republic-os/legislation/us/states/al/2026rs/hb-580.md

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Bill	Public institutions of higher education; faculty senates limited to advisory role, tenure policy required, review and dismissal of tenured faculty authorized, governing board authority over courses and curriculum provided	Education	us/states/al	Alabama Legislature	2026rs	HB 580	Alabama HB 580 (2026rs)	bill	Education	enacted	Stubbs	6	26	0	2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00	2026-04-13T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/d85848b5-4558-4fcf-9abe-696fb0726f0d	https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search	398141c8980cc3129e710e2b76a0ebea804662fcbc86def09f1d9935d8993044	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-al

Alabama HB 580 (2026rs) — Public institutions of higher education; faculty senates limited to advisory role, tenure policy required, review and dismissal of tenured faculty authorized, governing board authority over courses and curriculum provided

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 1056 (committee substitute) — source
4. Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1057 (committee substitute) — source
5. Orr motion to Table - Adopted Voice Vote (committee substitute) — source
6. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Sponsors

• Stubbs — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-04-13T04:00:00+00:00 Enacted became-law
• 2026-04-09T04:00:00+00:00 Delivered to Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-04-09T04:00:00+00:00 Signature Requested
• 2026-04-09T04:00:00+00:00 Enrolled
• 2026-04-09T04:00:00+00:00 Ready to Enroll
• 2026-04-09T04:00:00+00:00 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 1312 passage
• 2026-04-09T04:00:00+00:00 Waggoner Petition to Cease Debate - Adopted Roll Call 1311
• 2026-04-09T04:00:00+00:00 Orr motion to Table - Adopted Voice Vote
• 2026-04-09T04:00:00+00:00 Finance and Taxation Education 1st Amendment Offered (Finance and Taxation Education) amendment-introduction
• 2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00 Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Finance and Taxation Education)
• 2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out of Committee Second House
• 2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00 Finance and Taxation Education 1st Amendment (Finance and Taxation Education)
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 Pending Committee Action in Second House (Finance and Taxation Education)
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Finance and Taxation Education reading-1, referral-committee
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 Engrossed
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 1058 passage
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1057
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 Bracy 1st Amendment Offered amendment-introduction
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1056
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 Stubbs 1st Substitute Offered amendment-introduction
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 Third Reading in House of Origin
• 2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00 Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Ways and Means Education)
• 2026-03-18T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
• 2026-03-10T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to Committee in House of Origin (Ways and Means Education) referral-committee
• 2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Education Policy)
• 2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Education Policy reading-1, referral-committee

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d85848b5-4558-4fcf-9abe-696fb0726f0d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).