---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alabama Innovation Corporation, incorporation, implementation of Small Business Innovation Research or Small Business Technology grants, board of directors, powers, contracts, investments, Sec. 41-10-800 to 41-10-810, inclusive, added"
description: "Alabama Innovation Corporation, incorporation, implementation of Small Business Innovation Research or Small Business Technology grants, board of directors, powers, contracts, investments, Sec. 41-10-800 to 41-10-810, inclusive, added"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2021rs"
identifier: "HB 540"
citation: "Alabama HB 540 (2021rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Innovation Corporation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Poole"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 26
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-05-06T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6ad1df16-761c-439e-9aa3-5a90083c8398"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB540"
source_hash: "09ea16f8a9229fc606acc270ac4f46d2ac0cd66bd77626442b88ec9ba700d37a"
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 540 (2021rs) — Alabama Innovation Corporation, incorporation, implementation of Small Business Innovation Research or Small Business Technology grants, board of directors, powers, contracts, investments, Sec. 41-10-800 to 41-10-810, inclusive, added

## 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/HB540-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 213237-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/213237-2.pdf)
3. **Amd/Sub 213652-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/213652-1.pdf)
4. **Amd/Sub 214035-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/214035-1.pdf)
5. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/HB540-eng.pdf)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/HB540-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1306 — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Cosponsors Added — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 937 — **103–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 936 — **103–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 938 — **102–1** (pass) · lower
- Poole motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1148 — **101–0** (pass) · lower
- Orr motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1305 — **30–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Poole — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Boards, Agencies and Commissions `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar with 1 substitute and `reading-2`
- **2021-04-22T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-22T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-22T04:00:00+00:00** Boards, Agencies and Commissions first Substitute Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-22T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 936 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-22T04:00:00+00:00** Poole Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-22T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 937 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-22T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 938 `passage`
- **2021-04-22T04:00:00+00:00** Cosponsors Added
- **2021-04-22T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Carried Over to Call of the Chair
- **2021-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Reed motion to Carry Over to the Call of the Chair adopted Voice Vote
- **2021-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Orr Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Orr motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1305 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1306 `passage`
- **2021-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
- **2021-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Poole motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1148 `passage`
- **2021-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Second House Amendment
- **2021-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2021-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2021-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2021-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2021-455. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Forwarded to Governor on May 6, 2021 at 2:41 p.m. on May 6, 2021. `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6ad1df16-761c-439e-9aa3-5a90083c8398`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).