# Alabama SB330: Certain municipal water works boards reconstituted, operating procedures further provided for Alabama SB330, Certain municipal water works boards reconstituted, operating procedures further provided for, is a 2025 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Dan Roberts (Republican); status enacted, last action 2025-05-07 (Enacted) (as of 2026-10-19). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-SB330-2025rs - As of: 2026-10-19 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Alabama SB330 - State: Alabama - Session: 2025 Regular Session - Title: Certain municipal water works boards reconstituted, operating procedures further provided for - Status: enacted - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-04-17 - Last action: 2025-05-07, Enacted - Sponsor: Dan Roberts (Republican) - Cosponsors: 2 - Subjects: Telecommunications & Utilities - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 9 (450 yes, 150 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 6 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Engineers Review Water Projects And Rates: benefit, low. Regional water boards must retain a nationally respected consulting engineer after a publicly posted nationwide search requesting proposals from at least five large U.S. providers. The engineer serves five years and can be selected once more for another five years. The engineer checks required repo… - Water Boards Must Publish Spending Plans: benefit, low. Regional water boards must publish annual budgets broken down by month and monthly and annual financial statements comparing results with budgets. Annual statements require an independent audit. Boards must prepare five-year operating plans, update them annually, and compare plans with actual resul… - Water Customers Gain Rate Spending Safeguards: benefit, low. Regional water boards must operate only for customers’ benefit and provide efficient, safe, reliable service at reasonable rates. They must use surplus funds to reduce water rates. They must use recognized industry standards, including American Water Works Association standards, to assess operating… - Water Board Leaders Face Ethics Limits: mixed, low. Regional water board directors and employees must follow Alabama’s ethics law. Directors must complete 10 hours of yearly training on governance, ethics, and reporting duties. Former directors cannot work for the board or firms doing its work for 24 months after leaving. Each board must hire a chie… - Multi-county Water Boards Become Regional: mixed, low. Alabama water boards become regional when they serve customers or hold assets in at least four counties outside their authorizing municipality’s main county. Boards meeting this test when the bill was filed converted when the law took effect. Boards meeting it later convert after 30 days, but not b… - New Leaders for Regional Water Boards: mixed, low. Conversion ends existing directors’ terms and replaces them with appointments across seven categories. The mayor and Lieutenant Governor each appoint a director with finance and business experience. The main county’s governing-body president appoints an engineer with business experience. Reservoir… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Dan Roberts (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: J. T. 'Jabo' Waggoner (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Shay Shelnutt (Republican), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-05-01 | House | Carns motion to Table - Adopted Roll Call 1145 | pass | 54 | 38 | 8 | | 2025-05-01 | House | Carns motion to Table - Adopted Roll Call 1146 | pass | 69 | 29 | 3 | | 2025-05-01 | House | Carns motion to Table - Adopted Roll Call 1144 | pass | 70 | 28 | 4 | | 2025-05-01 | House | Carns motion to Table - Adopted Roll Call 1143 | pass | 71 | 28 | 4 | | 2025-05-01 | House | Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 1147 | pass | 66 | 27 | 8 | | 2025-04-24 | Senate | Waggoner motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 799 | pass | 30 | 0 | | | 2025-04-24 | Senate | Third Reading in House of Origin | pass | 30 | 0 | | | 2025-04-24 | Senate | Roberts motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 800 | pass | 30 | 0 | | | 2025-04-24 | Senate | Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 801 | pass | 30 | 0 | | ## Actions (31) - 2025-05-07: Enacted (Senate) - 2025-05-06: Delivered to Governor (Senate) - 2025-05-06: Signature Requested (House) - 2025-05-01: Sellers 1st Amendment Offered (House) - 2025-05-01: Carns motion to Table - Adopted Roll Call 1143 (House) - 2025-05-01: Tillman 1st Amendment Offered (House) - 2025-05-01: Carns motion to Table - Adopted Roll Call 1144 (House) - 2025-05-01: Hill 1st Amendment Offered (House) - 2025-05-01: Carns motion to Table - Adopted Roll Call 1145 (House) - 2025-05-01: Rafferty 1st Amendment Offered (House) - 2025-05-01: Carns motion to Table - Adopted Roll Call 1146 (House) - 2025-05-01: Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 1147 (House) - 2025-05-01: Ready to Enroll (Senate) - 2025-05-01: Enrolled (Senate) - 2025-04-29: Reported Out of Committee Second House (House) - 2025-04-29: Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (House) - 2025-04-24: Third Reading in House of Origin (Senate) - 2025-04-24: Waggoner 1st Amendment Offered (Senate) - 2025-04-24: Waggoner motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 799 (Senate) - 2025-04-24: Waggoner 2nd Amendment Offered (Senate) - 2025-04-24: Roberts motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 800 (Senate) - 2025-04-24: Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 801 (Senate) - 2025-04-24: Engrossed (Senate) - 2025-04-24: Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Commerce and Small Business (House) - 2025-04-24: Pending Committee Action in Second House (House) - 2025-04-22: Reported Out of Committee House of Origin (Senate) - 2025-04-22: Reported Out of Committee House of Origin (Senate) - 2025-04-22: Reported Out of Committee House of Origin (Senate) - 2025-04-22: Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Senate) - 2025-04-17: Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on County and Municipal Government (Senate) - 2025-04-17: Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Senate) ## Bill text - As Introduced: [PDF](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/SB330-int.pdf) - Engrossed: [PDF](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/SB330-eng.pdf) - Enrolled: [PDF](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/SB330-enr.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/SB330-int.pdf) - [Engrossed (PDF)](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/SB330-eng.pdf) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/SB330-enr.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) - [Alabama bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/alabama/bills) - [Alabama state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/alabama) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-SB330-2025rs (as of 2026-10-19).