---
type: "Bill"
title: "Lodging tax, not applicable to tent camping, marine slips, and recreational vehicles, after certain periods of time, Sec. 40-26-1 am'd."
description: "Lodging tax, not applicable to tent camping, marine slips, and recreational vehicles, after certain periods of time, Sec. 40-26-1 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2019rs"
identifier: "SB 308"
citation: "Alabama SB 308 (2019rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Lodging Tax"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-04-16T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/97500713-b424-41b8-acfb-8c01d05e61aa"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB308"
source_hash: "b608e640912ee0c69bb1ebd4b33667ac7f15a8d33dba3adca483d77ddb9c1fb9"
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 (2019rs) — Lodging tax, not applicable to tent camping, marine slips, and recreational vehicles, after certain periods of time, Sec. 40-26-1 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/2019rs/PrintFiles/SB308-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 200377-3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/200377-3.pdf)
3. **Amd/Sub 201546-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/201546-2.pdf)
4. **Amd/Sub 202218-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/202218-1.pdf)
5. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/SB308-eng.pdf)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/SB308-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Allen motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 882 — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1187 — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Allen motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1384 — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 883 — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Lovvorn motion to Table adopted Roll Call 1186 — **93–2** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1188 — **93–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Allen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Tourism `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Tourism Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Allen motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 882 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 883 `passage`
- **2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Economic Development and Tourism `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Economic Development and Tourism Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Lovvorn motion to Table adopted Roll Call 1186 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Lovvorn Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1187 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1188 `passage`
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Allen motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1384 `passage`
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Second House Amendment
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2019-387. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/97500713-b424-41b8-acfb-8c01d05e61aa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).