---
type: "Bill"
title: "Home Builders Licensure Board, hearing costs, collection, fines increased for violations, revocation of certain licenses, Secs. 34-14A-1 to 34-14A-8, inclusive, 34-14A-14, 34-14A-15 am'd."
description: "Home Builders Licensure Board, hearing costs, collection, fines increased for violations, revocation of certain licenses, Secs. 34-14A-1 to 34-14A-8, inclusive, 34-14A-14, 34-14A-15 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2018rs"
identifier: "SB 147"
citation: "Alabama SB 147 (2018rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Home Builders Licensure Board"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Livingston"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-11T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-02-20T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c61aee69-4889-4509-9d7a-98f959d86a1b"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB147"
source_hash: "bf8a54755964e5ab5705f687bbcd2908fb7fbe0949561beb1a96b89b001f71ec"
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 SB 147 (2018rs) — Home Builders Licensure Board, hearing costs, collection, fines increased for violations, revocation of certain licenses, Secs. 34-14A-1 to 34-14A-8, inclusive, 34-14A-14, 34-14A-15 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/SB147-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/SB147-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 385 — **87–3** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 69 — **23–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Livingston — 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 Senate committee on Governmental Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-16T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2018-01-23T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-01-23T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 69 `passage`
- **2018-01-23T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Boards, Agencies and Commissions `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2018-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 385 `passage`
- **2018-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2018-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2018-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2018-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2018-143. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c61aee69-4889-4509-9d7a-98f959d86a1b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).