title: Child Placing Agency Inclusion Act
text: # Child Placing Agency Inclusion Act
  
  Child Placing Agency Inclusion Act (House Bill 24 (HB 24)) is a 2017 anti-LGBT law that was enacted in the U.S. state of Alabama that permits taxpayer-funded adoption agencies to deny services on the basis of religious exemptions.
  
  ## Passage
  
  On April 18, 2017, the Alabama Senate passed HB 24, with 23 yeas and 9 nays. On April 18, 2017, the Alabama House of Representatives passed HB 24, with 87 yeas and 6 abstaining. On April 27, 2017, it was assigned Act No. 2017-213. On May 3, 2017, Governor Kay Ivey signed it into law. This is in the Code of Alabama under Title 26 Chapter 10D.
  
  