SB383 Alabama 2015 Session
Signed by Governor
Bill Summary
Sponsors
Session
Regular Session 2015
Title
Textbooks, purchasing of by boards of education, use of qualified depository for textbooks established, Secs. 16-36-60.1, 16-36-71 added; Secs. 16-36-62, 16-36-64, 16-36-65 am'd.
Description
<p class="bill_description"> This act would establish qualified
depositories for textbooks, which would be
facilities that receive textbook orders from boards
of education, store sufficient quantities of
textbooks, and distribute textbooks to local school
systems</p><p class="bill_description">
This bill would prohibit a qualified
depository for textbooks from charging a board of
education for its services, but would authorize it
to charge a publisher a fee for its services</p><p class="bill_description">
The bill would provide that a publisher of
textbooks is responsible for ensuring that a
sufficient stock of textbooks is maintained at a
qualified depository</p><p class="bill_description">
This bill would prohibit the price of any
textbook sold through a qualified depository for
textbooks from exceeding the costs already
prescribed by law</p><p class="bill_description">
This bill would also clarify that textbooks
include digital textbooks for the purposes of
public school textbook purchasing</p><p class="bill_entitled_an_act"> Relating to the purchase of school textbooks; to
amend Sections 16-36-62, 16-36-64 and 16-36-65, Code of
Alabama 1975; to add Sections 16-36-60.1 and 16-36-71 to the
Code of Alabama 1975; to establish qualified depositories for
textbooks, which would be facilities that receive textbook
orders from boards of education, store sufficient quantities
of textbooks, and distribute textbooks to local school
systems; to prohibit a qualified depository for textbooks from
charging a board of education for its services, but would
authorize it to charge a publisher a fee for its services; to
prohibit the price of any textbook to exceed the costs already
prescribed by law; and to clarify that textbooks include
digital textbooks for the purposes of public school textbook
purchasing.
</p>
Subjects
Textbooks
Bill Actions
| Action Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| June 2, 2015 | S | Assigned Act No. 2015-386. |
| June 2, 2015 | H | Signature Requested |
| June 2, 2015 | S | Enrolled |
| May 28, 2015 | H | Concurred in Second House Amendment |
| May 28, 2015 | S | Marsh motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1287 |
| May 28, 2015 | S | Concurrence Requested |
| May 28, 2015 | H | Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1162 |
| May 28, 2015 | H | Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1161 |
| May 28, 2015 | H | Education Policy Amendment Offered |
| May 28, 2015 | H | Third Reading Passed |
| May 21, 2015 | H | Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment |
| May 5, 2015 | H | Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Education Policy |
| April 30, 2015 | S | Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 701 |
| April 30, 2015 | S | Third Reading Passed |
| April 28, 2015 | S | Read for the second time and placed on the calendar |
| April 16, 2015 | S | Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Education and Youth Affairs |
Bill Calendar
| Type | Date | Location | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hearing | May 20, 2015 | Room 418 at 13:30 | House EP Hearing |
| Hearing | May 20, 2015 | Room 418 *Updated Agenda* at 13:30 | House EP Hearing |
| Hearing | May 19, 2015 | Room 418 at 13:00 | House EP Public Hearing |
| Hearing | April 22, 2015 | Room 727 at 08:30 | Senate ED Hearing |
Bill Text
Bill Votes
Bill Documents
| Type | Link |
|---|---|
| Bill Text | SB383 Alabama 2015 Session - Introduced |
| Bill Text | SB383 Alabama 2015 Session - Enrolled |