---
type: "Bill"
title: "General Contractor Licensing Board; practice of general contracting, exemption expanded"
description: "Authorities, Boards, & Commissions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2026rs"
identifier: "SB 279"
citation: "Alabama SB 279 (2026rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Authorities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chambliss"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2026-02-10T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-09T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/646f0552-1281-4a1d-888d-cda95220236e"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "a2c24ea5035b5d3c2524db7ede24f27838d6934d05b7c19b3e5de84a657f91ce"
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 279 (2026rs) — General Contractor Licensing Board; practice of general contracting, exemption expanded

Authorities, Boards, & Commissions

## 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/SB279-int.pdf)
2. **Chambliss motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 613** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/YMTMQ62-1.pdf)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/SB279-eng.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/SB279-enr.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Chambliss — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2026-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2026-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2026-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2026-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 1173 `passage`
- **2026-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in Second House
- **2026-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Commerce and Small Business)
- **2026-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2026-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Commerce and Small Business)
- **2026-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Commerce and Small Business `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 614 `passage`
- **2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Chambliss motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 613
- **2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Chambliss 1st Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2026-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (County and Municipal Government)
- **2026-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- **2026-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (County and Municipal Government)
- **2026-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on County and Municipal Government `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/646f0552-1281-4a1d-888d-cda95220236e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).