republic-os/legislation/us/states/al/2018rs/sb-26.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Juvenile sex offenders, notification provided to school of low-risk sex offender expanded to include local super of edu. and bd of edu., change in school required to be reported to local law enforcement by juvenile sex offender, state board of edu. required to develop and local boards to adopt, model policy for monitoring juvenile sex offenders in school, Secs. 15-20A-27, 15-20A-30 am'd."
description: "Juvenile sex offenders, notification provided to school of low-risk sex offender expanded to include local super of edu. and bd of edu., change in school required to be reported to local law enforcement by juvenile sex offender, state board of edu. required to develop and local boards to adopt, model policy for monitoring juvenile sex offenders in school, Secs. 15-20A-27, 15-20A-30 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2018rs"
identifier: "SB 26"
citation: "Alabama SB 26 (2018rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Juveniles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chambliss"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2018-01-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5bfa4107-03ac-49ec-bf4b-73fc5223bd1d"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB26"
source_hash: "b7ead0fd7d78ff291e580c735caf012dfcfe2be68f7591557b3f986afecbfed4"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-al"]
---

# Alabama SB 26 (2018rs) — Juvenile sex offenders, notification provided to school of low-risk sex offender expanded to include local super of edu. and bd of edu., change in school required to be reported to local law enforcement by juvenile sex offender, state board of edu. required to develop and local boards to adopt, model policy for monitoring juvenile sex offenders in school, Secs. 15-20A-27, 15-20A-30 am'd.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/SB26-int.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/SB26-eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/SB26-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Chambliss motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 423 — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- Chambliss motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1163 — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1023 — **58–31** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1026 — **76–18** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1025 — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1024 — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 425 — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- Chambliss motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 424 — **28–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chambliss — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Education and Youth Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2018-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Education and Youth Affairs Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Chambliss motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 423 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Chambliss Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Chambliss motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 424 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 425 `passage`
- **2018-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2018-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Rereferred from PS&HS to EP
- **2018-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar with 1 substitute and `reading-2`
- **2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Education Policy first Substitute Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1023 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Lovvorn Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1024 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Whorton (I) Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1025 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1026 `passage`
- **2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
- **2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Chambliss motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1163 `passage`
- **2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Second House Amendment
- **2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2018-528. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5bfa4107-03ac-49ec-bf4b-73fc5223bd1d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).