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Alabama Legislature · HB8 · Enacted

Campus chaplains; public K-12 schools authorized to accept as volunteers, local boards of education and governing bodies authorized to vote on whether to allow, limitations provided

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Officially: “Campus chaplains; public K-12 schools authorized to accept as volunteers, local boards of education and governing bodies authorized to vote on whether to allow, limitations provided Read the full text

2026 regular session

What it does

This act: (1) authorizes local boards of education and governing bodies of public charter schools to vote on adopting a policy authorizing a school to accept a volunteer campus chaplain to provide services at the request of a teacher; and (2) requires that such chaplains have completed a recognized chaplain training program, have a criminal history background check conducted, and have not been convicted of a crime requiring registration as a sex offender.
From the official legislative record, shown verbatim. Not legal advice.

Where it is

Enacted (latest official status) · Jan 13, 2026
Latest official status shown, exactly as the official record states it. The step by step history lives on the official page linked below.

The numbers

1
sponsor on the bill

Sponsors

Gidley

Recorded votes

Recorded voteSenate · 2026-04-07 · yeas 33, nays 0, abstains 0
Recorded voteSenate · 2026-04-07 · yeas 33, nays 0, abstains 0
Recorded voteHouse · 2026-03-04 · yeas 91, nays 7, abstains 6
Recorded voteHouse · 2026-03-04 · yeas 80, nays 22, abstains 0
Recorded voteHouse · 2026-03-04 · yeas 97, nays 3, abstains 1
Recorded voteHouse · 2026-03-04 · yeas 93, nays 4, abstains 2
Roll-call results shown verbatim from the Alabama legislature’s records. A result reflects that roll call’s own motion, not the bill’s overall outcome.
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