republic-os/legislation/us/states/al/2023rs/sb-108.md

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Bill	Relating to public contracts; to amend Sections 41-16-50, 41-16-51, 41-16-52, 41-16-53, 41-16-54, and 41-16-55, Code of Alabama 1975, to increase the threshold dollar amount for which competitive bidding is generally required for certain state and local public awarding authorities, with exceptions; to provide a legislative method for the increase of the threshold dollar amount; and in connection therewith would have as its purpose or effect the requirement of a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of Section 111.05 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022.	Public contracts; competitive bidding on contracts of certain state and local awarding authorities, further provided; threshold dollar amount for which competitive bidding required, increased.	us/states/al	Alabama Legislature	2023rs	SB 108	Alabama SB 108 (2023rs)	bill	Public contracts	enacted	Linda Coleman-Madison	3	17	2	2023-03-21T04:00:00+00:00	2023-05-10T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/cca54e49-002f-4fa8-af12-52be25d1d44c	https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search	05aeef7859534cf9b92cfd040708cd196d50ae2f851faa04c8744c5e1d79cbf3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-al

Alabama SB 108 (2023rs) — Relating to public contracts; to amend Sections 41-16-50, 41-16-51, 41-16-52, 41-16-53, 41-16-54, and 41-16-55, Code of Alabama 1975, to increase the threshold dollar amount for which competitive bidding is generally required for certain state and local public awarding authorities, with exceptions; to provide a legislative method for the increase of the threshold dollar amount; and in connection therewith would have as its purpose or effect the requirement of a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of Section 111.05 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022.

Public contracts; competitive bidding on contracts of certain state and local awarding authorities, further provided; threshold dollar amount for which competitive bidding required, increased.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Act 2023-135 (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Roll of the H for Vote 455 on SB108 (2023 Regular Session) — 105–0 (pass) · lower
• Roll of the S for Vote 137 on SB108 (2023 Regular Session) — 31–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Linda Coleman-Madison — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-04-27T04:00:00+00:00 Enrolled
• 2023-04-27T04:00:00+00:00 Ready to Enroll
• 2023-04-27T04:00:00+00:00 Read a Third Time and Pass passage
• 2023-04-27T04:00:00+00:00 On Third Reading in Second House
• 2023-04-19T04:00:00+00:00 Read Second Time in Second House
• 2023-04-19T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out of Committee in Second House
• 2023-04-19T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Favorably (State Government) committee-passage
• 2023-04-06T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to Committee (State Government) referral-committee
• 2023-04-06T04:00:00+00:00 Read First Time in Second House reading-1
• 2023-04-06T04:00:00+00:00 Read a Third Time and Pass passage
• 2023-04-06T04:00:00+00:00 On Third Reading in House of Origin
• 2023-04-05T04:00:00+00:00 Read Second Time in House of Origin
• 2023-04-05T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
• 2023-04-05T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Favorably (State Governmental Affairs) committee-passage
• 2023-03-21T04:00:00+00:00 Introduced and Referred (State Governmental Affairs) introduction, referral
• 2023-03-21T04:00:00+00:00 Read First Time in House of Origin reading-1
• 2023-05-10T04:00:00+00:00 Enacted as 2023-135 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cca54e49-002f-4fa8-af12-52be25d1d44c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).