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Alabama · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 176: Taxation, sales tax exemptions, sales and use tax exemption with local option provided for purchases of optical aids, including eyeglasses and contact lenses

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 176 is a bill introduced in the Alabama House on February 5, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Taxation, sales tax exemptions, sales and use tax exemption with local option provided for purchases of optical aids, including eyeglasses and contact lenses. Primary sponsor: Mark Shirey (Republican). Most recent recorded action (May 1, 2025): Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Finance and Taxation Education).

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Taxation & Revenue

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Mark ShireyPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse100

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Finance and Taxation Education)
  2. Reported Out of Committee Second House
  3. Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Finance and Taxation Education
  4. Pending Committee Action in Second House (Finance and Taxation Education)
  5. Third Reading in House of Origin
  6. Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 949
  7. Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Ways and Means Education)
  8. Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
  9. Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means Education
  10. Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Ways and Means Education)

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source