Hearing
House Agriculture and Forestry Hearing
Room 418 at 15:00:00
SB159 Alabama 2026 Session
Updated Apr 17, 2026
Notable
Summary
- Primary Sponsor
Jack W. WilliamsSenatorRepublican- Session
- 2026 Regular Session
- Title
- Taxation; Energy use in commercial greenhouses, pivot irrigation systems, and poultry houses, exempt from utility gross receipts and utility service use tax
- Description
Under existing law, a utility gross receipts tax is levied on utility services, and a utility service use tax is levied on the storage, use, or other consumption of electricity, domestic water, natural gas, telegraph, and telephone in the state.
This bill would exclude the use or purchase of natural gas or electricity for use or consumption in commercial greenhouses, pivot irrigation systems, and poultry houses from the utility gross receipts tax and utility service use tax.
- Subjects
- Taxation & Revenue
Bill Actions
S
Enacted
S
Enacted
H
Signature Requested
S
Delivered to Governor
S
Enrolled
S
Ready to Enroll
H
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 1329
H
Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar
H
Reported Out of Committee Second House
H
Re-referred to Committee in Second House to House Agriculture and Forestry
H
Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar
H
Reported Out of Committee Second House
H
Pending House Ways and Means Education
H
Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means Education
S
Engrossed
S
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 903
S
Williams motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 902 SLUL177-1
S
Williams 1st Amendment Offered SLUL177-1
S
Williams motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 900 QNYKB14-1
S
Williams motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 901 MSAGLWH-1
S
Finance and Taxation Education 1st Amendment Offered QNYKB14-1
S
Finance and Taxation Education 2nd Amendment Offered MSAGLWH-1
S
Third Reading in House of Origin
S
Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar
S
Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
S
Finance and Taxation Education 2nd Amendment MSAGLWH-1
S
Finance and Taxation Education 1st Amendment QNYKB14-1
S
Re-referred to Committee in House of Origin to Senate Finance and Taxation Education
S
Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar
S
Pending Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund
S
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Finance and Taxation General Fund
Calendar
Hearing
House Ways and Means Education Hearing
No Meeting at 13:43:00
Hearing
Senate Finance and Taxation Education Hearing
Finance and Taxation at 10:00:00
Hearing
Senate Finance and Taxation Education Hearing
Finance and Taxation at 10:00:00
Hearing
Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund Hearing
Finance and Taxation at 16:31:00
Bill Text
Votes
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Roll Call 903
Yes
30
No
1
Absent
4
Williams motion to Adopt - Roll Call 902 SLUL177-1
Yes
34
Absent
1
Williams motion to Adopt - Roll Call 901 MSAGLWH-1
Yes
34
Absent
1
Williams motion to Adopt - Roll Call 900 QNYKB14-1
Yes
34
Absent
1
Third Reading in House of Origin
Yes
34
Absent
1
SBIR: Passed by House of Origin
Yes
34
Absent
1
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Roll Call 1329
Yes
101
Abstained
1
Absent
3
Documents
Bill Text (Enrolled)
SB159 Alabama 2026 Session - Enrolled
Bill Text (Engrossed)
SB159 Alabama 2026 Session - Engrossed
Bill Text (Introduced)
SB159 Alabama 2026 Session - Introduced
Amendment
Senate Finance and Taxation Education Finance and Taxation Education 2nd Amendment
Amendment
Senate Finance and Taxation Education Finance and Taxation Education 1st Amendment
Amendment
Senate Williams motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 902
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note - Introduced
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note - Reported by First Chamber Committee
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note - Passed First Chamber
Source: Alabama Legislature