of Early Childhood Education, Department of Human Resources, and State Board of Education authorized to implement and enforce limited screen time requirements

Children

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 168 (committee substitute) — source
4. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Sponsors

• Ross — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-12-02T05:00:00+00:00 Filed filing
• 2026-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 Enacted became-law
• 2026-02-26T05:00:00+00:00 Delivered to Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-02-26T05:00:00+00:00 Signature Requested
• 2026-02-26T05:00:00+00:00 Enrolled
• 2026-02-26T05:00:00+00:00 Ready to Enroll
• 2026-02-26T05:00:00+00:00 Ready to Enroll
• 2026-02-26T05:00:00+00:00 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 657 passage
• 2026-02-26T05:00:00+00:00 Third Reading in Second House
• 2026-02-05T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Education Policy)
• 2026-02-04T05:00:00+00:00 Reported Out of Committee Second House
• 2026-01-27T05:00:00+00:00 Pending Committee Action in Second House (Education Policy)
• 2026-01-27T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Education Policy reading-1, referral-committee
• 2026-01-27T05:00:00+00:00 Engrossed
• 2026-01-27T05:00:00+00:00 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 169 passage
• 2026-01-27T05:00:00+00:00 Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 168
• 2026-01-27T05:00:00+00:00 Education Policy 1st Substitute Offered (Education Policy) amendment-introduction
• 2026-01-27T05:00:00+00:00 Third Reading in House of Origin
• 2026-01-21T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Education Policy)
• 2026-01-21T05:00:00+00:00 Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
• 2026-01-21T05:00:00+00:00 Education Policy 1st Substitute (Education Policy)
• 2026-01-13T05:00:00+00:00 Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Education Policy)
• 2026-01-13T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Education Policy reading-1, referral-committee

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/677b224a-4088-4725-833f-33b32be269c5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).