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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Small businesses, Innovate Alabama Matching Grant Program, matching grants to entities receiving Small Business Innovation Research or Small Business Technology grants, Secs. 41-10-820 to 41-10-823, inclusive, added."
+description: "Small businesses, Innovate Alabama Matching Grant Program, matching grants to entities receiving Small Business Innovation Research or Small Business Technology grants, Secs. 41-10-820 to 41-10-823, inclusive, added."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
+legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
+session: "2021rs"
+identifier: "HB 609"
+citation: "Alabama HB 609 (2021rs)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Innovation Corporation"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Gray"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 25
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2021-04-08T04:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2021-05-06T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7640e388-54b2-4ce9-a2c4-824982b8e7f8"
+source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB609"
+source_hash: "fd76ee48a6856ab77d5bda6931fa8d1b63045ad2e4687c56c333f2d8cdd857bd"
+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 HB 609 (2021rs) — Small businesses, Innovate Alabama Matching Grant Program, matching grants to entities receiving Small Business Innovation Research or Small Business Technology grants, Secs. 41-10-820 to 41-10-823, inclusive, added.
+
+## 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/2021rs/PrintFiles/HB609-int.pdf)
+2. **Amd/Sub 213114-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/213114-2.pdf)
+3. **Amd/Sub 214036-3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/214036-3.pdf)
+4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/HB609-eng.pdf)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/HB609-enr.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Gray motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1149 — **100–0** (pass) · lower
+- Cosponsors Added — **84–0** (pass) · lower
+- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 942 — **97–1** (pass) · lower
+- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 941 — **95–0** (pass) · lower
+- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1308 — **30–0** (pass) · upper
+- Smitherman motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1307 — **30–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Gray — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Ways and Means Education `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar with 1 substitute and `reading-2`
+- **2021-04-22T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2021-04-22T04:00:00+00:00** Boards, Agencies and Commissions first Substitute Offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2021-04-22T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 941 `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-04-22T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 942 `passage`
+- **2021-04-22T04:00:00+00:00** Cosponsors Added
+- **2021-04-22T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
+- **2021-04-22T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
+- **2021-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Carried Over to Call of the Chair
+- **2021-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Smitherman motion to Carry Over to the Call of the Chair adopted Voice Vote
+- **2021-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Smitherman Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2021-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Smitherman motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1307 `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1308 `passage`
+- **2021-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
+- **2021-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Gray motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1149 `passage`
+- **2021-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Second House Amendment
+- **2021-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
+- **2021-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
+- **2021-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
+- **2021-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2021-449. `executive-signature`
+- **2021-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Forwarded to Governor on May 6, 2021 at 2:41 p.m. on May 6, 2021. `executive-receipt`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7640e388-54b2-4ce9-a2c4-824982b8e7f8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).
+