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Alabama HouseHB511

Public K-12 education; Pledge of Allegiance and prayer required each day, constitutional amendment

Passed 73–5Party-line

What it does: This act proposes an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 2022, to: (1) require local boards of education to adopt policies requiring each public K-12 school to conduct the Pledge of Allegiance to the United States flag at the beginning of each day; (2) require local boards of education to adopt policies requiring each public K-12 school to allow a student initiated and led prayer so long as no student is required to participate; and (3) require that any policy adopted under this act allows students to opt out of participating based on their own beliefs. (official summary)

Question before the chamber: Third Reading in House of Origin

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The tally

Yes 73 · No 5 · Not voting 27

Bar: green = yes, brown = no, striped = not voting.

Votes by party
PartyYesNoNot voting
Democrats0524
Republicans7303

Most Democrats voted no; most Republicans voted yes.

The full roll (105)

Yes 73

No 5

Not voting 27

“Not voting” is a recorded non-vote, not a reason for the absence. Parties come from public rosters; how we count.