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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Courts, magistrates, fees and costs, authorized to assess, duties, use of electronic communication for notification purposes authorized, Secs. 12-14-51, 12-19-150 am'd."
+description: "Courts, magistrates, fees and costs, authorized to assess, duties, use of electronic communication for notification purposes authorized, Secs. 12-14-51, 12-19-150 am'd."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
+legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
+session: "2018rs"
+identifier: "SB 262"
+citation: "Alabama SB 262 (2018rs)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Crimes and Offenses"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Smitherman"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 23
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2018-01-30T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2018-03-20T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/74eb9fc0-e96b-48b6-ad4f-c04f7d59c636"
+source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB262"
+source_hash: "b88ded9a9978128cfa2009629ad4d05ffaad93edad4697c522bd4afbef93de82"
+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 262 (2018rs) — Courts, magistrates, fees and costs, authorized to assess, duties, use of electronic communication for notification purposes authorized, Secs. 12-14-51, 12-19-150 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/SB262-int.pdf)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/SB262-eng.pdf)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/SB262-enr.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Smitherman motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 584 — **27–0** (pass) · upper
+- Smitherman motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 587 — **27–0** (pass) · upper
+- Smitherman motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 586 — **27–0** (pass) · upper
+- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 849 — **97–0** (pass) · lower
+- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 588 — **27–0** (pass) · upper
+- Smitherman motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 585 — **27–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Smitherman — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2018-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 3 amendments `reading-2`
+- **2018-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Carried Over to Call of the Chair
+- **2018-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Smitherman motion to Carry Over to the Call of the Chair adopted Voice Vote
+- **2018-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2018-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Judiciary Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2018-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Smitherman motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 584 `amendment-passage`
+- **2018-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Judiciary Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2018-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Smitherman motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 585 `amendment-passage`
+- **2018-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Judiciary Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2018-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Smitherman motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 586 `amendment-passage`
+- **2018-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Smitherman Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2018-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Smitherman motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 587 `amendment-passage`
+- **2018-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 588 `passage`
+- **2018-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
+- **2018-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2018-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
+- **2018-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2018-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 849 `passage`
+- **2018-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
+- **2018-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
+- **2018-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
+- **2018-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2018-365. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/74eb9fc0-e96b-48b6-ad4f-c04f7d59c636`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).
+