---
type: "Bill"
title: "Firearm, possession prohibited at certain places including by persons with a valid pistol permit, exception for qualified retired law enforcement officers, Sec. 13A-11-61.2 am'd."
description: "Firearm, possession prohibited at certain places including by persons with a valid pistol permit, exception for qualified retired law enforcement officers, Sec. 13A-11-61.2 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2018rs"
identifier: "SB 27"
citation: "Alabama SB 27 (2018rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Firearms"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Holley"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/350f9e18-1299-49da-a476-6f0bf4a5f3b7"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB27"
source_hash: "e37d1614d6d5bee34a77e5622c85ae35fc451455fa0c36de9947da30797b4b44"
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 27 (2018rs) — Firearm, possession prohibited at certain places including by persons with a valid pistol permit, exception for qualified retired law enforcement officers, Sec. 13A-11-61.2 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/SB27-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/SB27-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 130 — **19–6** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1048 — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Holley motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1164 — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1047 — **99–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Holley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2018-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Carried Over to Call of the Chair
- **2018-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** Holley motion to Carry Over to the Call of the Chair adopted Voice Vote
- **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 130 `passage`
- **2018-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Rowe Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1047 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1048 `passage`
- **2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
- **2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Holley motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1164 `passage`
- **2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Second House Amendment
- **2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2018-529. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/350f9e18-1299-49da-a476-6f0bf4a5f3b7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).