---
type: "Bill"
title: "Transportation network companies, providing ride sharing for compensation, Public Service Commission permit required to operate, minimum requirements imposed"
description: "Transportation network companies, providing ride sharing for compensation, Public Service Commission permit required to operate, minimum requirements imposed"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2018rs"
identifier: "HB 190"
citation: "Alabama HB 190 (2018rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Faulkner"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2018-01-11T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-02-15T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1189b3bd-2ad2-4e3b-b003-a350c1868f21"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB190"
source_hash: "bc902f01e45d2a109e1e68c434c126ab38cff8ae647ee889860d003ed6641d30"
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 190 (2018rs) — Transportation network companies, providing ride sharing for compensation, Public Service Commission permit required to operate, minimum requirements imposed

## 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/HB190-int.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/HB190-eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/HB190-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 136 — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Faulkner motion to Table adopted Roll Call 135 — **55–26** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 380 — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Adopt lost Roll Call 134 — **35–46** (fail) · lower
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 133 — **96–1** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 132 — **86–8** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 137 — **97–3** (pass) · lower
- Cosponsors Added — **22–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Faulkner — 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 Commerce and Small Business `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar with 1 substitute and 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2018-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** Commerce and Small Business first Substitute Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 132 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** Commerce and Small Business Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 133 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** Coleman Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt lost Roll Call 134 `amendment-failure`
- **2018-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** Wilcox Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** Faulkner motion to Table adopted Roll Call 135 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** Givan Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 136 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 137 `passage`
- **2018-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** Cosponsors Added
- **2018-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2018-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Tourism and Marketing `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2018-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 380 `passage`
- **2018-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2018-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2018-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2018-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2018-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 10:08 a.m. on February 15, 2018. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2018-127. `executive-signature`
- **2018-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Commerce and Small Business first Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1189b3bd-2ad2-4e3b-b003-a350c1868f21`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).