---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to counties and municipalities; to provide alternative virtual or electronic methods for the posting of certain public notices required by law."
description: "Counties; provide for electronic posting of legal notices on county website or screen in county buildings"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2023rs"
identifier: "SB 71"
citation: "Alabama SB 71 (2023rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jack W. Williams"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-03-21T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-06-14T13:30:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a7b46491-f45c-442a-a86d-48d63c05d14c"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "5d0e31f58ad06144c4347f1a00320a1106128fefe2ddf9e2e685967635ce343a"
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 71 (2023rs) — Relating to counties and municipalities; to provide alternative virtual or electronic methods for the posting of certain public notices required by law.

Counties; provide for electronic posting of legal notices on county website or screen in county buildings

## 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/SB71-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2023-529** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1286181.AI1.pdf)
3. **Amendment 76PNE2-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/76PNE2-1.pdf)
4. **Amendment INREWW-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/INREWW-1.pdf)
5. **Amendment RS1CMM-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/RS1CMM-1.pdf)
6. **County and Municipal Government Amendment D9P7TN-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/D9P7TN-1.pdf)
7. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/SB71-eng.pdf)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/SB71-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the H for Vote 988 on SB71 (2023 Regular Session) — **102–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 176 on SB71 (2023 Regular Session) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the S for Vote 175 on SB71 (2023 Regular Session) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the S for Vote 1165 on SB71 (2023 Regular Session) — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 989 on SB71 (2023 Regular Session) — **101–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 174 on SB71 (2023 Regular Session) — **30–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jack W. Williams — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2023-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Concur In and Adopt
- **2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended `passage`
- **2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Adopt
- **2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in Second House
- **2023-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in Second House
- **2023-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in Second House
- **2023-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (County and Municipal Government) `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** AMD/SUB (County and Municipal Government)
- **2023-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** AMD/SUB (County and Municipal Government)
- **2023-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Committee (County and Municipal Government) `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in Second House `reading-1`
- **2023-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Read A Third Time And Passed As Amended
- **2023-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Adopt
- **2023-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Adopt
- **2023-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2023-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in House of Origin
- **2023-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
- **2023-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Banking and Insurance) `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-03T04:00:00+00:00** AMD/SUB (Banking and Insurance)
- **2023-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred (Banking and Insurance) `introduction, referral`
- **2023-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in House of Origin `reading-1`
- **2023-06-14T13:30:00+00:00** Enacted as 2023-529 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a7b46491-f45c-442a-a86d-48d63c05d14c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).