---
type: "Bill"
title: "Small Business Commission, under Commerce Dept., appt. by Lt. Gov., Sec. 41-29-240 am'd."
description: "Small Business Commission, under Commerce Dept., appt. by Lt. Gov., Sec. 41-29-240 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2019rs"
identifier: "SB 278"
citation: "Alabama SB 278 (2019rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Boards and Commissions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gudger"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-04-16T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9243ee4c-fbc7-4ed1-96d4-8ffca3c22c3c"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB278"
source_hash: "2191f533489c289c4ecbb903f6ff4d9c291111169091d471a8115cd82ac6587c"
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 278 (2019rs) — Small Business Commission, under Commerce Dept., appt. by Lt. Gov., Sec. 41-29-240 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/2019rs/PrintFiles/SB278-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 199936-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/199936-2.pdf)
3. **Amd/Sub 201042-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/201042-1.pdf)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/SB278-eng.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/SB278-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 575 — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1206 — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1205 — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Gudger motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1386 — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- Gudger motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 574 — **27–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gudger — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Gudger motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 574 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 575 `passage`
- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Commerce and Small Business `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Lovvorn Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1205 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1206 `passage`
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Gudger motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1386 `passage`
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Second House Amendment
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2019-509. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9243ee4c-fbc7-4ed1-96d4-8ffca3c22c3c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).