SB383 Alabama 2015 Session
Bill Summary
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
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
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
This bill would prohibit the price of any textbook sold through a qualified depository for textbooks from exceeding the costs already prescribed by law
This bill would also clarify that textbooks include digital textbooks for the purposes of public school textbook purchasing
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.
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 - Enrolled |
| Bill Text | SB383 Alabama 2015 Session - Introduced |