---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to labor and employement; to exclude consideration of a motor carrier's use of safety improvements, technologies, practices, and driver coaching in determining a motor carrier driver's classification as an independent contractor or an employee under state law."
description: "Labor and employment, motor carriers and drivers, excludes safety improvement requirements for drivers from employee or independent contractor determination."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2023rs"
identifier: "SB 183"
citation: "Alabama SB 183 (2023rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Labor and employment"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Garlan Gudger"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-04-05T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-15T14:30:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0f60e0db-0235-4fb2-9c67-16f1e20ebab2"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "0c25f7d707c536d83aa03e0cf35929d013fa1243da1c3d20803cd5c1f045a2e0"
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 183 (2023rs) — Relating to labor and employement; to exclude consideration of a motor carrier's use of safety improvements, technologies, practices, and driver coaching in determining a motor carrier driver's classification as an independent contractor or an employee under state law.

Labor and employment, motor carriers and drivers, excludes safety improvement requirements for drivers from employee or independent contractor determination.

## 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/SB183-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2023-191** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1260781.AI1.pdf)
3. **Amendment U4MMDG-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/U4MMDG-1.pdf)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/SB183-eng.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/SB183-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the S for Vote 387 on SB183 (2023 Regular Session) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the S for Vote 386 on SB183 (2023 Regular Session) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 614 on SB183 (2023 Regular Session) — **101–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Garlan Gudger — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2023-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2023-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass `passage`
- **2023-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in Second House
- **2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in Second House
- **2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in Second House
- **2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Commerce and Small Business) `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Committee (Commerce and Small Business) `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-27T04:00:00+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
- **2023-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in House of Origin
- **2023-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
- **2023-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development) `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred (Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development) `introduction, referral`
- **2023-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in House of Origin `reading-1`
- **2023-05-15T14:30:00+00:00** Enacted as 2023-191 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0f60e0db-0235-4fb2-9c67-16f1e20ebab2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).