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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Sales and use taxes, gold bullion, money, etc, exemption, Secs. 40-23-4, 40-23-62 am'd."
+description: "Sales and use taxes, gold bullion, money, etc, exemption, Secs. 40-23-4, 40-23-62 am'd."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
+legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
+session: "2018rs"
+identifier: "SB 156"
+citation: "Alabama SB 156 (2018rs)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Taxation"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Melson"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2018-01-11T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2018-02-27T05:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e5a836d6-9891-4e37-89f2-85d641cccf5a"
+source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB156"
+source_hash: "c92da4bb328a3412ce9519607fb407fae591b1c0a5f7175be47c464332415037"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-al"]
+---
+
+# Alabama SB 156 (2018rs) — Sales and use taxes, gold bullion, money, etc, exemption, Secs. 40-23-4, 40-23-62 am'd.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/SB156-int.pdf)
+2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/SB156-enr.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 443 — **100–0** (pass) · lower
+- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 349 — **26–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Melson — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Finance and Taxation Education `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2018-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
+- **2018-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2018-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 349 `passage`
+- **2018-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Ways and Means Education `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2018-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
+- **2018-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2018-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 443 `passage`
+- **2018-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
+- **2018-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
+- **2018-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
+- **2018-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2018-164. `executive-signature`
+- **2018-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Forwarded to Governor on February 27, 2018 at 4:00 p.m. on February 27, 2018 `executive-receipt`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e5a836d6-9891-4e37-89f2-85d641cccf5a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).
+