---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sales and use taxes, gold bullion, money, etc, exemption, Secs. 40-23-4, 40-23-62 am'd."
description: "Sales and use taxes, gold bullion, money, etc, exemption, Secs. 40-23-4, 40-23-62 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2018rs"
identifier: "SB 156"
citation: "Alabama SB 156 (2018rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Melson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-11T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-02-27T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e5a836d6-9891-4e37-89f2-85d641cccf5a"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB156"
source_hash: "c92da4bb328a3412ce9519607fb407fae591b1c0a5f7175be47c464332415037"
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 156 (2018rs) — Sales and use taxes, gold bullion, money, etc, exemption, 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/SB156-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/SB156-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 443 — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 349 — **26–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Melson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Finance and Taxation Education `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2018-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 349 `passage`
- **2018-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Ways and Means Education `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2018-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 443 `passage`
- **2018-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2018-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2018-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2018-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2018-164. `executive-signature`
- **2018-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Forwarded to Governor on February 27, 2018 at 4:00 p.m. on February 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/e5a836d6-9891-4e37-89f2-85d641cccf5a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).