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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to public utilities; to authorize the Alabama Public Service Commission to designate certain providers or of commercial mobile radio services as a eligible to offer and receive universal service support."
+description: "Public utilities; Alabama Public Service Commission; authorized to designate providers of radio or cellular telephone services as an eligible telecommunications carrier for the purposes of providing Lifeline service."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
+legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
+session: "2023rs"
+identifier: "SB 315"
+citation: "Alabama SB 315 (2023rs)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Public utilities"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Dan Roberts"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2023-05-11T04:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2023-06-14T13:30:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/17cb5866-02d5-4ac2-a0e9-0dce579f96ae"
+source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
+source_hash: "5fea304880fcb318d66ee9a721f83ae680a6f23deb652d052c7c961b34e34a66"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-al"]
+---
+
+# Alabama SB 315 (2023rs) — Relating to public utilities; to authorize the Alabama Public Service Commission to designate certain providers or of commercial mobile radio services as a eligible to offer and receive universal service support.
+
+Public utilities; Alabama Public Service Commission; authorized to designate providers of radio or cellular telephone services as an eligible telecommunications carrier for the purposes of providing Lifeline service.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/SB315-int.pdf)
+2. **Act 2023-469** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1285196.AI1.pdf)
+3. **Amendment PJJLRR-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/PJJLRR-1.pdf)
+4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/SB315-eng.pdf)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/SB315-enr.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Roll of the H for Vote 1106 on SB315 (2023 Regular Session) — **100–0** (pass) · lower
+- Roll of the S for Vote 1011 on SB315 (2023 Regular Session) — **35–0** (pass) · upper
+- Roll of the S for Vote 1010 on SB315 (2023 Regular Session) — **35–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Dan Roberts — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
+- **2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
+- **2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass `passage`
+- **2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in Second House
+- **2023-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in Second House
+- **2023-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in Second House
+- **2023-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure) `committee-passage`
+- **2023-05-26T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Committee (Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure) `referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-26T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in Second House `reading-1`
+- **2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Read A Third Time And Passed As Amended
+- **2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Adopt
+- **2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in House of Origin
+- **2023-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in House of Origin
+- **2023-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
+- **2023-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development) `committee-passage`
+- **2023-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** AMD/SUB (Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development)
+- **2023-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred (Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development) `introduction, referral`
+- **2023-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in House of Origin `reading-1`
+- **2023-06-14T13:30:00+00:00** Enacted as 2023-469 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/17cb5866-02d5-4ac2-a0e9-0dce579f96ae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).
+