republic-os/legislation/us/states/al/2026rs/hb-8.md

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Bill	Campus chaplains; public K-12 schools authorized to accept as volunteers, local boards of education and governing bodies authorized to vote on whether to allow, limitations provided	Education	us/states/al	Alabama Legislature	2026rs	HB 8	Alabama HB 8 (2026rs)	bill	Education	enacted	Gidley	5	23	0	2025-06-25T04:00:00+00:00	2026-04-16T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/f2aa1a05-4a83-40bf-8680-93e94e8dd5be	https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search	f1bc65e4d277563172e6ddc61da86613b763e3c4ab443abf33e6e44026d3f3ae	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-al

Alabama HB 8 (2026rs) — Campus chaplains; public K-12 schools authorized to accept as volunteers, local boards of education and governing bodies authorized to vote on whether to allow, limitations 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. Gidley motion to Table - Adopted Roll Call 532 (committee substitute) — source
4. Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 531 (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Sponsors

• Gidley — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-06-25T04:00:00+00:00 Filed filing
• 2026-04-16T04:00:00+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
• 2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00 Enrolled
• 2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00 Ready to Enroll
• 2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 1190 passage
• 2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00 Third Reading in Second House
• 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Education Policy)
• 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out of Committee Second House
• 2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00 Pending Committee Action in Second House (Education Policy)
• 2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Education Policy reading-1, referral-committee
• 2026-02-24T05:00:00+00:00 Engrossed
• 2026-02-24T05:00:00+00:00 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 533 passage
• 2026-02-24T05:00:00+00:00 Gidley motion to Table - Adopted Roll Call 532
• 2026-02-24T05:00:00+00:00 Lands 1st Amendment Offered amendment-introduction
• 2026-02-24T05:00:00+00:00 Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 531
• 2026-02-24T05:00:00+00:00 Gidley 1st Amendment Offered amendment-introduction
• 2026-02-24T05:00:00+00:00 Third Reading in House of Origin
• 2026-02-05T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Education Policy)
• 2026-02-04T05:00:00+00:00 Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
• 2026-01-13T05:00:00+00:00 Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Education Policy)
• 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

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f2aa1a05-4a83-40bf-8680-93e94e8dd5be. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).