---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mobile County; amend definition of municipal tax lien to authorize the inclusion of certain weed liens on a tax bill under certain circumstances; deem municipality as prevailing party in certain bid auctions resulting in a tie; authorize municipality to enter property to make repairs under certain circumstances; and authorize tax collecting official to sell a tax lien under certain circumstances."
description: "Mobile County"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2025rs"
identifier: "SB 256"
citation: "Alabama SB 256 (2025rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Mobile County"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sessions"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 26
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-19T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-14T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f8daca45-f037-4ce0-9345-b6cd9a790db1"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "11f653e6eadb29129f5e096823bbd21cdd2abbae281a5264c94b58698a8c29dc"
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 256 (2025rs) — Mobile County; amend definition of municipal tax lien to authorize the inclusion of certain weed liens on a tax bill under certain circumstances; deem municipality as prevailing party in certain bid auctions resulting in a tie; authorize municipality to enter property to make repairs under certain circumstances; and authorize tax collecting official to sell a tax lien under certain circumstances.

Mobile County

## 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/SB256-int.pdf)
2. **Chambliss motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 795** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/4ULL633-1.pdf)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/SB256-eng.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/SB256-enr.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Sessions — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2025-05-01T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2025-05-01T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-01T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2025-05-01T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2025-05-01T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 1140 `passage`
- **2025-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Mobile County Legislation)
- **2025-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2025-04-24T04:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Mobile County Legislation)
- **2025-04-24T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Mobile County Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-24T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2025-04-24T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 796 `passage`
- **2025-04-24T04:00:00+00:00** Chambliss motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 795
- **2025-04-24T04:00:00+00:00** Mobile County Legislation 1st Substitute Offered (Mobile County Legislation) `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-24T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2025-04-22T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Mobile County Legislation)
- **2025-04-22T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- **2025-04-22T04:00:00+00:00** Mobile County Legislation 1st Substitute (Mobile County Legislation)
- **2025-04-22T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- **2025-04-22T04:00:00+00:00** Mobile County Legislation 1st Substitute (Mobile County Legislation)
- **2025-04-22T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- **2025-04-22T04:00:00+00:00** Mobile County Legislation 1st Substitute (Mobile County Legislation)
- **2025-04-22T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- **2025-04-22T04:00:00+00:00** Mobile County Legislation 1st Substitute (Mobile County Legislation)
- **2025-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Mobile County Legislation)
- **2025-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Mobile County Legislation `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/f8daca45-f037-4ce0-9345-b6cd9a790db1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).