republic-os/legislation/us/states/al/2026rs/sb-71.md

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Bill	Administrative rules; adopting environmental protection criteria stricter than federal requirements prohibited	Administrative Law and Procedures	us/states/al	Alabama Legislature	2026rs	SB 71	Alabama SB 71 (2026rs)	bill	Administrative Law and Procedures	enacted	Chesteen	8	33	0	2026-01-13T05:00:00+00:00	2026-02-20T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/02b23c0d-de7f-46c6-a407-9417b8aa8d86	https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search	85bac86e926cec4ce099421b6ffb212e2fa21cdff3c6d447193e4bcebefb25e1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-al

Alabama SB 71 (2026rs) — Administrative rules; adopting environmental protection criteria stricter than federal requirements prohibited

Administrative Law and Procedures

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Chesteen motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 206 (committee substitute) — source
3. Coleman-Madison motion to Adopt - Lost Roll Call 207 (committee substitute) — source
4. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
5. Stubbs motion to Table - Adopted Roll Call 443 (committee substitute) — source
6. Stubbs motion to Table - Adopted Roll Call 444 (committee substitute) — source
7. Stubbs motion to Table - Adopted Roll Call 445 (committee substitute) — source
8. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Sponsors

• Chesteen — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-02-20T05:00:00+00:00 Enacted became-law
• 2026-02-19T05:00:00+00:00 Signature Requested
• 2026-02-19T05:00:00+00:00 Delivered to Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-02-18T05:00:00+00:00 Enrolled
• 2026-02-18T05:00:00+00:00 Ready to Enroll
• 2026-02-18T05:00:00+00:00 Ready to Enroll
• 2026-02-17T05:00:00+00:00 Wilcox intended to vote "Abstain"
• 2026-02-17T05:00:00+00:00 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 447 passage
• 2026-02-17T05:00:00+00:00 Brown motion to Previous Question - Adopted Roll Call 446
• 2026-02-17T05:00:00+00:00 Stubbs motion to Table - Adopted Roll Call 445
• 2026-02-17T05:00:00+00:00 Lands 1st Amendment Offered amendment-introduction
• 2026-02-17T05:00:00+00:00 Stubbs motion to Table - Adopted Roll Call 444
• 2026-02-17T05:00:00+00:00 Clarke 1st Amendment Offered amendment-introduction
• 2026-02-17T05:00:00+00:00 Stubbs motion to Table - Adopted Roll Call 443
• 2026-02-17T05:00:00+00:00 Jones 1st Amendment Offered amendment-introduction
• 2026-02-17T05:00:00+00:00 Third Reading in Second House
• 2026-02-05T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Agriculture and Forestry)
• 2026-02-05T05:00:00+00:00 Reported Out of Committee Second House
• 2026-02-03T05:00:00+00:00 Pending Committee Action in Second House (Agriculture and Forestry)
• 2026-02-03T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Agriculture and Forestry reading-1, referral-committee
• 2026-02-03T05:00:00+00:00 Engrossed
• 2026-02-03T05:00:00+00:00 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 229 passage
• 2026-02-03T05:00:00+00:00 Carried Over to the Call of the Chair
• 2026-02-03T05:00:00+00:00 Coleman-Madison motion to Adopt - Lost Roll Call 207
• 2026-02-03T05:00:00+00:00 Coleman-Madison 1st Amendment Offered amendment-introduction
• 2026-02-03T05:00:00+00:00 Chesteen motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 206
• 2026-02-03T05:00:00+00:00 County and Municipal Government 1st Amendment Offered (County and Municipal Government) amendment-introduction
• 2026-02-03T05:00:00+00:00 Third Reading in House of Origin
• 2026-01-20T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (County and Municipal Government)
• 2026-01-20T05:00:00+00:00 Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
• 2026-01-20T05:00:00+00:00 County and Municipal Government 1st Amendment (County and Municipal Government)
• 2026-01-13T05:00:00+00:00 Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (County and Municipal Government)
• 2026-01-13T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on County and Municipal Government reading-1, referral-committee

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/02b23c0d-de7f-46c6-a407-9417b8aa8d86. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).