---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to design professionals; to add Section 41-9A-3.1 to the Code of Alabama 1975, to require an agreement with a design professional who does not have professional liability insurance coverage to disclose that fact in writing to the client, who shall sign and notarize the disclosure."
description: "Design professionals, required to have professional liability insurance and disclose to clients"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2023rs"
identifier: "SB 244"
citation: "Alabama SB 244 (2023rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Design professionals"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Clyde Chambliss"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-04-25T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-06-14T13:30:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3f3ffa07-a5d7-4568-a7d8-f381f52e30b0"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "da33ea128425b768bb164933e029850b700f0f59d62bcd2f8b2040405baed8c6"
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 244 (2023rs) — Relating to design professionals; to add Section 41-9A-3.1 to the Code of Alabama 1975, to require an agreement with a design professional who does not have professional liability insurance coverage to disclose that fact in writing to the client, who shall sign and notarize the disclosure.

Design professionals, required to have professional liability insurance and disclose to clients

## 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/SB244-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2023-477** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1285174.AI1.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/SB244-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the S for Vote 871 on SB244 (2023 Regular Session) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 1155 on SB244 (2023 Regular Session) — **102–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Clyde Chambliss — 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** Ready to Enroll
- **2023-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass `passage`
- **2023-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in Second House
- **2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in Second House
- **2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in Second House
- **2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Insurance) `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Committee (Insurance) `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in Second House `reading-1`
- **2023-05-18T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass `passage`
- **2023-05-18T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in House of Origin
- **2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
- **2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (State Governmental Affairs) `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred (State Governmental Affairs) `introduction, referral`
- **2023-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in House of Origin `reading-1`
- **2023-06-14T13:30:00+00:00** Enacted as 2023-477 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3f3ffa07-a5d7-4568-a7d8-f381f52e30b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).