---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cherokee Co., sheriff authorized to sell certain abandoned, unclaimed, or stolen property, and firearms, notice, record keeping requirement, distribution of funds for law enforcement purposes"
description: "Cherokee Co., sheriff authorized to sell certain abandoned, unclaimed, or stolen property, and firearms, notice, record keeping requirement, distribution of funds for law enforcement purposes"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2018rs"
identifier: "SB 183"
citation: "Alabama SB 183 (2018rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cherokee County"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Williams"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-16T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-02-06T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/64e9b84a-6146-4167-92d9-aa2ce937c0bc"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB183"
source_hash: "5163252be09bb620bc58e9c37c29da0bba7e0cd7ff24a629c3b5b28d9017f9a2"
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 183 (2018rs) — Cherokee Co., sheriff authorized to sell certain abandoned, unclaimed, or stolen property, and firearms, notice, record keeping requirement, distribution of funds for law enforcement purposes

## 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/SB183-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/SB183-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 171 — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 179 — **12–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Williams — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-16T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Local Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2018-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 171 `passage`
- **2018-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Local Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2018-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 179 `passage`
- **2018-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2018-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2018-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2018-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2018-79. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/64e9b84a-6146-4167-92d9-aa2ce937c0bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).