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Read. Follow. Verify.Alabama exempts Precision Ocular from state sales tax for five years and authorizes local exemptions
Last action · April 17, 2026: EnactedSponsor: Jabo Waggoner
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What This Bill Does
State law exempts Precision Ocular from paying state from October 1, 2026, through September 30, 2031, and permits local governments to grant similar exemptions. The tax relief takes effect on September 1, 2026.
Lowers operating costs for a specific business entity by eliminating state sales tax obligations for a five-year period, while giving local governing bodies the option to reduce municipal and county tax burdens as well.
Who It Affects
Groups the bill's text affects, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Precision Ocular
Exempt from paying state sales and use taxes for a five-year period and eligible for local tax exemptions upon municipal or county approval.
Counties and municipalities
Granted the authority to choose whether or not to exempt Precision Ocular from local sales and use taxes.
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Frequently Asked Questions
When does the state sales tax exemption for Precision Ocular begin and end?
Are local sales taxes also automatically waived for Precision Ocular?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Current status: Became law.
Procedural history
24 actions- Apr 17, 2026SenateEnrolledEnacted
- Apr 7, 2026HouseSignature Requested
- Apr 7, 2026SenateEnrolledDelivered to Governor
- Apr 7, 2026SenateEnrolled
- Apr 7, 2026SenateReady to Enroll
- Apr 7, 2026SenateReady to Enroll
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- Apr 7, 2026HouseFloorMotion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 1219
- Apr 7, 2026HouseThird Reading in Second House
- Mar 19, 2026HouseRead for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar
- Mar 18, 2026HouseCommitteeReported Out of Committee Second House
- Feb 17, 2026HouseCommitteePending Committee Action in Second House
- Feb 17, 2026HouseIntroducedRead for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means Education
- Feb 17, 2026SenateEngrossed
- Feb 17, 2026SenateFloorMotion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 426
- Feb 17, 2026SenateWaggoner motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 425
- Feb 17, 2026SenateFinance and Taxation Education 1st Substitute Offered
- Feb 17, 2026SenateThird Reading in House of Origin
- Feb 12, 2026SenateRead for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar
- Feb 11, 2026SenateCommitteeReported Out of Committee House of Origin
- Feb 11, 2026SenateFinance and Taxation Education 1st Substitute
- Jan 22, 2026SenateCommitteeRe-referred to Committee in House of Origin
- Jan 22, 2026SenateCommitteeReported Out of Committee House of Origin
- Jan 21, 2026SenateCommitteePending Committee Action in House of Origin
- Jan 21, 2026SenateIntroducedRead for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Finance and Taxation General Fund
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0–100- Significance40How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy15Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
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