---
type: "Bill"
title: "Taxation, Alabama Gulf Coast Zoo, exempt from state, county, and municipal sales and use taxes, under certain conditions, Sec. 40-23-5 am'd."
description: "Taxation, Alabama Gulf Coast Zoo, exempt from state, county, and municipal sales and use taxes, under certain conditions, Sec. 40-23-5 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2018rs"
identifier: "HB 118"
citation: "Alabama HB 118 (2018rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McMillan"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-01-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-03-28T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/13bf024b-f868-457e-bf8e-1829f74b0047"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB118"
source_hash: "8c4507fde8717fe6e21c66b2670ae745c5f323a834bffd1d3d458e9775c8057b"
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 HB 118 (2018rs) — Taxation, Alabama Gulf Coast Zoo, exempt from state, county, and municipal sales and use taxes, under certain conditions, Sec. 40-23-5 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/HB118-int.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/HB118-eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/HB118-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- McMillan motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1080 — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 839 — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 841 — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 840 — **90–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1042 — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- Melson motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1041 — **26–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- McMillan — 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 House of Representatives committee on Ways and Means Education `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 2 amendments `reading-2`
- **2018-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** W&ME 1st Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** W&ME 2nd Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 839 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 840 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 841 `passage`
- **2018-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2018-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Finance and Taxation General Fund `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-21T04:00:00+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** Melson Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Melson motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1041 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1042 `passage`
- **2018-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
- **2018-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** McMillan motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1080 `passage`
- **2018-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Second House Amendment
- **2018-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2018-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2018-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2018-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2018-568. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Forwarded to Governor on March 28, 2018 at 4:30 p.m. on March 28, 2018. `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/13bf024b-f868-457e-bf8e-1829f74b0047`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).