Hearing
Senate Education Policy Hearing
Finance and Taxation at 09:30:00
SB35 Alabama 2024 Session
Updated Jan 14, 2026
SB35 Alabama 2024 Session
Senate Bill
In Committee
Current Status
Regular Session 2024
Session
1
Sponsor
Summary
- Primary Sponsor
-
Rodger Smitherman SenatorDemocrat - Session
- Regular Session 2024
- Title
- Public K-12 education, history instruction required to be fact-based and inclusive
- Description
Existing law provides for a core curriculum for students enrolled in public K-12 schools which includes four years of social studies with an emphasis on history.
This bill would require social studies and history instruction to be fact-based, historically accurate, and inclusive.
- Subjects
- Education
Bill Actions
H
Pending House Education Policy
H
Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Education Policy
S
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 293
S
Third Reading in House of Origin
S
Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar
S
Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
S
Pending Senate Education Policy
S
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Education Policy
Calendar
Hearing
Senate Education Policy Hearing
Room 304 (TIME & ROOM change) at 11:30:00
Bill Text
Votes
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Roll Call 293
Yes
27
No
1
Abstained
1
Absent
6
Third Reading in House of Origin
Yes
30
Absent
5
Documents
Bill Text (Introduced)
SB35 Alabama 2024 Session - Introduced
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note - As Introduced
Source: Alabama Legislature