republic-os/legislation/us/states/al/2023rs/sb-159.md

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Bill	Relating to civil liability; to amend Sections 6-5-700, 6-5-701, 6-5-702, 6-5-703, 6-5-704, 6-5-705, and 6-5-708, Code of Alabama 1975, to further provide for the liability of a public awarding authority and its contractors regarding the construction and maintenance of public roads; to delete an exception to the statutory protection from liability of a contractor; to create a rebuttable presumption of nonliability of the awarding authority and its contractors when certain circumstances apply; and to provide certain pleading requirements in the filing of a complaint for injury or death arising form the construction or maintenance of a public road.	Highways, roads and bridges, contracts for construction, repair or maintenance, awarding authority defined, contractors immune from civil liability if compliant with contract and accepted by awarding authority.	us/states/al	Alabama Legislature	2023rs	SB 159	Alabama SB 159 (2023rs)	bill	Highways	enacted	Clay Scofield	7	21	5	2023-04-04T04:00:00+00:00	2023-05-30T15:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/a1f10308-8c6b-4146-84d7-457c59f02e6f	https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search	9b36232d7d8c7129fd521c07e9ab9cc0c033caf3da55ff479a66cbf907de7976	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-al

Alabama SB 159 (2023rs) — Relating to civil liability; to amend Sections 6-5-700, 6-5-701, 6-5-702, 6-5-703, 6-5-704, 6-5-705, and 6-5-708, Code of Alabama 1975, to further provide for the liability of a public awarding authority and its contractors regarding the construction and maintenance of public roads; to delete an exception to the statutory protection from liability of a contractor; to create a rebuttable presumption of nonliability of the awarding authority and its contractors when certain circumstances apply; and to provide certain pleading requirements in the filing of a complaint for injury or death arising form the construction or maintenance of a public road.

Highways, roads and bridges, contracts for construction, repair or maintenance, awarding authority defined, contractors immune from civil liability if compliant with contract and accepted by awarding authority.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Act 2023-316 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment HASH63-1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Amendment MI9S1H-1 (committee substitute) — source
5. Amendment RXXINM-1 (committee substitute) — source
6. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
7. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Roll of the H for Vote 802 on SB159 (2023 Regular Session) — 101–0 (pass) · lower
• Roll of the S for Vote 651 on SB159 (2023 Regular Session) — 34–0 (pass) · upper
• Roll of the S for Vote 653 on SB159 (2023 Regular Session) — 34–0 (pass) · upper
• Roll of the S for Vote 650 on SB159 (2023 Regular Session) — 34–0 (pass) · upper
• Roll of the S for Vote 652 on SB159 (2023 Regular Session) — 34–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Clay Scofield — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-05-23T04:00:00+00:00 Enrolled
• 2023-05-23T04:00:00+00:00 Ready to Enroll
• 2023-05-23T04:00:00+00:00 Read a Third Time and Pass passage
• 2023-05-23T04:00:00+00:00 On Third Reading in Second House
• 2023-05-17T04:00:00+00:00 Read Second Time in Second House
• 2023-05-17T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out of Committee in Second House
• 2023-05-17T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Favorably (Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure) committee-passage
• 2023-05-16T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to Committee (Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure) referral-committee
• 2023-05-16T04:00:00+00:00 Read First Time in Second House reading-1
• 2023-05-11T04:00:00+00:00 Read A Third Time And Passed As Amended
• 2023-05-11T04:00:00+00:00 Adopt
• 2023-05-11T04:00:00+00:00 Adopt
• 2023-05-11T04:00:00+00:00 Adopt
• 2023-05-11T04:00:00+00:00 On Third Reading in House of Origin
• 2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00 Read Second Time in House of Origin
• 2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
• 2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Favorably (Judiciary) committee-passage
• 2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00 AMD/SUB (Judiciary)
• 2023-04-04T04:00:00+00:00 Introduced and Referred (Judiciary) introduction, referral
• 2023-04-04T04:00:00+00:00 Read First Time in House of Origin reading-1
• 2023-05-30T15:00:00+00:00 Enacted as 2023-316 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a1f10308-8c6b-4146-84d7-457c59f02e6f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).