---
type: "Bill"
title: "Taxation, Taxpayer Bill of Rights, private auditing or collecting firms prohibited from recovering certain expenses from taxpayers, Sec. 40-29-20.1 added."
description: "Taxation, Taxpayer Bill of Rights, private auditing or collecting firms prohibited from recovering certain expenses from taxpayers, Sec. 40-29-20.1 added."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2020rs"
identifier: "HB 158"
citation: "Alabama HB 158 (2020rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lee"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-02-06T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-03-05T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/01f7d5a0-df11-4009-9691-811d334e4daf"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB158"
source_hash: "2a3a540eee1bb814768bbbf9c035cb1a4be96df8bc1e7b6e1138ab8b37688ca5"
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 158 (2020rs) — Taxation, Taxpayer Bill of Rights, private auditing or collecting firms prohibited from recovering certain expenses from taxpayers, Sec. 40-29-20.1 added.

## 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/2020rs/PrintFiles/HB158-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2020rs/PrintFiles/HB158-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 66 — **103–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 284 — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on State Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2020-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 66 `passage`
- **2020-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 284 `passage`
- **2020-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2020-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2020-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2020-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2020-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2020-31. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 2:49 p.m. on March 5, 2020. `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Acted on by Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development as Favorable

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/01f7d5a0-df11-4009-9691-811d334e4daf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).