---
type: "Bill"
title: "Competitive bidding, awarding authority allowed to negotiate with lowest bidder when all bids exceed available funding, Sec. 39-2-6 am'd."
description: "Competitive bidding, awarding authority allowed to negotiate with lowest bidder when all bids exceed available funding, Sec. 39-2-6 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2021rs"
identifier: "SB 109"
citation: "Alabama SB 109 (2021rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Competitive Bids"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gudger"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-05-04T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f020940a-cddd-41a0-9447-29c9a9d953df"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB109"
source_hash: "25698f25ea4a27a4d28da787fcb84bb3109bef69297e003695c9967bd07788a8"
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 109 (2021rs) — Competitive bidding, awarding authority allowed to negotiate with lowest bidder when all bids exceed available funding, Sec. 39-2-6 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/SB109-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/SB109-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 173 — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1061 — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gudger — 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 Senate committee on Governmental Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 173 `passage`
- **2021-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on State Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1061 `passage`
- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Lipscomb and Wilcox intended to vote "Yea"
- **2021-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2021-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2021-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2021-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2021-439. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f020940a-cddd-41a0-9447-29c9a9d953df`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).