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Alabama · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 179: 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

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 179 is a bill introduced in the Alabama House on February 5, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: 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. 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. Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 879
  5. Motion to Add Cosponsor - Adopted Roll Call 880
  6. Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Education Policy)
  7. Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
  8. Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Education Policy
  9. Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Education Policy)

Sources

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