---
type: "Bill"
title: "Storage facilities, self-service, Self-Service Storage Facilities Act, created, definitions, operator's liens, authorized, Secs. 8-15-40 to 8-15-49, inclusive, added; Secs. 8-15-30 to 8-15-38, inclusive, repealed"
description: "Storage facilities, self-service, Self-Service Storage Facilities Act, created, definitions, operator's liens, authorized, Secs. 8-15-40 to 8-15-49, inclusive, added; Secs. 8-15-30 to 8-15-38, inclusive, repealed"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2021rs"
identifier: "SB 140"
citation: "Alabama SB 140 (2021rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Self-Service Storage Facilities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Melson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3568e284-8497-45e2-86dd-6242ad5d9fbc"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB140"
source_hash: "0f0c235464b10070cd0df1eddfb0f25b20b8b06c2930e161397f8c579af98034"
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 140 (2021rs) — Storage facilities, self-service, Self-Service Storage Facilities Act, created, definitions, operator's liens, authorized, Secs. 8-15-40 to 8-15-49, inclusive, added; Secs. 8-15-30 to 8-15-38, inclusive, repealed

## 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/2021rs/PrintFiles/SB140-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 209956-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/209956-2.pdf)
3. **Amd/Sub 210550-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/210550-1.pdf)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/SB140-eng.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/SB140-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Melson motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 284 — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 288 — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- Melson motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 287 — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 620 — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Melson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2021-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Carried Over to Call of the Chair
- **2021-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Melson motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 284 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Melson Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Melson motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 287 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Melson motion to Carry Over to the Call of the Chair adopted Voice Vote
- **2021-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 288 `passage`
- **2021-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2021-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Commerce and Small Business `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 620 `passage`
- **2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2021-183. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3568e284-8497-45e2-86dd-6242ad5d9fbc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).