---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the State Ethics Commission; to require the commission to provide an alleged violator with certain evidence; and to amend Section 36-25-24, Code of Alabama 1975, to further provide whistle blower protection to employees reporting ethics violations."
description: "Ethics Commission, requirement to provide exonerating evidence to accused"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2023rs"
identifier: "SB 103"
citation: "Alabama SB 103 (2023rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Ethics Commission"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arthur Orr"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 28
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2023-03-21T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-06-14T13:30:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/668223a2-2fa6-42ff-9385-72e16f7cb99f"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "90631118c14334472a8226746948cfffd293851a2f774e39028d5361e404192e"
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 103 (2023rs) — Relating to the State Ethics Commission; to require the commission to provide an alleged violator with certain evidence; and to amend Section 36-25-24, Code of Alabama 1975, to further provide whistle blower protection to employees reporting ethics violations.

Ethics Commission, requirement to provide exonerating evidence to accused

## 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/SB103-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2023-543** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1286144.AI1.pdf)
3. **Amendment 75UXE2-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/75UXE2-1.pdf)
4. **Amendment 7NRTV2-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/7NRTV2-1.pdf)
5. **Conference Committee on SB103 Amendment S1T277-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/S1T277-1.pdf)
6. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/SB103-eng.pdf)
7. **Ethics and Campaign Finance Amendment ZSHMRR-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/ZSHMRR-1.pdf)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/SB103-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the H for Vote 1089 on SB103 (2023 Regular Session) — **102–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 1256 on SB103 (2023 Regular Session) — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 1167 on SB103 (2023 Regular Session) — **102–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the H for Vote 1088 on SB103 (2023 Regular Session) — **101–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the H for Vote 1125 on SB103 (2023 Regular Session) — **101–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 1174 on SB103 (2023 Regular Session) — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the S for Vote 360 on SB103 (2023 Regular Session) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the S for Vote 359 on SB103 (2023 Regular Session) — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Arthur Orr — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2023-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** Concur In and Adopt
- **2023-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** Concur In and Adopt
- **2023-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in House of Origin
- **2023-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** AMD/SUB (Conference Committee on SB103)
- **2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** Accede (Conference Committee on SB103)
- **2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2023-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Non Concur and Appoint Conference Committee (Conference Committee on SB103)
- **2023-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended `passage`
- **2023-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended `passage`
- **2023-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Adopt
- **2023-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in Second House
- **2023-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in Second House
- **2023-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in Second House
- **2023-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Ethics and Campaign Finance) `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** AMD/SUB (Ethics and Campaign Finance)
- **2023-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** AMD/SUB (Ethics and Campaign Finance)
- **2023-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Committee (Ethics and Campaign Finance) `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in Second House `reading-1`
- **2023-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Read A Third Time And Passed As Amended
- **2023-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Adopt
- **2023-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2023-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in House of Origin
- **2023-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
- **2023-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Judiciary) `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred (Judiciary) `introduction, referral`
- **2023-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in House of Origin `reading-1`
- **2023-06-14T13:30:00+00:00** Enacted as 2023-543 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/668223a2-2fa6-42ff-9385-72e16f7cb99f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).