HB179 Alabama 2025 Session

Updated Jan 14, 2026

House Bill

In Committee

Current Status

2025 Regular Session

Session

Sponsor

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Mark Gidley Representative
Republican
Session: 2025 Regular Session
Title: Campus chaplains; public K-12 schools authorized to hire or accept as volunteers, local boards of education and governing bodies authorized to vote on whether to allow, limitations provided
Description: This bill would authorize each local board of education and the governing body of each public charter school to vote on whether to allow schools in their jurisdiction to accept a campus chaplain as a volunteer and, if the vote is in the affirmative, would allow volunteer chaplains to be made available to provide services at the request of a teacher.
This bill would require a volunteer campus chaplain to complete a recognized chaplain training program and undergo a criminal history background information check before being accepted as a volunteer.
This bill would also prohibit any individual who has been adjudicated or convicted of an offense that requires registration as a sex offender from volunteering as a campus chaplain.
Subjects: Education