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type: "Bill"
title: "Public education employees; exclusion of students from classroom, provided for; principal authorized to suspend, expel, or recommend for alternative school certain students excluded from classroom; civil and criminal immunity provided to education employees; local boards of education authorized to reimburse or compensate employees for certain legal fees; rebuttable presumption, created; Board of Education, required to adopt rules"
description: "Education"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2024rs"
identifier: "SB 157"
citation: "Alabama SB 157 (2024rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arthur Orr"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 32
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2024-02-27T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-05-17T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ba6e7b4d-500b-4a20-8123-d194fed611d2"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "576286220fd748d6148d09d14f44ab248f85985e425c04eba00e2c340667e450"
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 157 (2024rs) — Public education employees; exclusion of students from classroom, provided for; principal authorized to suspend, expel, or recommend for alternative school certain students excluded from classroom; civil and criminal immunity provided to education employees; local boards of education authorized to reimburse or compensate employees for certain legal fees; rebuttable presumption, created; Board of Education, required to adopt rules
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/SB157-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2024-409** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1554061.AI1.pdf)
3. **Amendment 8PECFH2-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/8PECFH2-1.pdf)
4. **Amendment 9LDCMPM-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/9LDCMPM-1.pdf)
5. **Amendment QU69545-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/QU69545-1.pdf)
6. **Amendment YQZF2N6-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/YQZF2N6-1.pdf)
7. **Education Policy Amendment E4VM929-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/E4VM929-1.pdf)
8. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/SB157-eng.pdf)
9. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/SB157-enr.pdf)
## Votes
- Roll of the S for Vote 1049 on SB157 (2024 Regular Session) — **320** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the S for Vote 299 on SB157 (2024 Regular Session) — **330** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 1147 on SB157 (2024 Regular Session) — **1000** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 300 on SB157 (2024 Regular Session) — **340** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the S for Vote 301 on SB157 (2024 Regular Session) — **340** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 1145 on SB157 (2024 Regular Session) — **1020** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the H for Vote 1143 on SB157 (2024 Regular Session) — **1010** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the H for Vote 1144 on SB157 (2024 Regular Session) — **970** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the H for Vote 1146 on SB157 (2024 Regular Session) — **1000** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the H for Vote 1145 on SB157 (2024 Regular Session) — **1020** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Arthur Orr — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2024-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Signed by Governor
- **2024-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Pending with Executive Amendment
- **2024-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2024-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2024-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2024-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Reed Concur In and Adopt House Amendment - Adopted Roll Call 1049
- **2024-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 1147 `passage`
- **2024-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1146
- **2024-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Hall 1st Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1145
- **2024-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Garrett 1st Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 1145 `passage`
- **2024-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1144
- **2024-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Education Policy Engrossed Substitute Offered (Education Policy) `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in Second House
- **2024-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Education Policy)
- **2024-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House (Education Policy)
- **2024-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Education Policy 1st Amendment (Education Policy)
- **2024-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Education Policy)
- **2024-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Education Policy `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2024-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 301 `passage`
- **2024-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Orr motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 300
- **2024-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Orr 1st Substitute Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2024-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Education Policy)
- **2024-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- **2024-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Education Policy)
- **2024-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Education Policy `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-15T20:40:00+00:00** Enacted as 2024-409 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ba6e7b4d-500b-4a20-8123-d194fed611d2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).