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Alabama · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 178: Ten Commandments; required to be displayed in the common area of public K-12 schools

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 178 is a bill introduced in the Alabama House on February 5, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Ten Commandments; required to be displayed in the common area of public K-12 schools. Primary sponsor: Mark Gidley (Republican). Most recent recorded action (April 22, 2025): Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Education Policy.

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Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Education

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Mark GidleyPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse29

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Education Policy
  2. Pending Committee Action in Second House (Education Policy)
  3. Third Reading in House of Origin
  4. Education Policy 1st Substitute Offered (Education Policy)
  5. Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 885
  6. Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 886
  7. Motion to Add Cosponsor - Adopted Roll Call 887
  8. Engrossed
  9. Education Policy 1st Substitute (Education Policy)
  10. Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
  11. Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Education Policy)
  12. Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Education Policy

Showing 12 most recent of 13 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source