---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alabama Partnership Act, repealed and replaced, procedures for formation and dissolution, conforming changes, Secs. 10A-1-5.10, 10A-1-9.01 added; Secs. 10A-1-5.07, 10A-1-7.33, 10A-8-1.01 to 10A-8-11.04, inclusive, repealed; numerous sections of Title 10A, am'd."
description: "Alabama Partnership Act, repealed and replaced, procedures for formation and dissolution, conforming changes, Secs. 10A-1-5.10, 10A-1-9.01 added; Secs. 10A-1-5.07, 10A-1-7.33, 10A-8-1.01 to 10A-8-11.04, inclusive, repealed; numerous sections of Title 10A, am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2018rs"
identifier: "HB 72"
citation: "Alabama HB 72 (2018rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business Entities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Poole"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-02-15T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/33a6e976-0953-4035-86b7-9a18c969d0f0"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB72"
source_hash: "e9bed570d002b77328b2f8f6a06489d7e4d2a832e6f2457c77d7b658eee3dc1f"
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# Alabama HB 72 (2018rs) — Alabama Partnership Act, repealed and replaced, procedures for formation and dissolution, conforming changes, Secs. 10A-1-5.10, 10A-1-9.01 added; Secs. 10A-1-5.07, 10A-1-7.33, 10A-8-1.01 to 10A-8-11.04, inclusive, repealed; numerous sections of Title 10A, am'd.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/HB72-int.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/HB72-eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/HB72-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 389 — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- Poole motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 47 — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 48 — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Poole — 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 Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2018-01-18T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-01-18T05:00:00+00:00** Poole Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-01-18T05:00:00+00:00** Poole motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 47 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-01-18T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 48 `passage`
- **2018-01-18T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2018-01-18T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-01T05:00:00+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 389 `passage`
- **2018-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2018-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2018-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2018-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2018-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Forwarded to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2018-125 on 02/22/2018. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/33a6e976-0953-4035-86b7-9a18c969d0f0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).