---
type: "Bill"
title: "Television service providers, urged to provide Alabama citizens with access to programming that originates in Alabama"
description: "Television service providers, urged to provide Alabama citizens with access to programming that originates in Alabama"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2018rs"
identifier: "HJR 71"
citation: "Alabama HJR 71 (2018rs)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["Resolutions", "Legislative"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fincher"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-01-16T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-02-15T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7f03b66f-6568-476a-9233-bae8161376e5"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HJR71"
source_hash: "64dbaf28c5e8185d45492b2720305947a6be2ed53bf329ff133d93a0300d8856"
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 HJR 71 (2018rs) — Television service providers, urged to provide Alabama citizens with access to programming that originates in Alabama

## 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/HJR71-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/HJR71-enr.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Fincher — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-16T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Rules `introduction`
- **2018-01-23T05:00:00+00:00** Reported from Rules and received `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-23T05:00:00+00:00** Jones motion to Adopt adopted Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2018-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** Received in Senate and referred to the Senate committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Reported from Rules `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Waggoner motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Voice Vote `passage`
- **2018-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2018-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2018-02-15T05:00:00+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 on February 15, 2018 at 2:55 p.m. on February 15, 2018. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2018-115. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7f03b66f-6568-476a-9233-bae8161376e5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).