HB 447 Alabama House · 2025 Regular Session

School buses, law requiring the transportation of community college and trade school students on, repealed

HB 447 repeals the existing state law that requires public school buses to transport community college and trade school students under certain circumstances. Instead, the bill mandates that local boards of education adopt their own policies regarding transportation services for students. These policies must include provisions for students, such as those in dual enrollment programs at colleges or attending career technical education centers, who need transportation to offsite educational venues. This shifts the authority for these transportation decisions from a statewide mandate to individual local school boards.

Issues: ✗ Education

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

Apr 2025

House Passage

Apr 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Mar 18, 2025 Last action May 1, 2025

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What changed between versions

Ways and Means Education 1st Substitute → Engrossed · 3 edits · Apr 15, 2025

MINOR

The bill was updated from a substitute version to its final engrossed form, incorporating the official text as passed by the legislature. The core policy remains unchanged: it requires local school boards to create policies for transporting dual enrollment and career technical education students to offsite venues, while repealing the previous mandate that forced public buses to carry community college and trade school students.

Scope change

The scope of the bill's applicability is now formally defined by the final legislative text, confirming the repeal of the previous mandatory transportation requirement for community colleges and trade schools.

TECHNICAL

Removed internal legislative tracking headers, substitute metadata, and the original synopsis that summarized the bill's intent.

Added the final engrossed title page, official legislative page numbering, and the House journal record showing the bill was passed on April 15, 2025, with a vote of 99 Yeas and 0 Nays.

Replaced the substitute version header with the official engrossed version header to reflect the bill's final status after passing all legislative stages.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the House by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Apr 30, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported Out of Committee Second House

upper

Apr 17, 2025

Upper · Passed

Pending Committee Action in Second House (Education Policy)

upper

Apr 15, 2025

Lower · Passed

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 841

lower

Apr 15, 2025

Lower · Passed

Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 840

lower

Apr 15, 2025

Introduced

Ways and Means Education Engrossed Substitute Offered (Ways and Means Education)

lower

Apr 9, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported Out of Committee House of Origin (Ways and Means Education)

lower

Mar 18, 2025

Lower · Passed

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

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors