---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hale Co., sheriff authorized to sell certain abandoned, unclaimed, or stolen property and firearms, notice, record keeping requirement, distribution of funds for law enforcement purposes"
description: "Hale Co., sheriff authorized to sell certain abandoned, unclaimed, or stolen property and firearms, notice, record keeping requirement, distribution of funds for law enforcement purposes"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2018rs"
identifier: "SB 308"
citation: "Alabama SB 308 (2018rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Hale County"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Singleton"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-02-13T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-03-15T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f5a12f48-9d4c-44d4-849b-b4f46a2eef35"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB308"
source_hash: "dc85a9e0f9dd1b4657e3320271fdf8552c4f6792fb8791a7b7edc4de13643ac4"
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 308 (2018rs) — Hale Co., sheriff authorized to sell certain abandoned, unclaimed, or stolen property and firearms, notice, record keeping requirement, distribution of funds for law enforcement purposes

## 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/SB308-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/SB308-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 505 — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 601 — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Howard motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 801 — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- Singleton motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 771 — **23–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Singleton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Local Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2018-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 505 `passage`
- **2018-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Local Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2018-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 601 `passage`
- **2018-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2018-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2018-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2018-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Forwarded to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Executive Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Singleton motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 771 `passage`
- **2018-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** House of Origin Concurs in Executive Amendment
- **2018-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Howard motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 801 `passage`
- **2018-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Second House Concurs in Executive Amendment
- **2018-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2018-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2018-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2018-277. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f5a12f48-9d4c-44d4-849b-b4f46a2eef35`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).