---
type: "Bill"
title: "Financial Institutions; to prohibit financial institutions from using a merchant category code to identify firearms transactions; to prohibit disclosure of financial information regarding firearms transactions"
description: "Businesses & Financial Institutions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2024rs"
identifier: "SB 281"
citation: "Alabama SB 281 (2024rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Businesses & Financial Institutions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tim Melson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-04-04T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-05-07T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/85ebec06-e479-4627-b6a3-38f62af702e4"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "cfe6f9a0e5ed3dc02fd22b157df1eb8f685af16234b9937f2a6105f0d7e5af3c"
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 281 (2024rs) — Financial Institutions; to prohibit financial institutions from using a merchant category code to identify firearms transactions; to prohibit disclosure of financial information regarding firearms transactions

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/2024RS/SB281-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2024-232** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1539726.AI1.pdf)
3. **Amendment CMCEQQW-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/CMCEQQW-1.pdf)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/SB281-eng.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/SB281-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the S for Vote 674 on SB281 (2024 Regular Session) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 925 on SB281 (2024 Regular Session) — **85–5** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 675 on SB281 (2024 Regular Session) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 924 on SB281 (2024 Regular Session) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 673 on SB281 (2024 Regular Session) — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Tim Melson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2024-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2024-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2024-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2024-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 925 `passage`
- **2024-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in Second House
- **2024-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Financial Services )
- **2024-04-24T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2024-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Financial Services )
- **2024-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Financial Services `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2024-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 675 `passage`
- **2024-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Melson motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 674
- **2024-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Melson 1st Substitute Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2024-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Banking and Insurance)
- **2024-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- **2024-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Banking and Insurance)
- **2024-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Banking and Insurance `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-06T16:40:00+00:00** Enacted as 2024-232 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/85ebec06-e479-4627-b6a3-38f62af702e4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).