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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to labor and employement; to exclude consideration of a motor carrier's use of safety improvements, technologies, practices, and driver coaching in determining a motor carrier driver's classification as an independent contractor or an employee under state law."
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description: "Labor and employment, motor carriers and drivers, excludes safety improvement requirements for drivers from employee or independent contractor determination."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
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legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
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session: "2023rs"
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identifier: "SB 183"
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citation: "Alabama SB 183 (2023rs)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Labor and employment"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Garlan Gudger"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2023-04-05T04:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2023-05-15T14:30:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0f60e0db-0235-4fb2-9c67-16f1e20ebab2"
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source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
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source_hash: "0c25f7d707c536d83aa03e0cf35929d013fa1243da1c3d20803cd5c1f045a2e0"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-al"]
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---
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# Alabama SB 183 (2023rs) — Relating to labor and employement; to exclude consideration of a motor carrier's use of safety improvements, technologies, practices, and driver coaching in determining a motor carrier driver's classification as an independent contractor or an employee under state law.
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Labor and employment, motor carriers and drivers, excludes safety improvement requirements for drivers from employee or independent contractor determination.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/SB183-int.pdf)
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2. **Act 2023-191** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1260781.AI1.pdf)
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3. **Amendment U4MMDG-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/U4MMDG-1.pdf)
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4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/SB183-eng.pdf)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/SB183-enr.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Roll of the S for Vote 387 on SB183 (2023 Regular Session) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
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- Roll of the S for Vote 386 on SB183 (2023 Regular Session) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
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- Roll of the H for Vote 614 on SB183 (2023 Regular Session) — **101–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Garlan Gudger — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
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- **2023-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
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- **2023-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass `passage`
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- **2023-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in Second House
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- **2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in Second House
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- **2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in Second House
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- **2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Commerce and Small Business) `committee-passage`
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- **2023-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Committee (Commerce and Small Business) `referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in Second House `reading-1`
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- **2023-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Read A Third Time And Passed As Amended
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- **2023-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Adopt
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- **2023-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in House of Origin
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- **2023-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in House of Origin
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- **2023-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
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- **2023-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development) `committee-passage`
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- **2023-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred (Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development) `introduction, referral`
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- **2023-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in House of Origin `reading-1`
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- **2023-05-15T14:30:00+00:00** Enacted as 2023-191 `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0f60e0db-0235-4fb2-9c67-16f1e20ebab2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).
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