republic-os/legislation/us/states/al/2026rs/sb-138.md

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Bill	Franchises; prohibit franchisor from requiring franchisee to operate on a religious day, exceptions provided	Businesses & Financial Institutions	us/states/al	Alabama Legislature	2026rs	SB 138	Alabama SB 138 (2026rs)	bill	Businesses & Financial Institutions	enacted	Roberts	4	22	0	2026-01-14T05:00:00+00:00	2026-04-17T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/9ca1bc1e-4c25-4685-89f2-be233af723eb	https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search	3f5fb907dc28b138f90c260547896fa6f4b5abdb63f50fb8fd473011e91d09f1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-al

Alabama SB 138 (2026rs) — Franchises; prohibit franchisor from requiring franchisee to operate on a religious day, exceptions provided

Businesses & Financial Institutions

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1304 (committee substitute) — source
3. Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1305 (committee substitute) — source
4. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Sponsors

• Roberts — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-04-17T04:00:00+00:00 Enacted became-law
• 2026-04-09T04:00:00+00:00 Signature Requested
• 2026-04-09T04:00:00+00:00 Delivered to Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-04-09T04:00:00+00:00 Enrolled
• 2026-04-08T04:00:00+00:00 Ready to Enroll
• 2026-04-08T04:00:00+00:00 Gudger Motion to Concur In and Adopt House Amendment - Adopted Roll Call 1260
• 2026-04-08T04:00:00+00:00 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 1306 passage
• 2026-04-08T04:00:00+00:00 Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1305
• 2026-04-08T04:00:00+00:00 Blackshear 1st Amendment Offered amendment-introduction
• 2026-04-08T04:00:00+00:00 Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1304
• 2026-04-08T04:00:00+00:00 Commerce and Small Business Engrossed Substitute Offered (Commerce and Small Business) amendment-introduction
• 2026-04-08T04:00:00+00:00 Third Reading in Second House
• 2026-02-19T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Commerce and Small Business)
• 2026-02-18T05:00:00+00:00 Reported Out of Committee Second House (Commerce and Small Business)
• 2026-02-12T05:00:00+00:00 Pending Committee Action in Second House (Commerce and Small Business)
• 2026-02-12T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Commerce and Small Business reading-1, referral-committee
• 2026-02-12T05:00:00+00:00 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 388 passage
• 2026-02-12T05:00:00+00:00 Third Reading in House of Origin
• 2026-01-29T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development)
• 2026-01-28T05:00:00+00:00 Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
• 2026-01-14T05:00:00+00:00 Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development)
• 2026-01-14T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development reading-1, referral-committee

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9ca1bc1e-4c25-4685-89f2-be233af723eb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).