republic-os/legislation/us/states/al/2026rs/sb-159.md

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Bill	Taxation; Energy use in commercial greenhouses, pivot irrigation systems, and poultry houses, exempt from utility gross receipts and utility service use tax	Taxation & Revenue	us/states/al	Alabama Legislature	2026rs	SB 159	Alabama SB 159 (2026rs)	bill	Taxation & Revenue	enacted	Williams (J)	6	30	0	2026-01-14T05:00:00+00:00	2026-04-17T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/af0d8cc1-adf4-410d-838c-6bc6f0a9734b	https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search	bfaaffa5c4c59da866bad2a5b259c1943b992dbd2045dab4364959e1509ab8fc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-al

Alabama SB 159 (2026rs) — Taxation; Energy use in commercial greenhouses, pivot irrigation systems, and poultry houses, exempt from utility gross receipts and utility service use tax

Taxation & Revenue

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. Williams motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 900 (committee substitute) — source
4. Williams motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 901 (committee substitute) — source
5. Williams motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 902 (committee substitute) — source
6. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Sponsors

• Williams (J) — 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
• 2026-04-09T04:00:00+00:00 Ready to Enroll
• 2026-04-09T04:00:00+00:00 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 1329 passage
• 2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00 Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Agriculture and Forestry)
• 2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out of Committee Second House
• 2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to Committee in Second House (Agriculture and Forestry) referral-committee
• 2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00 Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Ways and Means Education)
• 2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out of Committee Second House
• 2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00 Pending Committee Action in Second House (Ways and Means Education)
• 2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00 Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means Education reading-1, referral-committee
• 2026-03-17T04:00:00+00:00 Engrossed
• 2026-03-17T04:00:00+00:00 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 903 passage
• 2026-03-17T04:00:00+00:00 Williams motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 902
• 2026-03-17T04:00:00+00:00 Williams 1st Amendment Offered amendment-introduction
• 2026-03-17T04:00:00+00:00 Williams motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 900
• 2026-03-17T04:00:00+00:00 Williams motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 901
• 2026-03-17T04:00:00+00:00 Finance and Taxation Education 1st Amendment Offered (Finance and Taxation Education) amendment-introduction
• 2026-03-17T04:00:00+00:00 Finance and Taxation Education 2nd Amendment Offered (Finance and Taxation Education) amendment-introduction
• 2026-03-17T04:00:00+00:00 Third Reading in House of Origin
• 2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Finance and Taxation Education)
• 2026-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
• 2026-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 Finance and Taxation Education 2nd Amendment (Finance and Taxation Education)
• 2026-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 Finance and Taxation Education 1st Amendment (Finance and Taxation Education)
• 2026-02-17T05:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to Committee in House of Origin (Finance and Taxation Education) referral-committee
• 2026-02-17T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Finance and Taxation General Fund)
• 2026-01-14T05:00:00+00:00 Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Finance and Taxation General Fund)
• 2026-01-14T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Finance and Taxation General Fund reading-1, referral-committee

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/af0d8cc1-adf4-410d-838c-6bc6f0a9734b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).