---
type: "Bill"
title: "Dam Safety Program; Emergency Management Agency required to administer, agency approval of participating dam construction, modification, or removal required"
description: "Buildings, Construction & Infrastructure"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2026rs"
identifier: "SB 378"
citation: "Alabama SB 378 (2026rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Buildings"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chambliss"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2c1bbcb8-5d00-4c65-8555-8c0d437c254b"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "7ec93bfa8a35f7969330ce720454c7615d3483b24063b880eaa514856f147d49"
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 378 (2026rs) — Dam Safety Program; Emergency Management Agency required to administer, agency approval of participating dam construction, modification, or removal required

Buildings, Construction & Infrastructure

## 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/SB378-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/SB378-enr.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Chambliss — 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** Signature Requested
- **2026-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **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** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 1328 `passage`
- **2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (State Government)
- **2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2026-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (State Government)
- **2026-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on State Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 1123 `passage`
- **2026-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Finance and Taxation General Fund)
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Finance and Taxation General Fund)
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Finance and Taxation General Fund `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/2c1bbcb8-5d00-4c65-8555-8c0d437c254b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).