AL SB261 | 2023 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on May 31 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-05-31 - Enacted
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on May 31 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-05-31 - Enacted
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]
Summary
Relating to public contracts; to prohibit governmental entities from entering into certain contracts with companies that boycott businesses because the business engages in certain sectors or does not meet certain environmental or corporate governance standards or does not facilitate certain activities; to provide that no company in the state shall be required by a governmental entity, nor penalized by a governmental entity for declining to engage in economic boycotts or other actions that further social, political, or ideological interests; to require the Attorney General to take actions to prevent federal laws or actions from penalizing, inflicting harm on, limiting commercial relations with, or changing or limiting the activities of companies or residents of the state based on the furtherance of economic boycott criteria; and to authorize the Attorney General to investigate and enforce this act; and to provide definitions.
Title
Relating to public contracts; to prohibit governmental entities from entering into certain contracts with companies that boycott businesses because the business engages in certain sectors or does not meet certain environmental or corporate governance standards or does not facilitate certain activities; to provide that no company in the state shall be required by a governmental entity, nor penalized by a governmental entity for declining to engage in economic boycotts or other actions that further social, political, or ideological interests; to require the Attorney General to take actions to prevent federal laws or actions from penalizing, inflicting harm on, limiting commercial relations with, or changing or limiting the activities of companies or residents of the state based on the furtherance of economic boycott criteria; and to authorize the Attorney General to investigate and enforce this act; and to provide definitions.
Sponsors
| Sen. Dan Roberts [R] |
Roll Calls
2023-05-31 - House - Read a Third Time and Pass (Y: 74 N: 27 NV: 1 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2023-05-18 - Senate - Read A Third Time And Passed As Amended (Y: 27 N: 8 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-05-18 - Senate - Adopt RXF4NN-1 (Y: 33 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2023-05-18 - Senate - Adopt 4QGDRI-1 (Y: 26 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2023-05-18 - Senate - Read A Third Time And Passed As Amended (Y: 27 N: 8 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-05-18 - Senate - Adopt RXF4NN-1 (Y: 33 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2023-05-18 - Senate - Adopt 4QGDRI-1 (Y: 26 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-05-31 | Senate | Enacted |
| 2023-05-31 | Senate | Enrolled |
| 2023-05-31 | House | Ready to Enroll |
| 2023-05-31 | House | Read a Third Time and Pass |
| 2023-05-31 | House | On Third Reading in Second House |
| 2023-05-24 | House | Read Second Time in Second House |
| 2023-05-24 | House | Reported Out of Committee in Second House |
| 2023-05-24 | House | Reported Favorably from House Financial Services |
| 2023-05-23 | House | Referred to Committee to House Financial Services |
| 2023-05-23 | Senate | Read First Time in Second House |
| 2023-05-18 | Senate | Read A Third Time And Passed As Amended |
| 2023-05-18 | Senate | Adopt RXF4NN-1 |
| 2023-05-18 | Senate | Adopt 4QGDRI-1 |
| 2023-05-18 | Senate | On Third Reading in House of Origin |
| 2023-05-11 | Senate | Read Second Time in House of Origin |
| 2023-05-10 | Senate | Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin |
| 2023-05-10 | Senate | Reported Favorably from Senate Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development |
| 2023-05-10 | Senate | Amendment/Substitute by Senate Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development 4QGDRI-1 |
| 2023-04-27 | Senate | Introduced and Referred to Senate Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development |
| 2023-04-27 | Senate | Read First Time in House of Origin |
