# Alabama HB241: Residential Home Construction, approval by licensed architect or professional engineer not required if construction under three stories in height

Alabama HB241, Residential Home Construction, approval by licensed architect or professional engineer not required if construction under three stories in height, is a 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Brett Easterbrook (Republican); status failed, last action 2025-02-11 (Pending Committee Action in House of Origin) (as of 2026-10-16).

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## Facts
- Bill: Alabama HB241
- State: Alabama
- Session: 2025 Regular Session
- Title: Residential Home Construction, approval by licensed architect or professional engineer not required if construction under three stories in height
- Status: failed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-02-11
- Last action: 2025-02-11, Pending Committee Action in House of Origin
- Sponsor: Brett Easterbrook (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 5
- Subjects: Buildings, Construction & Infrastructure
- Touches household money: no
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Brett Easterbrook (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Bob Fincher (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Paul W. Lee (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Ritchie Whorton (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Ron Bolton (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Scott Stadthagen (Republican), House

## Actions (2)

- 2025-02-11: Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on County and Municipal Government (House)
- 2025-02-11: Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (House)

## Bill text

- As Introduced: [PDF](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/HB241-int.pdf)

## Related bills

- HB52: Income Taxes; to make technical changes to the funding provisions of the CHOOSE Act credits and increase funding, and to extend the sunset date for deductions… (enacted)
- SB331: Barbour County, compensation of the judge of probate further provided for (enacted)
- SB102: Medicaid; providing presumptive eligibility to pregnant women (enacted)
- HB445: Cannabinoids found in hemp; licensure and regulation of sale of consumable cannabinoid products by Alcoholic Beverage Control Board imposed (enacted)
- HB357: Tobacco products, heated tobacco product definition and tax provided for (enacted)
- HB349: Russell County; sheriff, salary further provided (enacted)

## Sources
- [As Introduced (PDF)](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/HB241-int.pdf)

## Related
- [HB52: Income Taxes; to make technical changes to the funding provisions of the CHOOSE…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-HB52-2025rs)
- [SB331: Barbour County, compensation of the judge of probate further provided for](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-SB331-2025rs)
- [SB102: Medicaid; providing presumptive eligibility to pregnant women](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-SB102-2025rs)
- [HB445: Cannabinoids found in hemp; licensure and regulation of sale of consumable cann…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-HB445-2025rs)
- [HB357: Tobacco products, heated tobacco product definition and tax provided for](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-HB357-2025rs)
- [HB349: Russell County; sheriff, salary further provided](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-HB349-2025rs)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-HB241-2025rs (as of 2026-10-16).