---
type: "Bill"
title: "Commerce Dept., Workforce Council, membership revised, regional workforce development councils, membership qualifications revised, Secs. 41-29-290, 41-29-291, 41-29-300 am'd."
description: "Commerce Dept., Workforce Council, membership revised, regional workforce development councils, membership qualifications revised, Secs. 41-29-290, 41-29-291, 41-29-300 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2018rs"
identifier: "HB 170"
citation: "Alabama HB 170 (2018rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Workforce Council"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Baker"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-11T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2f880fce-c154-478a-b6cb-a06e0b1995dc"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB170"
source_hash: "3d5ca51c6ef3ee4aeedb1c237d09d7ecc303b43f2b2d439029ceabb47384362f"
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 170 (2018rs) — Commerce Dept., Workforce Council, membership revised, regional workforce development councils, membership qualifications revised, Secs. 41-29-290, 41-29-291, 41-29-300 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/HB170-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/HB170-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 940 — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 612 — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Cosponsors Added — **63–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Baker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Economic Development and Tourism `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2018-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 612 `passage`
- **2018-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Cosponsors Added
- **2018-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 940 `passage`
- **2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2018-449. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 10:17 a.m. on March 22, 2018. `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2f880fce-c154-478a-b6cb-a06e0b1995dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).