republic-os/legislation/us/states/al/2023rs/sb-291.md

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Bill	Relating to public contracts; to amend Section 41-16-51, Code of Alabama 1975, to further provide for contracts for which competitive bidding is not required; 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; contracts for which competitive bidding not required, further provided to include computer programs, software applications, and equipment and services for the prevention and detection of criminal activity by law enforcement agencies and community-oriented policing programs	us/states/al	Alabama Legislature	2023rs	SB 291	Alabama SB 291 (2023rs)	bill	Public contracts	enacted	Merika Coleman	6	20	4	2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00	2023-06-14T13:30:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/ea256d73-d03c-4f71-b16a-6028a1dfeea8	https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search	f2aca660aa228ae89b32efd2bc602ab3232dc155995c39f8573ea58bbea8c85a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-al

Alabama SB 291 (2023rs) — Relating to public contracts; to amend Section 41-16-51, Code of Alabama 1975, to further provide for contracts for which competitive bidding is not required; 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; contracts for which competitive bidding not required, further provided to include computer programs, software applications, and equipment and services for the prevention and detection of criminal activity by law enforcement agencies and community-oriented policing programs

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Act 2023-544 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment 2N0GSI-1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Amendment IY7HZW-1 (committee substitute) — source
5. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
6. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Roll of the S for Vote 989 on SB291 (2023 Regular Session) — 33–0 (pass) · upper
• Roll of the S for Vote 990 on SB291 (2023 Regular Session) — 33–0 (pass) · upper
• Roll of the H for Vote 1150 on SB291 (2023 Regular Session) — 95–0 (pass) · lower
• Roll of the H for Vote 1151 on SB291 (2023 Regular Session) — 85–7 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Merika Coleman — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-06-06T04:00:00+00:00 Enrolled
• 2023-06-06T04:00:00+00:00 Ready to Enroll
• 2023-06-06T04:00:00+00:00 Read a Third Time and Pass passage
• 2023-06-06T04:00:00+00:00 Table
• 2023-06-06T04:00:00+00:00 On Third Reading in Second House
• 2023-05-31T04:00:00+00:00 Read Second Time in Second House
• 2023-05-31T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out of Committee in Second House
• 2023-05-31T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Favorably (State Government) committee-passage
• 2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00 AMD/SUB (State Government)
• 2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to Committee (State Government) referral-committee
• 2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00 Read First Time in Second House reading-1
• 2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00 Read A Third Time And Passed As Amended
• 2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00 Adopt
• 2023-05-24T04:00:00+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
• 2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00 Introduced and Referred (Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development) introduction, referral
• 2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00 Read First Time in House of Origin reading-1
• 2023-06-14T13:30:00+00:00 Enacted as 2023-544 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ea256d73-d03c-4f71-b16a-6028a1dfeea8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).