---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tax Tribunal, sales and use taxes, eliminate jointly filed petition for refund by taxpayer and the purchaser, definitions, Secs. 40-2A-3, 40-2A-7 am'd."
description: "Tax Tribunal, sales and use taxes, eliminate jointly filed petition for refund by taxpayer and the purchaser, definitions, Secs. 40-2A-3, 40-2A-7 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2018rs"
identifier: "SB 63"
citation: "Alabama SB 63 (2018rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Livingston"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-03-01T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3c727fff-5c56-49da-accd-4a4d783788a9"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB63"
source_hash: "553b70fe2d9834710a3b529f5adb423833f303d397e8010d088631ddacd77148"
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 63 (2018rs) — Tax Tribunal, sales and use taxes, eliminate jointly filed petition for refund by taxpayer and the purchaser, definitions, Secs. 40-2A-3, 40-2A-7 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/SB63-int.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/SB63-eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/SB63-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 243 — **22–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 510 — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Livingston motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 242 — **21–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Livingston — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2018-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Livingston Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Livingston motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 242 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 243 `passage`
- **2018-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2018-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Ways and Means Education `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2018-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 510 `passage`
- **2018-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2018-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2018-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2018-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2018-180. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3c727fff-5c56-49da-accd-4a4d783788a9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).