---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sales and use taxes, exemption for sale of fruit and agricultural products further provided for, all sales tax exemptions incorporated in use tax, Secs. 40-23-4, 40-23-62 am'd."
description: "Sales and use taxes, exemption for sale of fruit and agricultural products further provided for, all sales tax exemptions incorporated in use tax, Secs. 40-23-4, 40-23-62 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2018rs"
identifier: "HB 242"
citation: "Alabama HB 242 (2018rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sessions"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-18T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/504bb188-d547-4020-8b82-57d4b6a8024a"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB242"
source_hash: "0c7113a7efecc6e92c25df425dc0669b4cbd487dd59ded467045096a573785be"
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 242 (2018rs) — Sales and use taxes, exemption for sale of fruit and agricultural products further provided for, all sales tax exemptions incorporated in use tax, Secs. 40-23-4, 40-23-62 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/HB242-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/HB242-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1200 — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 387 — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sessions — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-18T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Ways and Means Education `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** Rereferred from Ways and Means Education to Agriculture and Forestry
- **2018-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2018-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 387 `passage`
- **2018-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Finance and Taxation Education `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1200 `passage`
- **2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2018-562. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Forwarded to Governor on March 27, 2018 at 6:09 p.m. on March 27, 2018. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Forwarded to Governor on March 27, 2018 at 6:09 p.m. on March 27, 2018. `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/504bb188-d547-4020-8b82-57d4b6a8024a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).