---
type: "Bill"
title: "Food service establishments, grease traps required to be secured and locked, Public Health Dept authorized to adopt rules, civil fines"
description: "Food service establishments, grease traps required to be secured and locked, Public Health Dept authorized to adopt rules, civil fines"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2018rs"
identifier: "SB 258"
citation: "Alabama SB 258 (2018rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Restaurants"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Whatley"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2018-01-30T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-03-13T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9774f1b6-b0e1-4ca0-bf3a-6afafe47c091"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB258"
source_hash: "45604e06c04bbd05ade4adffa850bf85a2a3ec96c028ddcf837ee7f652df8c28"
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 258 (2018rs) — Food service establishments, grease traps required to be secured and locked, Public Health Dept authorized to adopt rules, civil fines

## 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/SB258-int.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/SB258-eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/SB258-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 395 — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 625 — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 624 — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 397 — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- Whatley motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 756 — **26–1** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 626 — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Whatley motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 396 — **27–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Whatley — 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 Health and Human Services `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2018-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Health Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 395 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Whatley Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Whatley motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 396 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 397 `passage`
- **2018-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2018-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Health `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar with 1 substitute and 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2018-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Health first Substitute Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Health Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 624 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 625 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 626 `passage`
- **2018-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
- **2018-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Whatley motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 756 `passage`
- **2018-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2018-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Second House Amendment
- **2018-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2018-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2018-268. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Forwarded to Governor at 3:23 p.m. on March 13, 2018 `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9774f1b6-b0e1-4ca0-bf3a-6afafe47c091`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).