---
type: "Bill"
title: "Taxation, sales and use tax, certain tax-exempt public water and sewer authorities, districts, boards, and systems eligible as government entities for certificates of exemptions from the Dept. of Revenue, Sec. 40-9-14.1 am'd."
description: "Taxation, sales and use tax, certain tax-exempt public water and sewer authorities, districts, boards, and systems eligible as government entities for certificates of exemptions from the Dept. of Revenue, Sec. 40-9-14.1 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2018rs"
identifier: "HB 35"
citation: "Alabama HB 35 (2018rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crawford"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-03-08T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ce3b0f8-5563-48aa-862a-d8ca44c3fa5c"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB35"
source_hash: "d06690dd3e2ea87f6a59a12d4f0709d20dd894d648958c1838b9acde1d0f0b32"
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 35 (2018rs) — Taxation, sales and use tax, certain tax-exempt public water and sewer authorities, districts, boards, and systems eligible as government entities for certificates of exemptions from the Dept. of Revenue, Sec. 40-9-14.1 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/HB35-int.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/HB35-eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/HB35-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 653 — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 214 — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 215 — **100–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Crawford — 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 House of Representatives committee on Ways and Means General Fund `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-18T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2018-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Crawford Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 214 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 215 `passage`
- **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 Finance and Taxation General Fund `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-22T05:00:00+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 653 `passage`
- **2018-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2018-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2018-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2018-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2018-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2018-234. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 10:16 a.m. on March 8, 2018. `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1ce3b0f8-5563-48aa-862a-d8ca44c3fa5c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).