---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to water utilities; to amend Act 2022-378 of the 2022 Regular Session, now appearing as Section 41-5A-12.2 of the Code of Alabama 1975, relating to certain nonprofit corporations providing water service and providing a one-time audit by the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts, to specify that the law applies to nonprofit corporations providing water service to its members or the public; and to authorize the department to conduct an additional one-time audit of a nonprofit corporation if the department suspects fraud or mismanagement of funds."
description: "Water utilities, organized as nonprofit corporation under Title 11, Code of Alabama 1975, one-time audit by Department of Examiners of Public Accounts, includes entities providing water to members and public"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2023rs"
identifier: "SB 258"
citation: "Alabama SB 258 (2023rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Water utilities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andrew Jones"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-04-27T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-06-14T13:30:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2f584628-6379-4a5c-b6d9-9a4317cb673b"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "247e7691457f035e97a63cee384ca7b92fe614f7bff013b16eef247bd11e9f93"
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 258 (2023rs) — Relating to water utilities; to amend Act 2022-378 of the 2022 Regular Session, now appearing as Section 41-5A-12.2 of the Code of Alabama 1975, relating to certain nonprofit corporations providing water service and providing a one-time audit by the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts, to specify that the law applies to nonprofit corporations providing water service to its members or the public; and to authorize the department to conduct an additional one-time audit of a nonprofit corporation if the department suspects fraud or mismanagement of funds.

Water utilities, organized as nonprofit corporation under Title 11, Code of Alabama 1975, one-time audit by Department of Examiners of Public Accounts, includes entities providing water to members and public

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/SB258-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2023-465** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1285192.AI1.pdf)
3. **Amendment ZPGNKK-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/ZPGNKK-1.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/SB258-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the S for Vote 1166 on SB258 (2023 Regular Session) — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the S for Vote 683 on SB258 (2023 Regular Session) — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 1086 on SB258 (2023 Regular Session) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the H for Vote 1087 on SB258 (2023 Regular Session) — **100–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Andrew Jones — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2023-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Concur In and Adopt
- **2023-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended `passage`
- **2023-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Adopt
- **2023-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in Second House
- **2023-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in Second House
- **2023-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in Second House
- **2023-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** AMD/SUB (State Government)
- **2023-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (State Government) `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Committee (State Government) `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in Second House `reading-1`
- **2023-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass `passage`
- **2023-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in House of Origin
- **2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
- **2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (County and Municipal Government) `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred (County and Municipal Government) `introduction, referral`
- **2023-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in House of Origin `reading-1`
- **2023-06-14T13:30:00+00:00** Enacted as 2023-465 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2f584628-6379-4a5c-b6d9-9a4317cb673b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).