republic-os/legislation/us/states/al/2024rs/hb-129.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Creating Hope and Opportunity for Our Students’ Education (CHOOSE) Act of 2024, established to provide education savings accounts (ESAs) for parents of children to use in providing education services for those children."
description: "Education"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2024rs"
identifier: "HB 129"
citation: "Alabama HB 129 (2024rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Danny Garrett"]
version_count: 14
action_count: 40
vote_count: 12
first_action: "2024-02-07T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-03-08T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c13908a5-0a17-4a40-ab81-9d323d8c5713"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "32c9507996edb66268e1c8562bb2a2a7820431a3d0dab83c9813100c8eb87306"
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 HB 129 (2024rs) — Creating Hope and Opportunity for Our Students’ Education (CHOOSE) Act of 2024, established to provide education savings accounts (ESAs) for parents of children to use in providing education services for those children.

Education

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/HB129-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2024-21** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1489279.AI1.pdf)
3. **Amendment 48XF3RI-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/48XF3RI-1.pdf)
4. **Amendment 68BQ1Z3-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/68BQ1Z3-1.pdf)
5. **Amendment AB9L77Q-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/AB9L77Q-1.pdf)
6. **Amendment AKB2S7S-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/AKB2S7S-1.pdf)
7. **Amendment DKC9NHH-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/DKC9NHH-1.pdf)
8. **Amendment NYYG88T-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/NYYG88T-1.pdf)
9. **Amendment RPI5YNY-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/RPI5YNY-1.pdf)
10. **Amendment RPQINNN-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/RPQINNN-1.pdf)
11. **Amendment RTZSNNY-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/RTZSNNY-1.pdf)
12. **Amendment VK4HVVP-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/VK4HVVP-1.pdf)
13. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/HB129-eng.pdf)
14. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/HB129-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the H for Vote 131 on HB129 (2024 Regular Session) — **69–34** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the H for Vote 125 on HB129 (2024 Regular Session) — **71–27** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 176 on HB129 (2024 Regular Session) — **26–8** (fail) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 130 on HB129 (2024 Regular Session) — **82–7** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 178 on HB129 (2024 Regular Session) — **10–23** (fail) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 129 on HB129 (2024 Regular Session) — **82–9** (fail) · lower
- Roll of the H for Vote 128 on HB129 (2024 Regular Session) — **85–6** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the H for Vote 127 on HB129 (2024 Regular Session) — **74–17** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 179 on HB129 (2024 Regular Session) — **9–21** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 126 on HB129 (2024 Regular Session) — **68–29** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 177 on HB129 (2024 Regular Session) — **10–23** (fail) · upper
- Roll of the S for Vote 180 on HB129 (2024 Regular Session) — **23–9** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Danny Garrett — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 180 `passage`
- **2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Orr motion to Table - Adopted Voice Vote
- **2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Stutts 2nd Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Orr motion to Table - Adopted Voice Vote
- **2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Stutts Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Singleton motion to Adopt - Lost Roll Call 179
- **2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Singleton 2nd Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Singleton motion to Adopt - Lost Roll Call 178
- **2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Singleton Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Smitherman motion to Adopt - Lost Roll Call 177
- **2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Smitherman Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in Second House
- **2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Finance and Taxation Education)
- **2024-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2024-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Finance and Taxation Education)
- **2024-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Finance and Taxation Education `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2024-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 131 `passage`
- **2024-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Garrett motion to Table - Adopted Roll Call 130
- **2024-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Harrison Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Garrett motion to Table - Adopted Roll Call 129
- **2024-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Yarbrough Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Garrett motion to Table - Adopted Roll Call 128
- **2024-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Mooney Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 127
- **2024-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Lovvorn Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 126
- **2024-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** W&ME Substitute Offered (Ways and Means Education) `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2024-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Committee Substitute Adopted (Ways and Means Education)
- **2024-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Ways and Means Education)
- **2024-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- **2024-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Ways and Means General Fund)
- **2024-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means Education `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-07T14:35:00+00:00** Enacted as 2024-21 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c13908a5-0a17-4a40-ab81-9d323d8c5713`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).