---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public highways; procedure for issuance of permit for access to state rights-of-way on public highways, further provided"
description: "Transportation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2025rs"
identifier: "SB 311"
citation: "Alabama SB 311 (2025rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carnley"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-04-08T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-14T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fa131f4a-51ce-4237-a7bf-b485a383b1f5"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "6b5f70f328ccda8138406ccc8ca16be1379564a58aa67f68d07a12c884386538"
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 311 (2025rs) — Public highways; procedure for issuance of permit for access to state rights-of-way on public highways, further provided

Transportation

## 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/2025RS/SB311-int.pdf)
2. **Bell motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 809** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/G3NTECC-1.pdf)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/SB311-eng.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/SB311-enr.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Carnley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2025-05-01T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-01T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2025-05-01T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2025-05-01T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2025-05-01T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2025-05-01T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 1158 `passage`
- **2025-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Economic Development and Tourism)
- **2025-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2025-04-24T04:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Economic Development and Tourism)
- **2025-04-24T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Economic Development and Tourism `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-24T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2025-04-24T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 810 `passage`
- **2025-04-24T04:00:00+00:00** Bell motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 809
- **2025-04-24T04:00:00+00:00** Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development 1st Substitute Offered (Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development) `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-24T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2025-04-22T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development)
- **2025-04-22T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- **2025-04-22T04:00:00+00:00** Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development 1st Substitute (Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development)
- **2025-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development)
- **2025-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development `reading-1, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fa131f4a-51ce-4237-a7bf-b485a383b1f5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).