---
type: "Bill"
title: "Creditors, procedures to reach assets transferred to prevent seizure established, Ala. Uniform Voidable Transfers Act, Secs. 8-9B-1 to 8-9B-17, inclusive, added, effective Jan 1, 2019."
description: "Creditors, procedures to reach assets transferred to prevent seizure established, Ala. Uniform Voidable Transfers Act, Secs. 8-9B-1 to 8-9B-17, inclusive, added, effective Jan 1, 2019."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2018rs"
identifier: "SB 152"
citation: "Alabama SB 152 (2018rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Property", "Real and Personal"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Smitherman"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-11T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-02-27T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bac196c8-15d4-4a6d-8757-3d6afb8af839"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB152"
source_hash: "1b0237564ebe23e77eb7083752922df7f487330704160d4b53c40a42a1496799"
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 152 (2018rs) — Creditors, procedures to reach assets transferred to prevent seizure established, Ala. Uniform Voidable Transfers Act, Secs. 8-9B-1 to 8-9B-17, inclusive, added, effective Jan 1, 2019.

## 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/SB152-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/SB152-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 399 — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 398 — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Smitherman motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 499 — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 295 — **22–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Smitherman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Banking and Insurance `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2018-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 295 `passage`
- **2018-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2018-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** Judiciary Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 398 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 399 `passage`
- **2018-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
- **2018-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Smitherman motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 499 `passage`
- **2018-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Second House Amendment
- **2018-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2018-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2018-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2018-163. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bac196c8-15d4-4a6d-8757-3d6afb8af839`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).