HB 129 Alabama House · 2024 Regular Session

Creating Hope and Opportunity for Our Students’ Education (CHOOSE) Act of 2024, established to provide education savings accounts (ESAs) for parents of children to use in providing education services for those children.

Summary

Education

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2024

Committee Review

Mar 2024

House Passage

Feb 2024

Senate Passage

Mar 2024

Signed into Law

Mar 2024

Introduced Feb 7, 2024 Signed Mar 8, 2024

Floor votes · Senate Mar 6, 2024 · House Feb 27, 2024

How they voted

9–21

Passed · 5 other

Total votes 35

Mar 6, 2024

D Democratic8

8 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican27

1 Yea 21 Nay 5

77% Nay

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Mar 6, 2024

Upper · Passed

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 180

upper

Mar 6, 2024

Introduced

Stutts 2nd Amendment Offered

upper

Mar 6, 2024

Upper · Passed

Orr motion to Table - Adopted Voice Vote

upper

Mar 6, 2024

Introduced

Stutts Amendment Offered

upper

Mar 6, 2024

Introduced

Singleton 2nd Amendment Offered

upper

Mar 6, 2024

Introduced

Singleton Amendment Offered

upper

Mar 6, 2024

Introduced

Smitherman Amendment Offered

upper

Mar 5, 2024

Upper · Passed

Reported Out of Committee Second House

upper

Feb 28, 2024

Upper · Passed

Pending Committee Action in Second House (Finance and Taxation Education)

upper

Feb 27, 2024

Lower · Passed

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 131

lower

Feb 27, 2024

Lower · Passed

Garrett motion to Table - Adopted Roll Call 130

lower

Feb 27, 2024

Introduced

Harrison Amendment Offered

lower

Feb 27, 2024

Lower · Passed

Garrett motion to Table - Adopted Roll Call 129

lower

Feb 27, 2024

Introduced

Yarbrough Amendment Offered

lower

Feb 27, 2024

Lower · Passed

Garrett motion to Table - Adopted Roll Call 128

lower

Feb 27, 2024

Introduced

Mooney Amendment Offered

lower

Feb 27, 2024

Lower · Passed

Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 127

lower

Feb 27, 2024

Introduced

Lovvorn Amendment Offered

lower

Feb 27, 2024

Lower · Passed

Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 126

lower

Feb 27, 2024

Introduced

W&ME Substitute Offered (Ways and Means Education)

lower

Feb 22, 2024

Lower · Passed

Committee Substitute Adopted (Ways and Means Education)

lower

Feb 22, 2024

Lower · Passed

Reported Out of Committee House of Origin

lower

Feb 7, 2024

Lower · Passed

Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Ways and Means General Fund)

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors