---
type: "Bill"
title: "Crimes & offenses, provides that it is unlawful to loiter within 30 feet of an interchange involving a controlled-access or limited access highway"
description: "Crimes & Offenses"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2024rs"
identifier: "SB 89"
citation: "Alabama SB 89 (2024rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes & Offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rodger M. Smitherman"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-02-13T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-05-09T20:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/541f94f7-f4ca-41c2-960b-62dd5096e539"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "81d7fa06fbd20a8205f8b10cb522f2c3c721a2ffff07e9b119f8aaaae8a2a03c"
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 89 (2024rs) — Crimes & offenses, provides that it is unlawful to loiter within 30 feet of an interchange involving a controlled-access or limited access highway

Crimes & Offenses

## 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/SB89-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2024-326** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1542980.AI1.pdf)
3. **Amendment LLQEYYW-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/LLQEYYW-1.pdf)
4. **Public Safety and Homeland Security Amendment TENI551-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/TENI551-1.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/SB89-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the S for Vote 130 on SB89 (2024 Regular Session) — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 843 on SB89 (2024 Regular Session) — **93–3** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the H for Vote 841 on SB89 (2024 Regular Session) — **95–1** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 131 on SB89 (2024 Regular Session) — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 842 on SB89 (2024 Regular Session) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rodger M. Smitherman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2024-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2024-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2024-05-01T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2024-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 843 `passage`
- **2024-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 842
- **2024-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Public Safety and Homeland Security Engrossed Substitute Offered (Public Safety and Homeland Security) `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in Second House
- **2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Public Safety and Homeland Security)
- **2024-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House (Public Safety and Homeland Security)
- **2024-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Public Safety and Homeland Security 1st Amendment (Public Safety and Homeland Security)
- **2024-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Public Safety and Homeland Security)
- **2024-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 131 `passage`
- **2024-02-29T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2024-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Judiciary)
- **2024-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- **2024-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Judiciary)
- **2024-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-09T20:00:00+00:00** Enacted as 2024-326 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/541f94f7-f4ca-41c2-960b-62dd5096e539`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).