---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to guardianships and conservatorships; to create the Colby Act; to provide for a supported decision-making agreement as an alternative to a guardianship or conservatorship; and to provide the scope and limitations of a supported decision-making agreement."
description: "Guardianships and conservatorships, Colby Act, supported decision-making agreements in lieu of guardianship or conservatorship provided for"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2023rs"
identifier: "SB 55"
citation: "Alabama SB 55 (2023rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Guardianships and conservatorships"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arthur Orr"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-03-07T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-09T17:25:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f6929d6e-1b6f-41e9-b50f-919bd3e615c5"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "3f4a358a0072842512274d8c99cf3eb98f504e4c137d4f68c55309585518c0cb"
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 55 (2023rs) — Relating to guardianships and conservatorships; to create the Colby Act; to provide for a supported decision-making agreement as an alternative to a guardianship or conservatorship; and to provide the scope and limitations of a supported decision-making agreement.

Guardianships and conservatorships, Colby Act, supported decision-making agreements in lieu of guardianship or conservatorship provided for

## 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/SB55-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2023-134** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1255076.AI1.pdf)
3. **Amendment 1XDRL3-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/1XDRL3-1.pdf)
4. **Amendment 8TLQFH-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/8TLQFH-1.pdf)
5. **Amendment TDT211-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/TDT211-1.pdf)
6. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/SB55-eng.pdf)
7. **Judiciary Amendment 4L0233-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/4L0233-1.pdf)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/SB55-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the S for Vote 113 on SB55 (2023 Regular Session) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the S for Vote 112 on SB55 (2023 Regular Session) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 324 on SB55 (2023 Regular Session) — **104–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 114 on SB55 (2023 Regular Session) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 323 on SB55 (2023 Regular Session) — **104–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Arthur Orr — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2023-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Concur In and Adopt
- **2023-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass `passage`
- **2023-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Adopt
- **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 (Judiciary) `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** AMD/SUB (Judiciary)
- **2023-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** AMD/SUB (Judiciary)
- **2023-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Committee (Judiciary) `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in Second House `reading-1`
- **2023-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Read A Third Time And Passed As Amended
- **2023-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Adopt
- **2023-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Adopt
- **2023-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2023-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in House of Origin
- **2023-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
- **2023-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Judiciary) `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred (Judiciary) `introduction, referral`
- **2023-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in House of Origin `reading-1`
- **2023-05-09T17:25:00+00:00** Enacted as 2023-134 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f6929d6e-1b6f-41e9-b50f-919bd3e615c5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).