---
type: "Bill"
title: "Competitive bids on public contracts, Alabama Fire College included in law provisions for joint purchasing agreements, Sec. 41-16-50 am'd."
description: "Competitive bids on public contracts, Alabama Fire College included in law provisions for joint purchasing agreements, Sec. 41-16-50 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2018rs"
identifier: "SB 6"
citation: "Alabama SB 6 (2018rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Competitive Bids"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
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/769bceb8-58ac-49c0-b7a2-613291fadd45"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB6"
source_hash: "0be1980e59de11f02be1ac996fd787090ea2684b1ff039a412c5a469e06fda33"
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 6 (2018rs) — Competitive bids on public contracts, Alabama Fire College included in law provisions for joint purchasing agreements, Sec. 41-16-50 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/SB6-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/SB6-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 640 — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 291 — **22–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Allen — 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 Senate committee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2018-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 291 `passage`
- **2018-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on State Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-22T05:00:00+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 640 `passage`
- **2018-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2018-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2018-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2018-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2018-231. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/769bceb8-58ac-49c0-b7a2-613291fadd45`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).