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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to environmental protection; to amend Sections 22-30E-2, 22-30E-3, 22-30E-4, 22-30E-5, 22-30E-9, and 35-19-4, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide potentially responsible parties with limitations of liability with respect to a brownfield site; to create the Brownfield Remediation Reserve Fund; to add Sections 22-30E-14, 22-30E-15, and 22-30E-16 to the Code of Alabama 1975, to provide for the creation of brownfield redevelopment districts; and to make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style"
description: "Brownfields, to further provide for the voluntary cleanup program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2023rs"
identifier: "HB 378"
citation: "Alabama HB 378 (2023rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Brownfields"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chip Brown"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-04-25T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-06-01T13:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7cb8605b-c596-4928-9f76-19b7d829865b"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "7129e1fbfd2975bd7fb11ebe05ac761c6baf2413ee92b78f20d9a5a4ade97ac7"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-al"]
---
# Alabama HB 378 (2023rs) — Relating to environmental protection; to amend Sections 22-30E-2, 22-30E-3, 22-30E-4, 22-30E-5, 22-30E-9, and 35-19-4, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide potentially responsible parties with limitations of liability with respect to a brownfield site; to create the Brownfield Remediation Reserve Fund; to add Sections 22-30E-14, 22-30E-15, and 22-30E-16 to the Code of Alabama 1975, to provide for the creation of brownfield redevelopment districts; and to make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style
Brownfields, to further provide for the voluntary cleanup program
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/HB378-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2023-356** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1274782.AI1.pdf)
3. **Amendment DSMMNN-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/DSMMNN-1.pdf)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/HB378-eng.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/HB378-enr.pdf)
## Votes
- Roll of the H for Vote 606 on HB378 (2023 Regular Session) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 1028 on HB378 (2023 Regular Session) — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 607 on HB378 (2023 Regular Session) — **92–0** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Chip Brown — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass `passage`
- **2023-05-24T04:00:00+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 (Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development) `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Committee (Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development) `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in Second House `reading-1`
- **2023-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended `passage`
- **2023-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Adopt
- **2023-05-09T04:00:00+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 (Economic Development and Tourism) `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** AMD/SUB (Economic Development and Tourism)
- **2023-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred (Economic Development and Tourism) `introduction, referral`
- **2023-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in House of Origin `reading-1`
- **2023-06-01T13:00:00+00:00** Enacted as 2023-356 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7cb8605b-c596-4928-9f76-19b7d829865b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).