republic-os/legislation/us/states/al/2018rs/sb-179.md

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Bill	Human trafficking, criminal penalties, increased for obstructing enforcement, Secs. 13A-6-152, 13A-6-153 am'd.	Human trafficking, criminal penalties, increased for obstructing enforcement, Secs. 13A-6-152, 13A-6-153 am'd.	us/states/al	Alabama Legislature	2018rs	SB 179	Alabama SB 179 (2018rs)	bill	Human Trafficking	enacted	Ward	2	12	2	2018-01-16T05:00:00+00:00	2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/89e07b02-ae1b-4a76-897c-fee7a3ad3ea1	http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB179	cee0a4ea1da10674f798dc02078323bdd308a12d954c9dd597c241799966dcc9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-al

Alabama SB 179 (2018rs) — Human trafficking, criminal penalties, increased for obstructing enforcement, Secs. 13A-6-152, 13A-6-153 am'd.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 914 — 97–1 (pass) · lower
• Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 192 — 26–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ward — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-16T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary reading-1, referral-committee
• 2018-01-25T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the second time and placed on the calendar reading-2
• 2018-01-30T05:00:00+00:00 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2018-01-30T05:00:00+00:00 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 192 passage
• 2018-01-30T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Judiciary reading-1, referral-committee
• 2018-02-08T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the second time and placed on the calendar reading-2
• 2018-03-20T04:00:00+00:00 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2018-03-20T04:00:00+00:00 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 914 passage
• 2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Second House passage
• 2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00 Enrolled
• 2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00 Signature Requested
• 2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00 Assigned Act No. 2018-385. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/89e07b02-ae1b-4a76-897c-fee7a3ad3ea1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).