---
type: "Bill"
title: "Highway, roads, and bridges, contracts or subcontracts for public works, provisions requiring a party to indemnify another party for damages caused by the other party prohibited"
description: "Highway, roads, and bridges, contracts or subcontracts for public works, provisions requiring a party to indemnify another party for damages caused by the other party prohibited"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2021rs"
identifier: "SB 220"
citation: "Alabama SB 220 (2021rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Highways", "Roads", "and Bridges"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Scofield"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-02-10T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-13T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/847b763c-3872-4fa1-be78-7668b5f74495"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB220"
source_hash: "74e82185577481bc49d3b00d878d5cb40a3c62509ff4c5d5e8fe70ae7e63da3c"
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 220 (2021rs) — Highway, roads, and bridges, contracts or subcontracts for public works, provisions requiring a party to indemnify another party for damages caused by the other party prohibited

## 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/SB220-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 210882-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/210882-2.pdf)
3. **Amd/Sub 210896-4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/210896-4.pdf)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/SB220-eng.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/SB220-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 755 — **97–1** (pass) · lower
- Scofield motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 526 — **28–1** (pass) · upper
- Scofield motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 525 — **28–1** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 527 — **29–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Scofield — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Transportation and Energy `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar with 1 substitute and 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Transportation and Energy first Substitute Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Scofield motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 525 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Transportation and Energy Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Scofield motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 526 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 527 `passage`
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 755 `passage`
- **2021-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2021-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2021-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2021-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2021-244. `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Transportation and Energy first Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/847b763c-3872-4fa1-be78-7668b5f74495`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).