---
type: "Bill"
title: "Corrections Dept., Dept. of Finance, Purchasing Division, to provide exemptions from purchasing requirements, Sec. 14-7-8 am'd."
description: "Corrections Dept., Dept. of Finance, Purchasing Division, to provide exemptions from purchasing requirements, Sec. 14-7-8 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2018rs"
identifier: "HB 124"
citation: "Alabama HB 124 (2018rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Corrections Department"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Baker"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-03-08T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bf357825-7855-4eb4-a15d-b2f566e3e242"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB124"
source_hash: "249969b5296cba77189b0fa2716f374dbd8148c43b4d6d3490e8eeac2ce77d6d"
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 124 (2018rs) — Corrections Dept., Dept. of Finance, Purchasing Division, to provide exemptions from purchasing requirements, Sec. 14-7-8 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/2018rs/PrintFiles/HB124-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/HB124-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 734 — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 246 — **90–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Baker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on State Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2018-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 246 `passage`
- **2018-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Governmental Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2018-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 734 `passage`
- **2018-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2018-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2018-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2018-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2018-248. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 4:32 p.m. on March 8, 2018. `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bf357825-7855-4eb4-a15d-b2f566e3e242`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).