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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to residential real estate transactions; to require buyers to make certain disclosures to homeowners and other interested parties that the buyer intends to engage aspects of a wholesale transaction; and to deem unenforceable certain unfair service agreements purporting to establish a long-term right to list between real estate companies and residential real estate owners; and in connection therewith would have as its purpose or effect the requirement of a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of Section 111.05 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022."
description: "Residential real estate, wholesale buyers required to make disclosures to sellers, unfair service agreements to list single-family homes prohibited, civil and criminal penalties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2023rs"
identifier: "SB 228"
citation: "Alabama SB 228 (2023rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Residential real estate"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dan Roberts"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-04-20T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-16T18:23:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1d4d007e-ca00-46a5-a6ef-ca61ca8610ce"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "bc7a7c68d0af46ec00772879eaabfbcc7d88f4c964923a0cb93e326731ad2e77"
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 228 (2023rs) — Relating to residential real estate transactions; to require buyers to make certain disclosures to homeowners and other interested parties that the buyer intends to engage aspects of a wholesale transaction; and to deem unenforceable certain unfair service agreements purporting to establish a long-term right to list between real estate companies and residential real estate owners; and in connection therewith would have as its purpose or effect the requirement of a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of Section 111.05 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022.
Residential real estate, wholesale buyers required to make disclosures to sellers, unfair service agreements to list single-family homes prohibited, civil and criminal penalties.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/SB228-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2023-201** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1261233.AI1.pdf)
3. **Amendment SMNY75-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/SMNY75-1.pdf)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/SB228-eng.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/SB228-enr.pdf)
## Votes
- Roll of the H for Vote 609 on SB228 (2023 Regular Session) — **1020** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 454 on SB228 (2023 Regular Session) — **310** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the S for Vote 453 on SB228 (2023 Regular Session) — **310** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Dan Roberts — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2023-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2023-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass `passage`
- **2023-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in Second House
- **2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in Second House
- **2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in Second House
- **2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Commerce and Small Business) `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Committee (Commerce and Small Business) `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in Second House `reading-1`
- **2023-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Read A Third Time And Passed As Amended
- **2023-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Adopt
- **2023-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2023-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in House of Origin
- **2023-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
- **2023-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (County and Municipal Government) `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** AMD/SUB (County and Municipal Government)
- **2023-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred (County and Municipal Government) `introduction, referral`
- **2023-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in House of Origin `reading-1`
- **2023-05-16T18:23:00+00:00** Enacted as 2023-201 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1d4d007e-ca00-46a5-a6ef-ca61ca8610ce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).