---
type: "Bill"
title: "Unincorporated nonprofit associations; decentralized associations provided for"
description: "Businesses & Financial Institutions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2026rs"
identifier: "SB 277"
citation: "Alabama SB 277 (2026rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Businesses & Financial Institutions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2026-02-10T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-02T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e3180f2-1e7e-4ef9-a6c2-8615abd30067"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "17c70cae797d92fdff8f536d8d5e02b583ad75e44dcdc9d86617e0631c0d91c4"
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 277 (2026rs) — Unincorporated nonprofit associations; decentralized associations provided for

Businesses & Financial Institutions

## 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/SB277-int.pdf)
2. **Bell motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 559** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/XDYLLZ7-1.pdf)
3. **Bell motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 560** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/I3BFCWW-1.pdf)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/SB277-eng.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/SB277-enr.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Bell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2026-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2026-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2026-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2026-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2026-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 887 `passage`
- **2026-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in Second House
- **2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Economic Development and Tourism)
- **2026-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Economic Development and Tourism)
- **2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Economic Development and Tourism `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 561 `passage`
- **2026-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Bell motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 560
- **2026-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Bell motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 559
- **2026-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development 1st Amendment Offered (Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development) `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development 2nd Amendment Offered (Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development) `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2026-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development)
- **2026-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- **2026-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development 2nd Amendment (Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development)
- **2026-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development 1st Amendment (Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development)
- **2026-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development)
- **2026-02-10T05:00:00+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/6e3180f2-1e7e-4ef9-a6c2-8615abd30067`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).