Files
republic-os/legislation/us/states/al/2026rs/hb-8.md
T
2026-07-06 17:26:56 -04:00

80 lines
4.2 KiB
Markdown

---
type: "Bill"
title: "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"
description: "Education"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2026rs"
identifier: "HB 8"
citation: "Alabama HB 8 (2026rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gidley"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-06-25T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-16T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f2aa1a05-4a83-40bf-8680-93e94e8dd5be"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "f1bc65e4d277563172e6ddc61da86613b763e3c4ab443abf33e6e44026d3f3ae"
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 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](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB8-int.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB8-eng.pdf)
3. **Gidley motion to Table - Adopted Roll Call 532** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/V7S4AVP-1.pdf)
4. **Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 531** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/G3WPK2C-1.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB8-enr.pdf)
## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f2aa1a05-4a83-40bf-8680-93e94e8dd5be`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).