---
type: "Bill"
title: "Energy Policy, Permanent Joint Legislative Committee on, membership and duties revised, limit reporting of committee, creation of office deleted, authorized to form advisory subcommittees, Secs. 29-2-270 to 29-2-275, inclusive, am'd."
description: "Energy Policy, Permanent Joint Legislative Committee on, membership and duties revised, limit reporting of committee, creation of office deleted, authorized to form advisory subcommittees, Secs. 29-2-270 to 29-2-275, inclusive, am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2018rs"
identifier: "SB 33"
citation: "Alabama SB 33 (2018rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Legislature"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ward"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0135408d-83f1-4b78-b333-78cf4ea55052"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB33"
source_hash: "4420470247b83db5de0da28283f2f382dd38909cf96cb25388fbb48a0819f115"
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 33 (2018rs) — Energy Policy, Permanent Joint Legislative Committee on, membership and duties revised, limit reporting of committee, creation of office deleted, authorized to form advisory subcommittees, Secs. 29-2-270 to 29-2-275, inclusive, 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/SB33-int.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/SB33-eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/SB33-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Ward motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 75 — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 76 — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- Ward motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 74 — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 945 — **91–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ward — 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 Senate committee on Transportation and Energy `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-18T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2018-01-23T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-01-23T05:00:00+00:00** Transportation and Energy Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-01-23T05:00:00+00:00** Ward motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 74 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-01-23T05:00:00+00:00** Ward Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-01-23T05:00:00+00:00** Ward motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 75 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-01-23T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 76 `passage`
- **2018-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2018-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar as Favorable `reading-2`
- **2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 945 `passage`
- **2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Forwarded to Governor on March 21, 2018 at 4:34 p.m. on March 21, 2018 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2018-419. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0135408d-83f1-4b78-b333-78cf4ea55052`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).