---
type: "Bill"
title: "Crimes and offenses; manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide, and other motor vehicle crimes amended, restitution amended"
description: "Crimes & Offenses"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2026rs"
identifier: "SB 169"
citation: "Alabama SB 169 (2026rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes & Offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sessions"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2026-01-15T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-02-19T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/64778cf2-85e9-45e8-9dd3-3be146b45d38"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "c5227853ca786ac46f526e5e41e8a8380973c226bdd37bf443d15ebd7a79559a"
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 169 (2026rs) — Crimes and offenses; manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide, and other motor vehicle crimes amended, restitution amended

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/2026RS/SB169-int.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/SB169-eng.pdf)
3. **Sessions motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 254** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/YMRSZ2N-1.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/SB169-enr.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Sessions — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2026-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2026-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2026-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2026-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2026-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Shaver intended to vote "Yea"
- **2026-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 384 `passage`
- **2026-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in Second House
- **2026-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Judiciary)
- **2026-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2026-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Judiciary)
- **2026-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2026-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 255 `passage`
- **2026-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Sessions motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 254
- **2026-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Judiciary 1st Amendment Offered (Judiciary) `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2026-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Judiciary)
- **2026-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- **2026-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Judiciary 1st Amendment (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 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/64778cf2-85e9-45e8-9dd3-3be146b45d38`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).