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Bill Relating to public contracts; to prohibit governmental entities from entering into certain contracts with companies that boycott businesses because the business engages in certain sectors or does not meet certain environmental or corporate governance standards or does not facilitate certain activities; to provide that no company in the state shall be required by a governmental entity, nor penalized by a governmental entity for declining to engage in economic boycotts or other actions that further social, political, or ideological interests; to require the Attorney General to take actions to prevent federal laws or actions from penalizing, inflicting harm on, limiting commercial relations with, or changing or limiting the activities of companies or residents of the state based on the furtherance of economic boycott criteria; and to authorize the Attorney General to investigate and enforce this act; and to provide definitions. Public contracts, state and local governments prohibited from entering into certain contracts that boycott businesses in certain sectors or based on certain environmental or corporate governance criteria us/states/al Alabama Legislature 2023rs SB 261 Alabama SB 261 (2023rs)
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Alabama SB 261 (2023rs) — Relating to public contracts; to prohibit governmental entities from entering into certain contracts with companies that boycott businesses because the business engages in certain sectors or does not meet certain environmental or corporate governance standards or does not facilitate certain activities; to provide that no company in the state shall be required by a governmental entity, nor penalized by a governmental entity for declining to engage in economic boycotts or other actions that further social, political, or ideological interests; to require the Attorney General to take actions to prevent federal laws or actions from penalizing, inflicting harm on, limiting commercial relations with, or changing or limiting the activities of companies or residents of the state based on the furtherance of economic boycott criteria; and to authorize the Attorney General to investigate and enforce this act; and to provide definitions.

Public contracts, state and local governments prohibited from entering into certain contracts that boycott businesses in certain sectors or based on certain environmental or corporate governance criteria

Version chain

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

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Act 2023-409 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Amendment 4QGDRI-1 (committee substitute) — source
  4. Amendment RXF4NN-1 (committee substitute) — source
  5. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
  6. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Roll of the S for Vote 850 on SB261 (2023 Regular Session) — 265 (fail) · upper
  • Roll of the H for Vote 1066 on SB261 (2023 Regular Session) — 7427 (pass) · lower
  • Roll of the S for Vote 852 on SB261 (2023 Regular Session) — 278 (fail) · upper
  • Roll of the S for Vote 851 on SB261 (2023 Regular Session) — 330 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Dan Roberts — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2023-05-31T04:00:00+00:00 Enrolled
  • 2023-05-31T04:00:00+00:00 Ready to Enroll
  • 2023-05-31T04:00:00+00:00 Read a Third Time and Pass passage
  • 2023-05-31T04:00:00+00:00 On Third Reading in Second House
  • 2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00 Read Second Time in Second House
  • 2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out of Committee in Second House
  • 2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Favorably (Financial Services ) committee-passage
  • 2023-05-23T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to Committee (Financial Services ) referral-committee
  • 2023-05-23T04:00:00+00:00 Read First Time in Second House reading-1
  • 2023-05-18T04:00:00+00:00 Read A Third Time And Passed As Amended
  • 2023-05-18T04:00:00+00:00 Adopt
  • 2023-05-18T04:00:00+00:00 Adopt
  • 2023-05-18T04:00:00+00:00 On Third Reading in House of Origin
  • 2023-05-11T04:00:00+00:00 Read Second Time in House of Origin
  • 2023-05-10T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
  • 2023-05-10T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Favorably (Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development) committee-passage
  • 2023-05-10T04:00:00+00:00 AMD/SUB (Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development)
  • 2023-04-27T04:00:00+00:00 Introduced and Referred (Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development) introduction, referral
  • 2023-04-27T04:00:00+00:00 Read First Time in House of Origin reading-1
  • 2023-06-06T15:15:00+00:00 Enacted as 2023-409 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/89976003-3c43-4764-983a-60df1160cb61. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).