---
type: "Bill"
title: "First responders; immunize certain community emergency responders from civil liability for rendering aid"
description: "Courts & Judges"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2025rs"
identifier: "SB 47"
citation: "Alabama SB 47 (2025rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts & Judges"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Singleton"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-04T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-02T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0d8bc6b6-4978-463c-9fd9-84446a7ff382"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "b7d4f79eebb3ad8b2e9961dec9a763a55e6162f7196b458dc670b43ffc49b87e"
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 (2025rs) — First responders; immunize certain community emergency responders from civil liability for rendering aid

Courts & Judges

## 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/2025RS/SB47-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/SB47-enr.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Singleton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2025-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2025-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2025-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2025-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 477 `passage`
- **2025-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in Second House
- **2025-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Judiciary)
- **2025-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2025-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Judiciary)
- **2025-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 188 `passage`
- **2025-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2025-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Judiciary)
- **2025-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- **2025-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Judiciary)
- **2025-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0d8bc6b6-4978-463c-9fd9-84446a7ff382`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).