---
type: "Bill"
title: "Department of Insurance, surplus line brokers providing insurance not readily available by licensed agents in this state"
description: "Insurance"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2025rs"
identifier: "SB 97"
citation: "Alabama SB 97 (2025rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kitchens"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-05T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-06T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef797d93-c2b6-4fde-a0d4-75b878de5dba"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "3626efad437731ef94eaebb205897ae71efac5109efc49b86e15850c83318107"
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 97 (2025rs) — Department of Insurance, surplus line brokers providing insurance not readily available by licensed agents in this 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/2025RS/SB97-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/SB97-enr.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Kitchens — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2025-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2025-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2025-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2025-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 1118 `passage`
- **2025-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in Second House
- **2025-04-03T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Insurance)
- **2025-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Insurance)
- **2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Insurance `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 294 `passage`
- **2025-03-06T05:00:00+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 (Banking and Insurance)
- **2025-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- **2025-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Banking and Insurance)
- **2025-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Banking and Insurance `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/ef797d93-c2b6-4fde-a0d4-75b878de5dba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).