AL SB159 | 2023 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Passed on May 23 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-05-23 - Enacted
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Passed on May 23 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-05-23 - Enacted
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]
Summary
Relating to civil liability; to amend Sections 6-5-700, 6-5-701, 6-5-702, 6-5-703, 6-5-704, 6-5-705, and 6-5-708, Code of Alabama 1975, to further provide for the liability of a public awarding authority and its contractors regarding the construction and maintenance of public roads; to delete an exception to the statutory protection from liability of a contractor; to create a rebuttable presumption of nonliability of the awarding authority and its contractors when certain circumstances apply; and to provide certain pleading requirements in the filing of a complaint for injury or death arising form the construction or maintenance of a public road.
Title
Relating to civil liability; to amend Sections 6-5-700, 6-5-701, 6-5-702, 6-5-703, 6-5-704, 6-5-705, and 6-5-708, Code of Alabama 1975, to further provide for the liability of a public awarding authority and its contractors regarding the construction and maintenance of public roads; to delete an exception to the statutory protection from liability of a contractor; to create a rebuttable presumption of nonliability of the awarding authority and its contractors when certain circumstances apply; and to provide certain pleading requirements in the filing of a complaint for injury or death arising form the construction or maintenance of a public road.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2023-05-23 - House - Read a Third Time and Pass (Y: 101 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2023-05-11 - Senate - Read A Third Time And Passed As Amended (Y: 34 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-05-11 - Senate - Adopt MI9S1H-1 (Y: 34 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-05-11 - Senate - Adopt RXXINM-1 (Y: 34 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-05-11 - Senate - Adopt HASH63-1 (Y: 34 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-05-11 - Senate - Read A Third Time And Passed As Amended (Y: 34 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-05-11 - Senate - Adopt MI9S1H-1 (Y: 34 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-05-11 - Senate - Adopt RXXINM-1 (Y: 34 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-05-11 - Senate - Adopt HASH63-1 (Y: 34 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-05-23 | Senate | Enacted |
| 2023-05-23 | Senate | Enrolled |
| 2023-05-23 | House | Ready to Enroll |
| 2023-05-23 | House | Read a Third Time and Pass |
| 2023-05-23 | House | On Third Reading in Second House |
| 2023-05-17 | House | Read Second Time in Second House |
| 2023-05-17 | House | Reported Out of Committee in Second House |
| 2023-05-17 | House | Reported Favorably from House Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure |
| 2023-05-16 | House | Referred to Committee to House Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure |
| 2023-05-16 | Senate | Read First Time in Second House |
| 2023-05-11 | Senate | Read A Third Time And Passed As Amended |
| 2023-05-11 | Senate | Adopt MI9S1H-1 |
| 2023-05-11 | Senate | Adopt RXXINM-1 |
| 2023-05-11 | Senate | Adopt HASH63-1 |
| 2023-05-11 | Senate | On Third Reading in House of Origin |
| 2023-05-03 | Senate | Read Second Time in House of Origin |
| 2023-05-03 | Senate | Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin |
| 2023-05-03 | Senate | Reported Favorably from Senate Judiciary |
| 2023-05-03 | Senate | Amendment/Substitute by Senate Judiciary HASH63-1 |
| 2023-04-04 | Senate | Introduced and Referred to Senate Judiciary |
| 2023-04-04 | Senate | Read First Time in House of Origin |
