---
type: "Bill"
title: "Critical infrastructure, provides further for crime of unauthorized entry of a critical infrastructure, including unmanned aircraft systems, provides additional penalties, Sec. 13A-7-4.3 am'd."
description: "Critical infrastructure, provides further for crime of unauthorized entry of a critical infrastructure, including unmanned aircraft systems, provides additional penalties, Sec. 13A-7-4.3 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2022rs"
identifier: "SB 17"
citation: "Alabama SB 17 (2022rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Critical Infrastructure"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gudger"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-02-15T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9e2f8e95-0722-4aa4-8bdc-58825dd7c922"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB17"
source_hash: "30758ac95de11ba301b981132d98b084a2948fbc66d9d7f4f23303f55f036a6f"
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 17 (2022rs) — Critical infrastructure, provides further for crime of unauthorized entry of a critical infrastructure, including unmanned aircraft systems, provides additional penalties, Sec. 13A-7-4.3 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/2022rs/PrintFiles/SB17-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 216785-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/216785-1.pdf)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/SB17-eng.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/SB17-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Gudger motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 43 — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 44 — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 131 — **99–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gudger — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-18T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2022-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Gudger Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Gudger motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 43 `amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 44 `passage`
- **2022-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2022-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Rereferred from TU&I to PS&HS
- **2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2022-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 131 `passage`
- **2022-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2022-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2022-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2022-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2022-34. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9e2f8e95-0722-4aa4-8bdc-58825dd7c922`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).