republic-os/legislation/us/states/al/2026rs/hb-475.md

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Bill	Public Service Commission; number of commissioners expanded to represent congressional districts, phase-in by election provided, term of office revised, position of Secretary of Energy established as cabinet member, calculation of electric utility rates revised; rate hearings authorized	Telecommunications & Utilities	us/states/al	Alabama Legislature	2026rs	HB 475	Alabama HB 475 (2026rs)	bill	Telecommunications & Utilities	enacted	Butler (M)	9	32	0	2026-02-19T05:00:00+00:00	2026-04-03T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/826b6a4e-ccc7-4d9c-860c-31d2f90ecb81	https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search	df0d442f3bdf0243cf8d276ca3f120df20f390c7a5ef474a9e2d23126c7a4186	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-al

Alabama HB 475 (2026rs) — Public Service Commission; number of commissioners expanded to represent congressional districts, phase-in by election provided, term of office revised, position of Secretary of Energy established as cabinet member, calculation of electric utility rates revised; rate hearings authorized

Telecommunications & Utilities

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Chambliss motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1027 (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
4. Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 942 (committee substitute) — source
5. Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 943 (committee substitute) — source
6. Robbins 1st Amendment Offered (committee substitute) — source
7. Robbins 2nd Amendment Offered (committee substitute) — source
8. Smitherman motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1028 (committee substitute) — source
9. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Sponsors

• Butler (M) — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-04-03T04:00:00+00:00 Enacted became-law
• 2026-04-02T04:00:00+00:00 Delivered to Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-04-02T04:00:00+00:00 Signature Requested
• 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 Enrolled
• 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 Ready to Enroll
• 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 Smith motion to Concur in and Adopt Senate Amendment to HB475
• 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 Butler motion to Non-Concur and Appoint Conference Committee- Smith to Table Motion
• 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 1029 passage
• 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 Smitherman motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1028
• 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 Smitherman 1st Amendment Offered amendment-introduction
• 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 Chambliss motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1027
• 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development 1st Substitute Offered (Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development) amendment-introduction
• 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 Third Reading in Second House
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development)
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out of Committee Second House
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development 1st Substitute (Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development)
• 2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00 Pending Committee Action in Second House (Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development)
• 2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00 Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development reading-1, referral-committee
• 2026-03-17T04:00:00+00:00 Engrossed
• 2026-03-17T04:00:00+00:00 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 944 passage
• 2026-03-17T04:00:00+00:00 Robbins 2nd Amendment Offered amendment-introduction
• 2026-03-17T04:00:00+00:00 Robbins 1st Amendment Offered amendment-introduction
• 2026-03-17T04:00:00+00:00 Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 943
• 2026-03-17T04:00:00+00:00 Brown 1st Amendment Offered amendment-introduction
• 2026-03-17T04:00:00+00:00 Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 942
• 2026-03-17T04:00:00+00:00 Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure 1st Substitute Offered (Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure) amendment-introduction
• 2026-03-17T04:00:00+00:00 Third Reading in House of Origin
• 2026-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure)
• 2026-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
• 2026-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure 1st Substitute (Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure)
• 2026-02-19T05:00:00+00:00 Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure)
• 2026-02-19T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure reading-1, referral-committee

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/826b6a4e-ccc7-4d9c-860c-31d2f90ecb81. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).