---
type: "Bill"
title: "Home buyers, first-time, savings accounts authorized to save funds for a down payment and closing costs, income tax deduction for contributions"
description: "Home buyers, first-time, savings accounts authorized to save funds for a down payment and closing costs, income tax deduction for contributions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2018rs"
identifier: "HB 248"
citation: "Alabama HB 248 (2018rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Banks and Banking"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["South"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2018-01-18T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5ead60df-5092-4c9a-b4e5-b71fdd19dd25"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB248"
source_hash: "56101cca26321971d06bd4421f50e5a02e0a29f6db0d0163fbfeeaf1d031c1f6"
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 248 (2018rs) — Home buyers, first-time, savings accounts authorized to save funds for a down payment and closing costs, income tax deduction for contributions

## 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/HB248-int.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/HB248-eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/HB248-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Cosponsors Added — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Orr motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 946 — **21–2** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 210 — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 209 — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 211 — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 948 — **22–2** (pass) · upper
- Orr motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 947 — **22–2** (pass) · upper
- South motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1004 — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 208 — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- South — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-18T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Financial Services `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-23T05:00:00+00:00** Rereferred from FR to W&ME
- **2018-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2018-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Ways and Means Education Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 208 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Collins Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 209 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Clarke Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 210 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 211 `passage`
- **2018-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Cosponsors Added
- **2018-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2018-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Banking and Insurance `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Committee on Finance and Taxation Education `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-01T05:00:00+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** Orr Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Orr motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 946 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Orr Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Orr motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 947 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 948 `passage`
- **2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
- **2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** South motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1004 `passage`
- **2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Second House Amendment
- **2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2018-467. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Ways and Means Education first Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Forwarded to Governor on March 22, 2018 at 2:22 p.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/5ead60df-5092-4c9a-b4e5-b71fdd19dd25`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).