---
type: "Bill"
title: "Taxation, sales tax exemptions, sales and use tax exemption provided for certain purchases of diapers, baby supplies, baby formula, maternity clothing, and menstrual hygiene products"
description: "Taxation & Revenue"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2025rs"
identifier: "HB 152"
citation: "Alabama HB 152 (2025rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxation & Revenue"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rafferty"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-04T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-12T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf9a6bb2-466b-4972-bc07-d699cd0db1a5"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "7bd0d6ffd18eb57ae04fdf0f3c347f3366446c76bb348fbe6cc409e0a75a2f66"
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 152 (2025rs) — Taxation, sales tax exemptions, sales and use tax exemption provided for certain purchases of diapers, baby supplies, baby formula, maternity clothing, and menstrual hygiene products

Taxation & Revenue

## 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/2025RS/HB152-int.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/HB152-eng.pdf)
3. **Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 511** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/YMKLT6N-1.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/HB152-enr.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Rafferty — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-12T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2025-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2025-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2025-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2025-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2025-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 941 `passage`
- **2025-04-03T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Finance and Taxation Education)
- **2025-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2025-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Finance and Taxation Education)
- **2025-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Finance and Taxation Education (Finance and Taxation Education) `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2025-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Add Cosponsor - Adopted Roll Call 513
- **2025-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 512 `passage`
- **2025-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 511
- **2025-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Shaver 1st Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2025-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Ways and Means Education)
- **2025-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- **2025-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Ways and Means Education)
- **2025-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means Education `reading-1, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cf9a6bb2-466b-4972-bc07-d699cd0db1a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).