# Alabama SB363: Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs; Alabama Centralized Grant Management Database, established to maintain lists of available grants

Alabama SB363, Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs; Alabama Centralized Grant Management Database, established to maintain lists of available grants, is a 2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Donnie Chesteen (Republican); status failed, last action 2026-04-01 (Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar) (as of 2026-10-16).

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## Facts
- Bill: Alabama SB363
- State: Alabama
- Session: 2026 Regular Session
- Title: Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs; Alabama Centralized Grant Management Database, established to maintain lists of available grants
- Status: failed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2026-03-10
- Last action: 2026-04-01, Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar
- Sponsor: Donnie Chesteen (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 19
- Subjects: State Government
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 3 (89 yes, 5 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Donnie Chesteen (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Andrew Jones (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Bobby D. Singleton (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Chris Elliott (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Clyde Chambliss (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: David Sessions (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Garlan Gudger (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Jack W. Williams (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Josh Carnley (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Keith Kelley (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Kirk Hatcher (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Lance Bell (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Matt Woods (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Randy Price (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Rodger M. Smitherman (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Sam Givhan (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Shay Shelnutt (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Steve Livingston (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Wes Kitchens (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Will Barfoot (Republican), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-03-31 | Senate | Petition To Close Debate- Adopted Roll Call 993 | pass | 27 | 5 |   |
| 2026-03-31 | Senate | Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 994 | pass | 31 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-31 | Senate | Third Reading in House of Origin | pass | 31 | 0 |   |

## Actions (11)

- 2026-04-01: Reported Out of Committee Second House (House)
- 2026-04-01: Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (House)
- 2026-03-31: Third Reading in House of Origin (Senate)
- 2026-03-31: Petition To Close Debate- Adopted Roll Call 993 (Senate)
- 2026-03-31: Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 994 (Senate)
- 2026-03-31: Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on State Government (House)
- 2026-03-31: Pending Committee Action in Second House (House)
- 2026-03-17: Reported Out of Committee House of Origin (Senate)
- 2026-03-17: Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Senate)
- 2026-03-10: Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development (Senate)
- 2026-03-10: Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Senate)

## Bill text

- As Introduced: [PDF](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/SB363-int.pdf)

## Related bills

- HB67: Voter Information; limit cost of reproducing voter registration list; crime for misuse of personal voter information; created (enacted)
- SB154: State employees, cost-of-living increase for fiscal year beginning October 1, 2026 (enacted)
- SB165: Elections; municipal elections, to set qualification fee amounts, to require indigent candidates to submit documentation for fee exemption (enacted)
- HB317: Firefighter distinctive license plate; fire chaplains included, penalty for violations provided for (enacted)
- SB272: Open Records; use of public records relating to schools for certain solicitation purposes prohibited; redaction of certain information relating to financial tr… (enacted)
- SB190: Sales Tax; to exempt Precision Ocular (enacted)

## Sources
- [As Introduced (PDF)](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/SB363-int.pdf)

## Related
- [HB67: Voter Information; limit cost of reproducing voter registration list; crime for…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-HB67-2026rs)
- [SB154: State employees, cost-of-living increase for fiscal year beginning October 1, 2…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-SB154-2026rs)
- [SB165: Elections; municipal elections, to set qualification fee amounts, to require in…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-SB165-2026rs)
- [HB317: Firefighter distinctive license plate; fire chaplains included, penalty for vio…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-HB317-2026rs)
- [SB272: Open Records; use of public records relating to schools for certain solicitatio…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-SB272-2026rs)
- [SB190: Sales Tax; to exempt Precision Ocular](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-SB190-2026rs)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-SB363-2026rs (as of 2026-10-16).