republic-os/legislation/us/states/al/2018rs/sb-157.md

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Bill	Motor Vehicle Franchise Act, unfair and deceptive trade practices, coercion of dealer to change or modify premises when unreasonable, further provided for, Sec. 8-20-4 am'd.	Motor Vehicle Franchise Act, unfair and deceptive trade practices, coercion of dealer to change or modify premises when unreasonable, further provided for, Sec. 8-20-4 am'd.	us/states/al	Alabama Legislature	2018rs	SB 157	Alabama SB 157 (2018rs)	bill	Motor Vehicles	enacted	Scofield	3	15	3	2018-01-11T05:00:00+00:00	2018-03-06T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/a4a7ac5c-aa2c-40cb-8a20-3c13fc77e7a0	http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB157	0f055b061e7d6799f77a2017e4bda2d7ee19644e1cac602672de9109c8aad4a6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-al

Alabama SB 157 (2018rs) — Motor Vehicle Franchise Act, unfair and deceptive trade practices, coercion of dealer to change or modify premises when unreasonable, further provided for, Sec. 8-20-4 am'd.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 335 — 24–0 (pass) · upper
• Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 336 — 24–0 (pass) · upper
• Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 556 — 97–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Scofield — 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 Judiciary reading-1, referral-committee
• 2018-02-01T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the second time and placed on the calendar with 1 substitute and reading-2
• 2018-02-08T05:00:00+00:00 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2018-02-08T05:00:00+00:00 Judiciary first Substitute Offered amendment-introduction
• 2018-02-08T05:00:00+00:00 Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 335 amendment-passage
• 2018-02-08T05:00:00+00:00 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 336 passage
• 2018-02-08T05:00:00+00:00 Engrossed
• 2018-02-08T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Commerce and Small Business reading-1, referral-committee
• 2018-02-22T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the second time and placed on the calendar reading-2
• 2018-03-01T05:00:00+00:00 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2018-03-01T05:00:00+00:00 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 556 passage
• 2018-03-06T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Second House passage
• 2018-03-06T05:00:00+00:00 Signature Requested
• 2018-03-06T05:00:00+00:00 Enrolled
• 2018-03-06T05:00:00+00:00 Assigned Act No. 2018-188. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a4a7ac5c-aa2c-40cb-8a20-3c13fc77e7a0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).