---
type: "Bill"
title: "Terrorist threats, crime further defined, specify that schools and churches are protected, Sec. 13A-10-15 am'd."
description: "Terrorist threats, crime further defined, specify that schools and churches are protected, Sec. 13A-10-15 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2018rs"
identifier: "SB 151"
citation: "Alabama SB 151 (2018rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Terrorist Threats"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Smitherman"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2018-01-11T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-03-28T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0be9700a-8929-4855-b000-496480754723"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB151"
source_hash: "a4ea7e6e4fef2a8d31e8b0f9065a47db12341795af0e4188bf631a33bbd64e03"
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 151 (2018rs) — Terrorist threats, crime further defined, specify that schools and churches are protected, Sec. 13A-10-15 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/SB151-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/SB151-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1094 — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1093 — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1028 — **97–2** (pass) · lower
- Faulkner motion to reconsider Judiciary amendment adopted Roll Call 1091 — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 134 — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- Faulkner motion to Table Judiciay amendment adopted Roll Call 1092 — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- Smitherman motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1244 — **30–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Smitherman — 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 Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-18T05:00:00+00:00** Reported from Judiciary as Favorable `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 134 `passage`
- **2018-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Carried Over
- **2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Judiciary Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1028 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Faulkner motion to Carry Over Temporarily adopted Voice Vote
- **2018-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Faulkner motion to reconsider Judiciary amendment adopted Roll Call 1091
- **2018-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Faulkner motion to Table Judiciay amendment adopted Roll Call 1092 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Faulkner Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1093 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Chestnut intended to vote "Yea"
- **2018-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
- **2018-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Smitherman motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1244 `passage`
- **2018-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Second House Amendment
- **2018-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2018-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1094 `passage`
- **2018-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2018-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2018-553. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0be9700a-8929-4855-b000-496480754723`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).