---
type: "Bill"
title: "Electric lines, high voltage overhead lines, operation of equipment, etc, near prohibited under certain conditions, distance increased, warning signs on certain equipment required, Secs. 37-8-52, 37-8-53 am'd."
description: "Electric lines, high voltage overhead lines, operation of equipment, etc, near prohibited under certain conditions, distance increased, warning signs on certain equipment required, Secs. 37-8-52, 37-8-53 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2018rs"
identifier: "SB 289"
citation: "Alabama SB 289 (2018rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Utilities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ward"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-08T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/27c25ccb-ccc7-4db4-bde4-6df60c5adaee"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB289"
source_hash: "1b1cddae40386f26d4072e010b1f4c81450fb58f0676de08ad9747277d25015d"
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 289 (2018rs) — Electric lines, high voltage overhead lines, operation of equipment, etc, near prohibited under certain conditions, distance increased, warning signs on certain equipment required, Secs. 37-8-52, 37-8-53 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/SB289-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/SB289-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 962 — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 785 — **27–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ward — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **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`
- **2018-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2018-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 785 `passage`
- **2018-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 962 `passage`
- **2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2018-402. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/27c25ccb-ccc7-4db4-bde4-6df60c5adaee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).