---
type: "Bill"
title: "Technology, Alabama Council on Advanced Technology, estab., to advise Governor and Legislature, members, duties"
description: "Technology, Alabama Council on Advanced Technology, estab., to advise Governor and Legislature, members, duties"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2021rs"
identifier: "SB 78"
citation: "Alabama SB 78 (2021rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Technology", "Alabama Council on Advanced Technology"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Waggoner"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a86c88c0-3a58-4ac3-9b80-c4c9af193579"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB78"
source_hash: "f3efe76ac6cb114676cc4adefb02c53cf49b98d3a80dc96c3ec4f5a0703cca13"
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 78 (2021rs) — Technology, Alabama Council on Advanced Technology, estab., to advise Governor and Legislature, members, duties

## 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/SB78-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 209546-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/209546-2.pdf)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/SB78-eng.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/SB78-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1006 — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 63 — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Waggoner motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 62 — **30–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Waggoner — 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 Senate committee on Governmental Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Governmental Affairs Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Waggoner motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 62 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 63 `passage`
- **2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on State Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1006 `passage`
- **2021-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2021-344. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a86c88c0-3a58-4ac3-9b80-c4c9af193579`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).