---
type: "Bill"
title: "Franchises; prohibit franchisor from requiring franchisee to operate on a religious day, exceptions provided"
description: "Businesses & Financial Institutions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2026rs"
identifier: "SB 138"
citation: "Alabama SB 138 (2026rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Businesses & Financial Institutions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Roberts"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2026-01-14T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-17T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9ca1bc1e-4c25-4685-89f2-be233af723eb"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "3f5fb907dc28b138f90c260547896fa6f4b5abdb63f50fb8fd473011e91d09f1"
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 138 (2026rs) — Franchises; prohibit franchisor from requiring franchisee to operate on a religious day, exceptions provided

Businesses & Financial Institutions

## 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/2026RS/SB138-int.pdf)
2. **Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1304** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/DG8QQTN-1.pdf)
3. **Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1305** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/11JCJLZ-1.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/SB138-enr.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Roberts — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-04-17T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2026-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2026-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2026-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2026-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Gudger Motion to Concur In and Adopt House Amendment - Adopted Roll Call 1260
- **2026-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 1306 `passage`
- **2026-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1305
- **2026-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Blackshear 1st Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1304
- **2026-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Commerce and Small Business Engrossed Substitute Offered (Commerce and Small Business) `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in Second House
- **2026-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Commerce and Small Business)
- **2026-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House (Commerce and Small Business)
- **2026-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Commerce and Small Business)
- **2026-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Commerce and Small Business `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 388 `passage`
- **2026-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2026-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development)
- **2026-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- **2026-01-14T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development)
- **2026-01-14T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development `reading-1, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9ca1bc1e-4c25-4685-89f2-be233af723eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).