---
type: "Bill"
title: "Transportation Dept, competitive bids, min. requirement increased for projects to over $250,000, Sec. 39-2-2 am'd."
description: "Transportation Dept, competitive bids, min. requirement increased for projects to over $250,000, Sec. 39-2-2 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2018rs"
identifier: "HB 243"
citation: "Alabama HB 243 (2018rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Competitive Bids"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sells"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-18T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-03-06T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3666a9a5-d75e-4c48-bc1f-8d58c1df4c1d"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB243"
source_hash: "a57e57342cbc5e6707557543e6d7627c419e394e4b5c59b77c76477f5040c7e8"
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 HB 243 (2018rs) — Transportation Dept, competitive bids, min. requirement increased for projects to over $250,000, Sec. 39-2-2 am'd.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/HB243-int.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/HB243-eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/HB243-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 256 — **91–4** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 581 — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 255 — **93–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sells — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-18T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on State Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2018-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** State Government Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 255 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 256 `passage`
- **2018-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Transportation and Energy `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2018-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2018-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 581 `passage`
- **2018-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2018-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2018-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2018-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2018-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 2:38 p.m. on March 6, 2018. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2018-199. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3666a9a5-d75e-4c48-bc1f-8d58c1df4c1d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).