---
type: "Bill"
title: "Wireless telecommunications, installation and deployment of small wireless facilities and associated poles, towers, and base stations on the public rights-of-way, authorized"
description: "Wireless telecommunications, installation and deployment of small wireless facilities and associated poles, towers, and base stations on the public rights-of-way, authorized"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2021rs"
identifier: "SB 76"
citation: "Alabama SB 76 (2021rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Telecommunications"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Orr"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-02-11T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c507cd8e-a9e6-42fb-9c2e-ad0898dde56b"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB76"
source_hash: "88f861e92e87c1fd94dee761de4d40a569fb1b31c02a5fa0f3ec75e7b620a439"
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 76 (2021rs) — Wireless telecommunications, installation and deployment of small wireless facilities and associated poles, towers, and base stations on the public rights-of-way, authorized

## 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/SB76-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 209637-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/209637-2.pdf)
3. **Amd/Sub 209798-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/209798-1.pdf)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/SB76-eng.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/SB76-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 69 — **27–3** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 78 — **101–0** (pass) · lower
- Orr motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 68 — **29–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Orr — 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 Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development `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`
- **2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Orr motion to Table adopted Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Orr Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Orr motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 68 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 69 `passage`
- **2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Urban and Rural Development `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10T05:00:00+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 78 `passage`
- **2021-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2021-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2021-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2021-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2021-5. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c507cd8e-a9e6-42fb-9c2e-ad0898dde56b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).