---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance; motor vehicles; assigned risk plan, department of insurance to issue motor vehicle liability insurance policies; liability waived for the department, its officers and employees, the state."
description: "Insurance"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2024rs"
identifier: "SB 47"
citation: "Alabama SB 47 (2024rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shay Shelnutt"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-02-06T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-04T14:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/324840e4-2da9-44bb-be8e-56f46717f846"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "a557b94a24aba9aaa129d19c4d922f280469fbab5f8dbb7b675576d506f6f327"
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 47 (2024rs) — Insurance; motor vehicles; assigned risk plan, department of insurance to issue motor vehicle liability insurance policies; liability waived for the department, its officers and employees, the state.

Insurance

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/SB47-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2024-38** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1513297.AI1.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/SB47-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the S for Vote 107 on SB47 (2024 Regular Session) — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the S for Vote 108 on SB47 (2024 Regular Session) — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 262 on SB47 (2024 Regular Session) — **102–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the H for Vote 261 on SB47 (2024 Regular Session) — **101–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Shay Shelnutt — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2024-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2024-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2024-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2024-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 262 `passage`
- **2024-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in Second House
- **2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Insurance)
- **2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2024-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Insurance)
- **2024-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Insurance `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 108 `passage`
- **2024-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2024-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Banking and Insurance)
- **2024-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- **2024-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Banking and Insurance)
- **2024-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Banking and Insurance `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-04T14:00:00+00:00** Enacted as 2024-38 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/324840e4-2da9-44bb-be8e-56f46717f846`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).