---
type: "Bill"
title: "General Fund budget, appropriations for other functions of government, debt service, and capital outlay for fiscal year ending September 30, 2019."
description: "General Fund budget, appropriations for other functions of government, debt service, and capital outlay for fiscal year ending September 30, 2019."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2018rs"
identifier: "SB 178"
citation: "Alabama SB 178 (2018rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pittman"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2018-01-16T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/49070f58-86b0-4326-9321-466f61e46761"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB178"
source_hash: "b810d29dae2942ede9fb520a70869aea8cd555265ec9abe5c32f98a6762cd369"
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 178 (2018rs) — General Fund budget, appropriations for other functions of government, debt service, and capital outlay for fiscal year ending September 30, 2019.

## 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/2018rs/PrintFiles/SB178-int.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/SB178-eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/SB178-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 721 — **98–1** (pass) · lower
- Pittman motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 923 — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- Pittman motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 444 — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 720 — **93–1** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 445 — **26–2** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 442 — **28–1** (pass) · upper
- Singleton motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 443 — **24–6** (pass) · upper
- Pittman motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 441 — **28–1** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 719 — **97–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pittman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-16T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Finance and Taxation General Fund `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar with 1 substitute and `reading-2`
- **2018-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** Finance and Taxation General Fund first Substitute Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** Pittman motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 441 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** Pittman Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 442 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** Singleton Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** Singleton motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 443 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** Pittman Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** Pittman motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 444 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 445 `passage`
- **2018-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2018-02-20T05:00:00+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`
- **2018-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar with 1 substitute and `reading-2`
- **2018-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Ways and Means General Fund first Substitute Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 719 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Clouse Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 720 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 721 `passage`
- **2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
- **2018-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Reed motion to Carry Over adopted Voice Vote
- **2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Pittman motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 923 `passage`
- **2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Second House Amendment
- **2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2018-354. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 2:45 p.m. on March 21, 2018 `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/49070f58-86b0-4326-9321-466f61e46761`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).