---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to county and local government; to provide prohibitions on the adoption or enforcement of certain building codes requiring the installation of certain latent, non-operable features in a residential structure."
description: "County and local government; building codes; prohibitions on adoption or enforcement of requirement to install certain latent features in residential structures, provided."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2023rs"
identifier: "SB 40"
citation: "Alabama SB 40 (2023rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["County and local government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris Elliott"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-03-07T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-01T18:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cd4de495-8aee-44a5-8556-d85c98bb167b"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "8bbad3e1d647c186e528a6a2d2f53f18f79ce6eca7e4e067937e63e94b3f850c"
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 40 (2023rs) — Relating to county and local government; to provide prohibitions on the adoption or enforcement of certain building codes requiring the installation of certain latent, non-operable features in a residential structure.

County and local government; building codes; prohibitions on adoption or enforcement of requirement to install certain latent features in residential structures, 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/SB40-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2023-74** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1246992.AI1.pdf)
3. **Amendment R5PBYY-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/R5PBYY-1.pdf)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/SB40-eng.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/SB40-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the H for Vote 300 on SB40 (2023 Regular Session) — **104–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 70 on SB40 (2023 Regular Session) — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the S for Vote 69 on SB40 (2023 Regular Session) — **29–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chris Elliott — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2023-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2023-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass `passage`
- **2023-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in Second House
- **2023-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in Second House
- **2023-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in Second House
- **2023-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (County and Municipal Government) `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Committee (County and Municipal Government) `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in Second House `reading-1`
- **2023-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Read A Third Time And Passed As Amended
- **2023-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Adopt
- **2023-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2023-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in House of Origin
- **2023-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
- **2023-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (County and Municipal Government) `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred (County and Municipal Government) `introduction, referral`
- **2023-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in House of Origin `reading-1`
- **2023-05-01T18:00:00+00:00** Enacted as 2023-74 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cd4de495-8aee-44a5-8556-d85c98bb167b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).