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.
Summary
Highways, roads and bridges, contracts for construction, repair or maintenance, awarding authority defined, contractors immune from civil liability if compliant with contract and accepted by awarding authority.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2023
Committee Review
May 2023
Senate Passage
May 2023
House Passage
May 2023
Signed into Law
May 2023
Introduced Apr 4, 2023
Signed May 30, 2023
Floor votes · Senate May 11, 2023 · House May 23, 2023
How they voted
33–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 34
May 11, 2023
D
Democratic8
100% Yea
R
Republican26
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
19
Key actions
6
Committee
5
May 23, 2023
Lower · Passed
Read a Third Time and Pass
lower
May 17, 2023
Lower · Passed
Reported Out of Committee in Second House
lower
May 17, 2023
Lower · Passed
Reported Favorably (Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure)
lower
May 16, 2023
Committee
Referred to Committee (Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure)
lower
May 11, 2023
Upper · Passed
Read A Third Time And Passed As Amended
upper
May 3, 2023
Upper · Passed
Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
upper
May 3, 2023
Upper · Passed
Reported Favorably (Judiciary)
upper
Apr 4, 2023
Introduced
Introduced and Referred (Judiciary)
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Clay Scofield
RRepublican
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