republic-os/legislation/us/states/al/2026rs/sb-248.md

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Bill	Religious instruction; elective credit for release time further provided for	Education	us/states/al	Alabama Legislature	2026rs	SB 248	Alabama SB 248 (2026rs)	bill	Education	enacted	Shelnutt	5	24	0	2026-02-03T05:00:00+00:00	2026-04-08T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/63e26d83-07c0-465a-aa52-a6261339ced4	https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search	a147aea0ebd1cf593c643d319be63dac32999a94fbda3bd60a9c2672e0757f97	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-al

Alabama SB 248 (2026rs) — Religious instruction; elective credit for release time further provided for

Education

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 1085 (committee substitute) — source
4. Shelnutt motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 499 (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Sponsors

• Shelnutt — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-04-08T04:00:00+00:00 Enacted became-law
• 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 Signature Requested
• 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 Delivered to Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 Enrolled
• 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 Ready to Enroll
• 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 Shelnutt Motion to Concur In and Adopt House Amendment to SB248
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 1086 passage
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1085
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 Education Policy Engrossed Substitute Offered (Education Policy) amendment-introduction
• 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 Third Reading in Second House
• 2026-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Education Policy)
• 2026-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out of Committee Second House (Education Policy)
• 2026-02-19T05:00:00+00:00 Pending Committee Action in Second House (Education Policy)
• 2026-02-19T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Education Policy reading-1, referral-committee
• 2026-02-19T05:00:00+00:00 Engrossed
• 2026-02-19T05:00:00+00:00 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 500 passage
• 2026-02-19T05:00:00+00:00 Shelnutt motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 499
• 2026-02-19T05:00:00+00:00 Education Policy 1st Amendment Offered (Education Policy) amendment-introduction
• 2026-02-19T05:00:00+00:00 Third Reading in House of Origin
• 2026-02-12T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Education Policy)
• 2026-02-11T05:00:00+00:00 Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
• 2026-02-11T05:00:00+00:00 Education Policy 1st Amendment (Education Policy)
• 2026-02-03T05:00:00+00:00 Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Education Policy)
• 2026-02-03T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Education Policy reading-1, referral-committee

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/63e26d83-07c0-465a-aa52-a6261339ced4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).