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Alabama · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 171: Navigable and non-navigable waters; operating motor vehicles on submerged lands prohibited, subject to exceptions; criminal penalties provided

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 171 is a bill introduced in the Alabama Senate on February 13, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Navigable and non-navigable waters; operating motor vehicles on submerged lands prohibited, subject to exceptions; criminal penalties provided. Primary sponsor: Clyde Chambliss (Republican). Most recent recorded action (May 21, 2025): Enacted.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Environmental Protection; Motor Vehicles & Traffic; Waters & Boating

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Clyde ChamblissPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate30

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Enacted
  2. Chambliss Concur In and Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1042
  3. Ready to Enroll
  4. Enrolled
  5. Signature Requested
  6. Delivered to Governor
  7. Ports, Waterways and Intermodal Transit 1st Substitute Offered (Ports, Waterways and Intermodal Transit)
  8. Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1214
  9. Stubbs 1st Amendment Offered
  10. Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1215
  11. Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 1216
  12. Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Ports, Waterways and Intermodal Transit)

Showing 12 most recent of 22 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source