---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alabama Business and Nonprofit Entities Code; revisions made to clarify procedures, make technical corrections, and codify common law"
description: "Businesses & Financial Institutions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2026rs"
identifier: "HB 248"
citation: "Alabama HB 248 (2026rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Businesses & Financial Institutions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Faulkner"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2026-01-15T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/10cfd516-a4bc-4802-9c60-d511b4e98539"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "384f108d9fb69c1352aca538abb810e8f84b594ed7392827cb0773a646aa6e79"
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 248 (2026rs) — Alabama Business and Nonprofit Entities Code; revisions made to clarify procedures, make technical corrections, and codify common law

Businesses & Financial Institutions

## 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/HB248-int.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB248-eng.pdf)
3. **Givhan motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1272** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/2J5RBII-1.pdf)
4. **Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1082** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/ARKTHQS-1.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB248-enr.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Faulkner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2026-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2026-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2026-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2026-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Faulkner motion to Concur In and Adopt Senate Amendment - Adopted Roll Call 1342
- **2026-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 1273 `passage`
- **2026-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Givhan motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1272
- **2026-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development 1st Amendment Offered (Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development) `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development)
- **2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House (Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development)
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development)
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 1083 `passage`
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1082
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Judiciary Engrossed Substitute Offered (Judiciary) `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Judiciary)
- **2026-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin (Judiciary)
- **2026-01-15T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Judiciary)
- **2026-01-15T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House 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/10cfd516-a4bc-4802-9c60-d511b4e98539`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).