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Alabama · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 34: Public K-12 education; violence prevention, conflict resolution, and mediation instruction required before graduation from high school, State Board of Education required to adopt standards

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

SB 34 is a bill introduced in the Alabama Senate on December 31, 2024. According to its official title, it concerns: Public K-12 education; violence prevention, conflict resolution, and mediation instruction required before graduation from high school, State Board of Education required to adopt standards. Primary sponsor: Rodger Smitherman (Democratic). Most recent recorded action (May 1, 2025): Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (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): Democratic 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Rodger SmithermanPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate18

“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 Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Education Policy)
  2. Reported Out of Committee Second House
  3. Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Education Policy
  4. Pending Committee Action in Second House (Education Policy)
  5. Third Reading in House of Origin
  6. Education Policy 1st Amendment Offered (Education Policy)
  7. Smitherman motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 604
  8. Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 605
  9. Engrossed
  10. Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Education Policy)
  11. Education Policy 1st Amendment (Education Policy)
  12. Reported Out of Committee House of Origin

Showing 12 most recent of 15 actions. Full history

Sources

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