---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vessels, abandoned and derelict, law enforcement officers, procedure for seizure and disposal, Alabama Abandoned and Derelict Vessel Fund, created, crime of refusing or failing to remove a derelict vessel from waters of this state, created"
description: "Vessels, abandoned and derelict, law enforcement officers, procedure for seizure and disposal, Alabama Abandoned and Derelict Vessel Fund, created, crime of refusing or failing to remove a derelict vessel from waters of this state, created"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2018rs"
identifier: "SB 50"
citation: "Alabama SB 50 (2018rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vessels"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pittman"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-01-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-03-01T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ff16793-3eda-4a10-9da5-35c1093d846f"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB50"
source_hash: "1329de7c298f1d80ee9a8a41e9256dbdec61e28bc82812695a8702556809f29e"
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 50 (2018rs) — Vessels, abandoned and derelict, law enforcement officers, procedure for seizure and disposal, Alabama Abandoned and Derelict Vessel Fund, created, crime of refusing or failing to remove a derelict vessel from waters of this state, created

## 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/SB50-int.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/SB50-eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/SB50-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 274 — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 501 — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- Williams motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 273 — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- Pittman motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 541 — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 502 — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Pittman motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 259 — **26–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Pittman — 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 Governmental Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** Reported from Governmental Affairs as Favorable with 1 amendment `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Carried Over to Call of the Chair
- **2018-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Governmental Affairs Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Pittman motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 259 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Williams motion to Carry Over to the Call of the Chair adopted Voice Vote
- **2018-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Williams Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Williams motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 273 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 274 `passage`
- **2018-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2018-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2018-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Bracy Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 501 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 502 `passage`
- **2018-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
- **2018-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Pittman motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 541 `passage`
- **2018-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Second House Amendment
- **2018-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2018-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2018-179. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1ff16793-3eda-4a10-9da5-35c1093d846f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).