---
type: "Bill"
title: "Dredging; coastal areas, dredged materials required to be beneficially used by persons dredging certain amounts"
description: "Conservation & Natural Resources"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2026rs"
identifier: "HB 181"
citation: "Alabama HB 181 (2026rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Conservation & Natural Resources"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Marques"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 26
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2026-01-13T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-02-10T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ee2ce668-9a16-4889-ac57-bb139a724123"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "95f4840afb55e6d3384218caafd23e6d1c21bf4be5eee2e185636ae0c81fe561"
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 HB 181 (2026rs) — Dredging; coastal areas, dredged materials required to be beneficially used by persons dredging certain amounts

Conservation & Natural Resources

## 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/2026RS/HB181-int.pdf)
2. **Albritton motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 209** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/FKSY355-1.pdf)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB181-eng.pdf)
4. **Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 175** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/RBQCRMY-1.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB181-enr.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Marques — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2026-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2026-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2026-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2026-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Marques Concur In and Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 271
- **2026-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 210 `passage`
- **2026-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Albritton motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 209
- **2026-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Albritton 1st Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in Second House
- **2026-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (County and Municipal Government)
- **2026-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2026-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (County and Municipal Government)
- **2026-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on County and Municipal Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2026-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 176 `passage`
- **2026-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 175
- **2026-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Ways and Means General Fund Engrossed Substitute Offered (Ways and Means General Fund) `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2026-01-21T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Ways and Means General Fund)
- **2026-01-21T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin (Ways and Means General Fund)
- **2026-01-14T05:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Committee in House of Origin (Ways and Means General Fund) `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-14T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Ports, Waterways and Intermodal Transit)
- **2026-01-14T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- **2026-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Ports, Waterways and Intermodal Transit)
- **2026-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Ports, Waterways and Intermodal Transit `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/ee2ce668-9a16-4889-ac57-bb139a724123`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).