---
type: "Bill"
title: "Underground Damage Prevention Program; One-Call Notification System, further provided for complex or large projects, sunset extended"
description: "Telecommunications & Utilities"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2026rs"
identifier: "SB 205"
citation: "Alabama SB 205 (2026rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Telecommunications & Utilities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen (G)"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2026-01-22T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-18T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/acf7d2b7-da3b-46f0-ae02-0350d6d9e586"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "01f06d30a7ed6c02ba9d2784df84219a060feb9d818aeb2edb98eba9a5df09f7"
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 205 (2026rs) — Underground Damage Prevention Program; One-Call Notification System, further provided for complex or large projects, sunset extended

Telecommunications & Utilities

## 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/SB205-int.pdf)
2. **Allen motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 469** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/SLI3S85-1.pdf)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/SB205-eng.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/SB205-enr.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Allen (G) — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2026-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 783 `passage`
- **2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in Second House
- **2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure)
- **2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2026-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure)
- **2026-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2026-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 470 `passage`
- **2026-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** Allen motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 469
- **2026-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** Transportation and Energy 1st Amendment Offered (Transportation and Energy) `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2026-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Transportation and Energy)
- **2026-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- **2026-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Transportation and Energy 1st Amendment (Transportation and Energy)
- **2026-01-22T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Transportation and Energy)
- **2026-01-22T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Transportation and Energy `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/acf7d2b7-da3b-46f0-ae02-0350d6d9e586`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).