Legislation: batch A — AK AL AR AZ CO CT DE GA HI IA ID

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>

legislation/us/states/al/2024rs/sb-234.md

@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Public contracts, county public building authorities, exemption provided"
+description: "Competitive Bidding"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
+legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
+session: "2024rs"
+identifier: "SB 234"
+citation: "Alabama SB 234 (2024rs)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Competitive Bidding"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Sam Givhan"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 20
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2024-03-19T04:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2024-05-09T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a28443de-47dd-4e15-a408-e7d0e655582a"
+source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
+source_hash: "c6ad9d2f3fe47874f2aedd1665781c04c600021109cb2b20e66194b8c6244a4e"
+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 234 (2024rs) — Public contracts, county public building authorities, exemption provided
+
+Competitive Bidding
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/SB234-int.pdf)
+2. **Act 2024-280** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1542684.AI1.pdf)
+3. **Amendment Z8M1RKK-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/Z8M1RKK-1.pdf)
+4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/SB234-eng.pdf)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/SB234-enr.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Roll of the H for Vote 968 on SB234 (2024 Regular Session) — **100–0** (pass) · lower
+- Roll of the S for Vote 406 on SB234 (2024 Regular Session) — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+- Roll of the H for Vote 967 on SB234 (2024 Regular Session) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
+- Roll of the S for Vote 405 on SB234 (2024 Regular Session) — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+- Roll of the S for Vote 404 on SB234 (2024 Regular Session) — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Sam Givhan — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
+- **2024-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
+- **2024-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
+- **2024-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
+- **2024-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 968 `passage`
+- **2024-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in Second House
+- **2024-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (County and Municipal Government)
+- **2024-04-17T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
+- **2024-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (County and Municipal Government)
+- **2024-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on County and Municipal Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2024-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
+- **2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 406 `passage`
+- **2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Givhan motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 405
+- **2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Givhan 1st Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
+- **2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (County and Municipal Government)
+- **2024-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
+- **2024-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (County and Municipal Government)
+- **2024-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on County and Municipal Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2024-05-08T17:30:00+00:00** Enacted as 2024-280 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a28443de-47dd-4e15-a408-e7d0e655582a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).
+