---
type: "Bill"
title: "Jefferson Co., automobile rental tax, add'l tax levied, operative date of tax provided for, Act 2001-550, 2001 Reg. Sess., am'd; Sec. 45-37-244.01 am'd."
description: "Jefferson Co., automobile rental tax, add'l tax levied, operative date of tax provided for, Act 2001-550, 2001 Reg. Sess., am'd; Sec. 45-37-244.01 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2018rs"
identifier: "SB 311"
citation: "Alabama SB 311 (2018rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Jefferson County"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Waggoner"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2018-02-13T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/15dd56fb-fa89-4e83-bc0c-e3215299f11c"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB311"
source_hash: "f82d2108a8343cca4cb0cff4675834596dd43731fd53117419c9511827c32718"
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 311 (2018rs) — Jefferson Co., automobile rental tax, add'l tax levied, operative date of tax provided for, Act 2001-550, 2001 Reg. Sess., am'd; Sec. 45-37-244.01 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/SB311-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/SB311-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Williams (JD) motion to Table adopted Roll Call 897 — **18–3** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 902 — **14–3** (pass) · lower
- Henry motion to Previous Question lost Roll Call 899 — **1–41** (fail) · lower
- Williams (JD) motion to Table adopted Roll Call 898 — **13–4** (pass) · lower
- Williams (JD) motion to Table adopted Roll Call 900 — **10–5** (pass) · lower
- Williams (JD) motion to Table adopted Roll Call 901 — **11–6** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 431 — **22–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Waggoner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Local Legislation, Jefferson County `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2018-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 431 `passage`
- **2018-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Hanes intended to vote "Abstain" and Scott intended to vote "Yea"
- **2018-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Jefferson County Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2018-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Moore (M) Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Williams (JD) motion to Table adopted Roll Call 897 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Rogers 1st Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Williams (JD) motion to Table adopted Roll Call 898 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Henry motion to Previous Question lost Roll Call 899
- **2018-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Rogers 2nd Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Williams (JD) motion to Table adopted Roll Call 900 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Rogers 3rd Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Williams (JD) motion to Table adopted Roll Call 901 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 902 `passage`
- **2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2018-288. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/15dd56fb-fa89-4e83-bc0c-e3215299f11c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).