Hearing
House Education Policy Hearing
Room 206 at 13:30:00
HB178 Alabama 2025 Session
Updated Jan 14, 2026
HB178 Alabama 2025 Session
House Bill
In Second Chamber
Current Status
2025 Regular Session
Session
1
Sponsor
Summary
- Primary Sponsor
-
Mark Gidley RepresentativeRepublican - Session
- 2025 Regular Session
- Title
- Ten Commandments; required to be displayed in the common area of public K-12 schools
- Description
This bill would require each local board of education and the governing body of each public institution of higher education to display the Ten Commandments and a context statement in a common area of each school under its jurisdiction.
This bill would provide that no local board of education or public institution of higher education is required to use its funds to comply with the display requirement and that it may accept donations to comply with the display requirement.
This bill would require the State Department of Education to identify and publicize free resources that local boards of education may use to comply with the display requirement.
This bill would require the State Board of Education and the Alabama Commission on Higher Education to adopt rules.
- Subjects
- Education
Bill Actions
S
Pending Senate Education Policy
S
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Education Policy
H
Engrossed
H
Motion to Add Cosponsor - Adopted Roll Call 887
H
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 886
H
Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 885 5VU8763-1
H
Education Policy 1st Substitute Offered 5VU8763-1
H
Third Reading in House of Origin
H
Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar
H
Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
H
Education Policy 1st Substitute 5VU8763-1
H
Pending House Education Policy
H
Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Education Policy
Calendar
Hearing
House Education Policy Hearing
Room 206 at 13:30:00
Bill Text
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Votes
Motion to Add Cosponsor - Roll Call 887
Yes
55
Absent
48
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Roll Call 886
Yes
81
No
11
Abstained
7
Absent
4
Motion to Adopt - Roll Call 885 5VU8763-1
Yes
76
No
11
Abstained
12
Absent
4
Third Reading in House of Origin
Yes
76
No
20
Abstained
3
Absent
4
HBIR: Passed by House of Origin
Yes
76
No
20
Abstained
3
Absent
4
Documents
Bill Text (Engrossed)
HB178 Alabama 2025 Session - Engrossed
Bill Text (Introduced)
HB178 Alabama 2025 Session - Introduced
Amendment
House Education Policy Education Policy 1st Substitute
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note - Introduced
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note - Reported by First Chamber Committee
Source: Alabama Legislature