---
type: "Bill"
title: "Consumer Protection, Alabama State of Emergency Consumer Protection Act, enhanced criminal penalties provided under certain conditions, Sec. 13A-9-111.1 added; Sec. 13A-9-114, 34-14A-14, 34-31-32, 34-36-16, 34-37-17 am'd."
description: "Consumer Protection, Alabama State of Emergency Consumer Protection Act, enhanced criminal penalties provided under certain conditions, Sec. 13A-9-111.1 added; Sec. 13A-9-114, 34-14A-14, 34-31-32, 34-36-16, 34-37-17 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2021rs"
identifier: "SB 39"
citation: "Alabama SB 39 (2021rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Consumers and Consumer Protection"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Price"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f6db4288-32f1-423b-91f4-20780e996ec8"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB39"
source_hash: "2868a143060ed6cf2923fa98823bac8dae64f8dad0dd5c3d20e3d4a19815cf3f"
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 39 (2021rs) — Consumer Protection, Alabama State of Emergency Consumer Protection Act, enhanced criminal penalties provided under certain conditions, Sec. 13A-9-111.1 added; Sec. 13A-9-114, 34-14A-14, 34-31-32, 34-36-16, 34-37-17 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/2021rs/PrintFiles/SB39-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 209562-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/209562-2.pdf)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/SB39-eng.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/SB39-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 120 — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 802 — **96–1** (pass) · lower
- Price motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 119 — **30–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Price — 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 Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2021-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Judiciary Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Price motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 119 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 120 `passage`
- **2021-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2021-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 802 `passage`
- **2021-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Simpson intended to vote "Yea"
- **2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Forwarded to Governor on April 15, 2021 at 10:35 a.m. on April 15, 2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2021-272. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f6db4288-32f1-423b-91f4-20780e996ec8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).