---
type: "Bill"
title: "Taxation, tax credit for private intrastate adoptions, applicable to any private adoptions, Secs. 40-18-360, 40-18-361 am'd."
description: "Taxation, tax credit for private intrastate adoptions, applicable to any private adoptions, Secs. 40-18-360, 40-18-361 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2018rs"
identifier: "SB 209"
citation: "Alabama SB 209 (2018rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brewbaker"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-23T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e7ce3019-6051-4529-a5ed-309c4279cfa1"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB209"
source_hash: "6d515363576f3fdfbad00e437317b8ca14ccf5da0aafbb4738f49cf8b42d415b"
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 209 (2018rs) — Taxation, tax credit for private intrastate adoptions, applicable to any private adoptions, Secs. 40-18-360, 40-18-361 am'd.

## 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/2018rs/PrintFiles/SB209-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/SB209-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1056 — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Brewbaker motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1166 — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 315 — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1057 — **101–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brewbaker — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-23T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Education and Youth Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2018-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 315 `passage`
- **2018-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Ways and Means Education `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Ways and Means Education Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1056 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1057 `passage`
- **2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
- **2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Brewbaker to Carry Over Adopted Voice Vote
- **2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Brewbaker motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1166 `passage`
- **2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Second House Amendment
- **2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2018-549. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e7ce3019-6051-4529-a5ed-309c4279cfa1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).