---
type: "Bill"
title: "Utilities, governmental entities, prohibited from adopting or enforcing policies that prohibit use of utility services authorized to do business in state"
description: "Utilities, governmental entities, prohibited from adopting or enforcing policies that prohibit use of utility services authorized to do business in state"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2021rs"
identifier: "HB 446"
citation: "Alabama HB 446 (2021rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Utilities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Faulkner"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-27T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/108c96f4-3818-4aa5-9ba6-41deb84c2ef3"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB446"
source_hash: "110b756c38a6d4f559fbb7769152ce0e5a9c0b752ed5c6726f6c325e69b1d5a4"
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 446 (2021rs) — Utilities, governmental entities, prohibited from adopting or enforcing policies that prohibit use of utility services authorized to do business in state

## 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/HB446-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 212556-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/212556-1.pdf)
3. **Amd/Sub 212714-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/212714-2.pdf)
4. **Amd/Sub 213083-4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/213083-4.pdf)
5. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/HB446-eng.pdf)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/HB446-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 617 — **84–0** (pass) · lower
- Faulkner motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 991 — **101–0** (pass) · lower
- Scofield motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1056 — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 618 — **89–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1057 — **29–1** (pass) · upper
- Scofield motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1055 — **30–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Faulkner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Faulkner Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 617 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 618 `passage`
- **2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Transportation and Energy `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Transportation and Energy Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Scofield motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1055 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Scofield Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Scofield motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1056 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1057 `passage`
- **2021-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
- **2021-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Faulkner motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 991 `passage`
- **2021-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Second House Amendment
- **2021-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2021-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2021-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2021-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2021-336. `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Forwarded to Governor on April 27, 2021 at 6:02 p.m. on April 27, 2021. `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/108c96f4-3818-4aa5-9ba6-41deb84c2ef3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).