---
type: "Bill"
title: "Consumer protection, business and other entities including government entities, notification to individuals of breach of data under certain conditions, notice to Attorney General, Alabama Data Breach Notification Act"
description: "Consumer protection, business and other entities including government entities, notification to individuals of breach of data under certain conditions, notice to Attorney General, Alabama Data Breach Notification Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2018rs"
identifier: "SB 318"
citation: "Alabama SB 318 (2018rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Consumers and Consumer Protection"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Orr"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-02-13T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d6d10ca5-9492-4056-8f98-fcb0481d36eb"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB318"
source_hash: "19363a1638af57cfe1e7e5c394bef156d96df11f0ea1c58cad833db69551e121"
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 318 (2018rs) — Consumer protection, business and other entities including government entities, notification to individuals of breach of data under certain conditions, notice to Attorney General, Alabama Data Breach Notification Act

## 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/SB318-int.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/SB318-eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/SB318-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1034 — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 571 — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- Orr motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1165 — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1035 — **101–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1036 — **101–0** (pass) · lower
- Orr motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 570 — **24–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Orr — 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 Governmental Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar with 1 substitute and `reading-2`
- **2018-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Governmental Affairs first Substitute Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Orr motion to Table adopted Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Orr first Substitute Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Orr motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 570 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 571 `passage`
- **2018-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2018-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Technology and Research `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Technology and Research Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1034 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Williams (P) Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1035 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1036 `passage`
- **2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
- **2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Orr motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1165 `passage`
- **2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Second House Amendment
- **2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2018-396. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d6d10ca5-9492-4056-8f98-fcb0481d36eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).