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type: "Bill"
title: "Public K-12 education; process for the consolidation of city school systems provided"
description: "Education"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2026rs"
identifier: "HB 178"
citation: "Alabama HB 178 (2026rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Garrett"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 27
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2026-01-13T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-17T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6997ee10-58f1-451d-b400-7786decc2b64"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "3a20b1fe1eecf4b4f6ff7d7ef928e5e7b46aebeeb417a4038da523eec3bfdc77"
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 178 (2026rs) — Public K-12 education; process for the consolidation of city school systems provided
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/2026RS/HB178-int.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB178-eng.pdf)
3. **Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 236** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/11I5AL3-1.pdf)
4. **Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 237** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/V7RWFLL-1.pdf)
5. **Orr motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1246** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/9JHS1BM-1.pdf)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB178-enr.pdf)
## Sponsors
- Garrett — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-04-17T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2026-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2026-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2026-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2026-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Garrett Motion to Concur In and Adopt Senate Amendment - Adopted Roll Call 1327
- **2026-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 1247 `passage`
- **2026-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Orr motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1246
- **2026-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Finance and Taxation Education 1st Amendment Offered (Finance and Taxation Education) `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in Second House
- **2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Finance and Taxation Education)
- **2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Finance and Taxation Education 1st Amendment (Finance and Taxation Education)
- **2026-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Finance and Taxation Education)
- **2026-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Finance and Taxation Education `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2026-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 238 `passage`
- **2026-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 237
- **2026-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Garrett 1st Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 236
- **2026-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Ways and Means Education 1st Substitute Offered (Ways and Means Education) `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-02-03T05:00:00+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 (Ways and Means Education)
- **2026-01-21T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- **2026-01-21T05:00:00+00:00** Ways and Means Education 1st Substitute (Ways and Means Education)
- **2026-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Ways and Means Education)
- **2026-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means Education `reading-1, referral-committee`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6997ee10-58f1-451d-b400-7786decc2b64`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).