republic-os/legislation/us/states/al/2021rs/sb-261.md

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Bill	Design professionals, including architects, landscape architects, surveyors, engineers, or geologists, contracts for professional services of, required indemnification provisions in contracts for liability of third party prohibited	Design professionals, including architects, landscape architects, surveyors, engineers, or geologists, contracts for professional services of, required indemnification provisions in contracts for liability of third party prohibited	us/states/al	Alabama Legislature	2021rs	SB 261	Alabama SB 261 (2021rs)	bill	Professions and Businesses	enacted	Chambliss	5	18	4	2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00	2021-04-22T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/7d58656e-0332-4e61-9e71-7ee818211e87	http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB261	dc735df6e3dabd27c98dfd375f3be252692e97aab26c8710bf03d5bbd78979fe	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-al

Alabama SB 261 (2021rs) — Design professionals, including architects, landscape architects, surveyors, engineers, or geologists, contracts for professional services of, required indemnification provisions in contracts for liability of third party prohibited

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Amd/Sub 210723-2 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amd/Sub 212723-1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Chambliss motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 778 — 28–0 (pass) · upper
• Chambliss motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 777 — 28–0 (pass) · upper
• Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 779 — 28–0 (pass) · upper
• Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 905 — 92–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Chambliss — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary reading-1, referral-committee
• 2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the second time and placed on the calendar with 1 substitute and reading-2
• 2021-04-06T04:00:00+00:00 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2021-04-06T04:00:00+00:00 Judiciary first Substitute Offered amendment-introduction
• 2021-04-06T04:00:00+00:00 Chambliss motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 777 amendment-passage
• 2021-04-06T04:00:00+00:00 Chambliss Amendment Offered amendment-introduction
• 2021-04-06T04:00:00+00:00 Chambliss motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 778 amendment-passage
• 2021-04-06T04:00:00+00:00 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 779 passage
• 2021-04-06T04:00:00+00:00 Engrossed
• 2021-04-06T04:00:00+00:00 Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Commerce and Small Business reading-1, referral-committee
• 2021-04-13T04:00:00+00:00 Read for the second time and placed on the calendar reading-2
• 2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 905 passage
• 2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00 Lipscomb Conflict of Interest filed
• 2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Second House passage
• 2021-04-22T04:00:00+00:00 Enrolled
• 2021-04-22T04:00:00+00:00 Signature Requested
• 2021-04-22T04:00:00+00:00 Assigned Act No. 2021-318. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7d58656e-0332-4e61-9e71-7ee818211e87. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).