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Alabama · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 4: School safety, permits sheriffs and chiefs of police to contract with nonpublic schools to provide school resource officers

Enacted 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 4 is a bill introduced in the Alabama Senate on July 24, 2024. According to its official title, it concerns: School safety, permits sheriffs and chiefs of police to contract with nonpublic schools to provide school resource officers. Primary sponsor: Chris Elliott (Republican). Most recent recorded action (March 19, 2025): Enacted.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

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
Chris ElliottPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate32

“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. Enacted
  2. Delivered to Governor
  3. Signature Requested
  4. Third Reading in Second House
  5. Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 289
  6. Ready to Enroll
  7. Enrolled
  8. Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Public Safety and Homeland Security)
  9. Reported Out of Committee Second House
  10. Third Reading in House of Origin
  11. Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 15
  12. Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security

Showing 12 most recent of 18 actions. Full history

Sources

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