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type: "Bill"
title: "Higher education, to require public colleges and universities to submit annual report on the amount of state and federal funds received and expended, and plans for operating if federal or state funding reduced"
description: "Education"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2026rs"
identifier: "SB 59"
citation: "Alabama SB 59 (2026rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Orr"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
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/7a67b777-8503-4093-958b-764ec74ab68b"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "1dfb0f8835339b82102119f85eb780c0dd964b59b040bf37e2d806ffc4dee852"
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 SB 59 (2026rs) — Higher education, to require public colleges and universities to submit annual report on the amount of state and federal funds received and expended, and plans for operating if federal or state funding reduced
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/SB59-int.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/SB59-eng.pdf)
3. **Orr motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 248** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/6YEESZ1-1.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/SB59-enr.pdf)
## Sponsors
- Orr — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-04-17T04:00:00+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 1351 `passage`
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Ways and Means Education)
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2026-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Ways and Means Education)
- **2026-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means Education `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2026-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 249 `passage`
- **2026-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Orr motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 248
- **2026-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Finance and Taxation Education 1st Amendment Offered (Finance and Taxation Education) `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2026-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Finance and Taxation Education)
- **2026-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- **2026-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** Finance and Taxation Education 1st Amendment (Finance and Taxation Education)
- **2026-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Finance and Taxation Education)
- **2026-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Finance and Taxation 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/7a67b777-8503-4093-958b-764ec74ab68b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).