---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alabama Professional Bail Bonding Board, continued until October 1, 2025, without modification, pursuant to the Sunset Law"
description: "Occupational Licensing Boards"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2024rs"
identifier: "SB 140"
citation: "Alabama SB 140 (2024rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Occupational Licensing Boards"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Garlan Gudger"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-02-20T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-05-02T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/175b7740-e699-4de1-831b-42c6225020ec"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "7d8ee8991e4f51f2e44e26f0e7e0407be79be55de45f300c786778911d7ff21f"
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 (2024rs) — Alabama Professional Bail Bonding Board, continued until October 1, 2025, without modification, pursuant to the Sunset Law

Occupational Licensing Boards

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/SB140-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2024-156** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1535598.AI1.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/SB140-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the H for Vote 903 on SB140 (2024 Regular Session) — **100–2** (fail) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 691 on SB140 (2024 Regular Session) — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the S for Vote 692 on SB140 (2024 Regular Session) — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 902 on SB140 (2024 Regular Session) — **100–2** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Garlan Gudger — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2024-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2024-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2024-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2024-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 903 `passage`
- **2024-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in Second House
- **2024-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Boards, Agencies and Commissions)
- **2024-04-24T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2024-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Boards, Agencies and Commissions)
- **2024-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Boards, Agencies and Commissions `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 692 `passage`
- **2024-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2024-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Carried Over
- **2024-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2024-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development)
- **2024-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- **2024-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development)
- **2024-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-01T16:45:00+00:00** Enacted as 2024-156 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/175b7740-e699-4de1-831b-42c6225020ec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).