---
type: "Bill"
title: "Business entities, Sec. of State authorized to waive the Certificate of Existence fee for business entities under certain conditions, Sec. 10A-1-4.31 am'd."
description: "Business entities, Sec. of State authorized to waive the Certificate of Existence fee for business entities under certain conditions, Sec. 10A-1-4.31 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2021rs"
identifier: "HB 165"
citation: "Alabama HB 165 (2021rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business and Commerce"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ingram"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-07T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/86dc5c9e-d731-4c39-a45d-195bdad58042"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB165"
source_hash: "eed9c1274cccf1e97586c7caed51a64d94f172fcb703890f232aedaa2bf13ce6"
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 HB 165 (2021rs) — Business entities, Sec. of State authorized to waive the Certificate of Existence fee for business entities under certain conditions, Sec. 10A-1-4.31 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/2021rs/PrintFiles/HB165-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/HB165-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 46 — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 798 — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ingram — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Ways and Means General Fund `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 46 `passage`
- **2021-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Governmental Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 798 `passage`
- **2021-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2021-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2021-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2021-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2021-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2021-222. `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 2:45 p.m. on April 7, 2021. `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/86dc5c9e-d731-4c39-a45d-195bdad58042`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).