---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alabama Film Office renamed, Entertainment Industry Incentive Act of 2009 amended, maximum expenditure threshold eligible for rebates increased, annual cap increased, unspent incentives carried forward"
description: "Economic Development"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2025rs"
identifier: "SB 177"
citation: "Alabama SB 177 (2025rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Economic Development"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 30
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-18T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-14T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d31adf40-9489-494f-aa06-05bc1cbae040"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "dd119e76ebc9b7f1db41d7a7b44bc80580229253b558697af6d90dceff37e07c"
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 177 (2025rs) — Alabama Film Office renamed, Entertainment Industry Incentive Act of 2009 amended, maximum expenditure threshold eligible for rebates increased, annual cap increased, unspent incentives carried forward

Economic Development

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/SB177-int.pdf)
2. **Economic Development and Tourism 1st Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/BYVIZJJ-1.pdf)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/SB177-eng.pdf)
4. **Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1169** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/ZQ2MMKR-1.pdf)
5. **Orr motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 335** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/EJQIB99-1.pdf)
6. **Reported Out of Committee Second House** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/2JWRBIK-1.pdf)
7. **Ways and Means Education 1st Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/7B5H9EV-1.pdf)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/SB177-enr.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Bell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2025-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2025-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2025-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2025-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Elliott Concur In and Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1000
- **2025-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 1170 `passage`
- **2025-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1169
- **2025-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Ways and Means Education Engrossed Substitute Offered (Ways and Means Education) `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-01T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Ways and Means Education)
- **2025-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Ways and Means Education 1st Substitute (Ways and Means Education)
- **2025-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Ways and Means Education 1st Amendment (Ways and Means Education)
- **2025-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Economic Development and Tourism 1st Amendment (Ways and Means Education)
- **2025-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Committee in Second House (Ways and Means Education) `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-03T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Economic Development and Tourism)
- **2025-04-03T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House (Economic Development and Tourism)
- **2025-04-03T04:00:00+00:00** Economic Development and Tourism 1st Amendment (Economic Development and Tourism)
- **2025-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Economic Development and Tourism)
- **2025-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Economic Development and Tourism `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2025-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 336 `passage`
- **2025-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Orr motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 335
- **2025-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Orr 1st Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2025-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Carried Over to the Call of the Chair
- **2025-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development)
- **2025-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- **2025-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- **2025-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development)
- **2025-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development `reading-1, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d31adf40-9489-494f-aa06-05bc1cbae040`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).