HB96 Alabama 2022 Session
In Committee
Bill Summary
Sponsors
Session
Regular Session 2022
Title
Education, public K-12 schools, requires installation of water bottle filling stations
Description
<p class="bill_description"> This bill would require the installation of
water bottle filling stations in all newly
constructed public K-12 school buildings and
certain renovated public K-12 school buildings</p><p class="bill_description">
This bill would require schools to allow
students, teachers, and staff to use the filling
stations</p><p class="bill_description">
This bill would set requirements for the
number of filling stations and the maintenance of
those filling stations</p><p class="bill_description">
This bill would also regulate the use of
water bottles by students, teachers, and staff of
public K-12 schools</p><p class="bill_description">
Amendment 621 of the Constitution of Alabama
of 1901, as amended by Amendment 890, now appearing
as Section 111.05 of the Official Recompilation of
the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended,
prohibits a general law whose purpose or effect
would be to require a new or increased expenditure
of local funds from becoming effective with regard
to a local governmental entity without enactment by
a 2/3 vote unless: it comes within one of a number
of specified exceptions; it is approved by the
affected entity; or the Legislature appropriates
funds, or provides a local source of revenue, to
the entity for the purpose</p><p class="bill_description">
The purpose or effect of this bill would be
to require a new or increased expenditure of local
funds within the meaning of the amendment. If this
bill is not enacted by a 2/3 vote, it will not
become effective with regard to a local entity
unless approved by the local entity or until, and
only as long as, the Legislature appropriates funds
or provides for a local source of revenue</p><p class="bill_entitled_an_act"> Relating to education; to require the installation
of water bottle filling stations in certain public K-12 school
buildings; and to regulate the use of filling stations and
water bottles by individuals in public K-12 schools; and in
connection therewith to have as its purpose or effect the
requirement of a new or increased expenditure of local funds
within the meaning of Amendment 621 of the Constitution of
Alabama of 1901, as amended by Amendment 890, now appearing as
Section 111.05 of the Official Recompilation of the
Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended.
</p>
Subjects
Public Schools
Bill Actions
| Action Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| January 11, 2022 | H | Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Ways and Means Education |
Bill Text
Bill Documents
| Type | Link |
|---|---|
| Bill Text | HB96 Alabama 2022 Session - Introduced |