---
type: "Bill"
title: "Competitive bids by co. and city bds of ed and gov't entities, exclusion for purchases through cooperative purchasing agreements to include leases and lease/purchase agreements, Secs. 16-13B-2, 41-16-51 am'd."
description: "Competitive bids by co. and city bds of ed and gov't entities, exclusion for purchases through cooperative purchasing agreements to include leases and lease/purchase agreements, Secs. 16-13B-2, 41-16-51 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2021rs"
identifier: "HB 187"
citation: "Alabama HB 187 (2021rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Competitive Bids"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Collins"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/54f29028-bc53-4104-a1f6-335b2bf5d8c3"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB187"
source_hash: "c6cb8163e428a64e5842bdb29f84d9cf93324e80a93303ffd6a8b57b4f4aa3c4"
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 187 (2021rs) — Competitive bids by co. and city bds of ed and gov't entities, exclusion for purchases through cooperative purchasing agreements to include leases and lease/purchase agreements, Secs. 16-13B-2, 41-16-51 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/2021rs/PrintFiles/HB187-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 209633-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/209633-2.pdf)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/HB187-eng.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/HB187-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1428 — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 89 — **101–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 90 — **102–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Collins — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on State Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** State Government Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 89 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 90 `passage`
- **2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Governmental Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1428 `passage`
- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2021-485. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 7:24 p.m. on May 17, 2021. `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/54f29028-bc53-4104-a1f6-335b2bf5d8c3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).