---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the Alabama Sunset Law; to continue the existence and functioning of the State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors until October 1, 2027."
description: "Sunset Law, State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors continued until October 1, 2027"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2023rs"
identifier: "HB 198"
citation: "Alabama HB 198 (2023rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Sunset Law"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Randall Shedd"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-23T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-25T12:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5bc1f1b9-17c7-4908-9033-0f7ea568a38e"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "1f29342b6630060f58ac2d5c0affe9530a86ecfd1e12cb3f8348349c1eb3b1b8"
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 198 (2023rs) — Relating to the Alabama Sunset Law; to continue the existence and functioning of the State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors until October 1, 2027.

Sunset Law, State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors continued until October 1, 2027

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/HB198-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2023-45** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1241847.AI1.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/HB198-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the S for Vote 261 on HB198 (2023 Regular Session) — **31–2** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 58 on HB198 (2023 Regular Session) — **102–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Randall Shedd — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2023-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2023-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass `passage`
- **2023-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in Second House
- **2023-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in Second House
- **2023-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in Second House
- **2023-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development) `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Committee (Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development) `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in Second House `reading-1`
- **2023-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass `passage`
- **2023-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2023-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in House of Origin
- **2023-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
- **2023-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Boards, Agencies and Commissions) `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred (Boards, Agencies and Commissions) `introduction, referral`
- **2023-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in House of Origin `reading-1`
- **2023-04-25T12:00:00+00:00** Enacted as 2023-45 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5bc1f1b9-17c7-4908-9033-0f7ea568a38e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).