---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to contracts for professional services; to amend Section 41-4-133, Code of Alabama 1975, as last amended by Act 2022-357, to provide for the procurement of certain professional service contracts based on competitive, qualification-based policies and procedures; to provide for the advertisement of such contracts; and to subject such contracts to a fee schedule established by the Division of Construction Management of the Department of Finance, with exception."
description: "Public contracts; procurement of professional services contracts based on a competitive, qualification-based selection process, provided"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2023rs"
identifier: "SB 309"
citation: "Alabama SB 309 (2023rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public contracts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Clyde Chambliss"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 26
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2023-05-11T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-06-14T13:30:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d87d1e40-27d0-49d8-91d3-1cd574d06d76"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "af7cc825c21108c48698b7604763a9ea3fce3276340757e7a5c5412b553e5ebe"
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 309 (2023rs) — Relating to contracts for professional services; to amend Section 41-4-133, Code of Alabama 1975, as last amended by Act 2022-357, to provide for the procurement of certain professional service contracts based on competitive, qualification-based policies and procedures; to provide for the advertisement of such contracts; and to subject such contracts to a fee schedule established by the Division of Construction Management of the Department of Finance, with exception.

Public contracts; procurement of professional services contracts based on a competitive, qualification-based selection process, provided

## 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/SB309-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2023-547** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1286147.AI1.pdf)
3. **Amendment F60P55-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/F60P55-1.pdf)
4. **Amendment ID2921** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/SB309-ID2921.pdf)
5. **Amendment NXWC8J-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/NXWC8J-1.pdf)
6. **Amendment RXCQYY-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/RXCQYY-1.pdf)
7. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/SB309-eng.pdf)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/SB309-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the S for Vote 859 on SB309 (2023 Regular Session) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the S for Vote 858 on SB309 (2023 Regular Session) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the S for Vote 860 on SB309 (2023 Regular Session) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 1073 on SB309 (2023 Regular Session) — **100–2** (fail) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 1169 on SB309 (2023 Regular Session) — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 1072 on SB309 (2023 Regular Session) — **96–3** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the H for Vote 1153 on SB309 (2023 Regular Session) — **101–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 1257 on SB309 (2023 Regular Session) — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 1071 on SB309 (2023 Regular Session) — **7–72** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Clyde Chambliss — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **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** Executive Amendment
- **2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2023-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Concur In and Adopt
- **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** Table
- **2023-05-31T04:00:00+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 (State Government) `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Committee (State Government) `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 Passed As Amended
- **2023-05-18T04:00:00+00:00** Adopt
- **2023-05-18T04:00:00+00:00** Adopt
- **2023-05-18T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2023-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in House of Origin
- **2023-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
- **2023-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** AMD/SUB (County and Municipal Government)
- **2023-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** AMD/SUB (County and Municipal Government)
- **2023-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (County and Municipal Government) `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred (County and Municipal Government) `introduction, referral`
- **2023-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in House of Origin `reading-1`
- **2023-06-14T13:30:00+00:00** Enacted as 2023-547 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d87d1e40-27d0-49d8-91d3-1cd574d06d76`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).