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type: "Bill"
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title: "Early childhood education; guidelines for limited screen time for children in certain licensed child-care facilities, certain preschools, and public kindergarten established, annual training requirement for teachers and certain staff members established, Department of Early Childhood Education, Department of Human Resources, and State Board of Education authorized to implement and enforce limited screen time requirements"
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description: "Children"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
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legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
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session: "2026rs"
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identifier: "HB 78"
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citation: "Alabama HB 78 (2026rs)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Children"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ross"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 23
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2025-12-02T05:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2026-03-04T05:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/677b224a-4088-4725-833f-33b32be269c5"
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source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
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source_hash: "b70bf607203288c9af53f380644686acbecbc9bd4ab80acef5bf6ab9047683b5"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-al"]
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---
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# Alabama HB 78 (2026rs) — Early childhood education; guidelines for limited screen time for children in certain licensed child-care facilities, certain preschools, and public kindergarten established, annual training requirement for teachers and certain staff members established, Department of Early Childhood Education, Department of Human Resources, and State Board of Education authorized to implement and enforce limited screen time requirements
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Children
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB78-int.pdf)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB78-eng.pdf)
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3. **Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 168** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/RBQ8DNM-1.pdf)
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4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB78-enr.pdf)
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## Sponsors
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- Ross — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-12-02T05:00:00+00:00** Filed `filing`
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- **2026-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
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- **2026-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
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- **2026-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
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- **2026-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
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- **2026-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
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- **2026-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 657 `passage`
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- **2026-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in Second House
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- **2026-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Education Policy)
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- **2026-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
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- **2026-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Education Policy)
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- **2026-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Education Policy `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
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- **2026-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 169 `passage`
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- **2026-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 168
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- **2026-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Education Policy 1st Substitute Offered (Education Policy) `amendment-introduction`
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- **2026-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
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- **2026-01-21T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Education Policy)
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- **2026-01-21T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
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- **2026-01-21T05:00:00+00:00** Education Policy 1st Substitute (Education Policy)
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- **2026-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Education Policy)
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- **2026-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Education Policy `reading-1, referral-committee`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/677b224a-4088-4725-833f-33b32be269c5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).
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