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type: "Bill"
title: "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."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2018rs"
identifier: "SB 157"
citation: "Alabama SB 157 (2018rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Scofield"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-11T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-03-06T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a4a7ac5c-aa2c-40cb-8a20-3c13fc77e7a0"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB157"
source_hash: "0f055b061e7d6799f77a2017e4bda2d7ee19644e1cac602672de9109c8aad4a6"
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 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](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/SB157-int.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/SB157-eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/SB157-enr.pdf)
## Votes
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 335 — **240** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 336 — **240** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 556 — **970** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a4a7ac5c-aa2c-40cb-8a20-3c13fc77e7a0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).