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Bill	Innovation Act, established, tax credits for qualified research expenses, authorized under certain conditions, tax credits authorized to offset certain taxes under certain conditions, to further provide for the allocation and transferability of certain tax credits under certain conditions	Innovation Act, established, tax credits for qualified research expenses, authorized under certain conditions, tax credits authorized to offset certain taxes under certain conditions, to further provide for the allocation and transferability of certain tax credits under certain conditions	us/states/al	Alabama Legislature	2019rs	SB 78	Alabama SB 78 (2019rs)	bill	Taxation	enacted	Orr	7	27	7	2019-03-05T05:00:00+00:00	2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/49b25891-4eaa-4973-b4e0-46b9238f2223	http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB78	0048595bbbea3614ba8e38a3f25321d367f27e7795a5a603e512a55ddcc32c42	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-al

Alabama SB 78 (2019rs) — Innovation Act, established, tax credits for qualified research expenses, authorized under certain conditions, tax credits authorized to offset certain taxes under certain conditions, to further provide for the allocation and transferability of certain tax credits under certain conditions

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Amd/Sub 198590-1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amd/Sub 201508-2 (committee substitute) — source
4. Amd/Sub 201751-2 (committee substitute) — source
5. Amd/Sub 202087-1 (committee substitute) — source
6. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
7. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1269 — 103–0 (pass) · lower
• Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 189 — 33–0 (pass) · upper
• Poole motion to Table adopted Roll Call 1268 — 103–0 (pass) · lower
• Whatley motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 188 — 32–0 (pass) · upper
• Orr motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1479 — 30–0 (pass) · upper
• Poole motion to Table adopted Roll Call 1267 — 103–0 (pass) · lower
• Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1270 — 103–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Orr — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Finance and Taxation Education reading-1, referral-committee
• 2019-04-03T04:00:00+00:00 Read for the second time and placed on the calendar reading-2
• 2019-04-09T04:00:00+00:00 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2019-04-09T04:00:00+00:00 Whatley Amendment Offered amendment-introduction
• 2019-04-09T04:00:00+00:00 Whatley motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 188 amendment-passage
• 2019-04-09T04:00:00+00:00 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 189 passage
• 2019-04-11T04:00:00+00:00 Engrossed
• 2019-04-11T04:00:00+00:00 Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Ways and Means Education reading-1, referral-committee
• 2019-05-22T04:00:00+00:00 Read for the second time and placed on the calendar with 1 substitute and 1 amendment reading-2
• 2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00 Ways and Means Education first Substitute Offered amendment-introduction
• 2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00 Enrolled
• 2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00 Ways and Means Education Amendment Offered amendment-introduction
• 2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00 Poole motion to Table adopted Roll Call 1267 amendment-passage
• 2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00 Poole motion to Table adopted Roll Call 1268 amendment-passage
• 2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00 Poole first Substitute Offered amendment-introduction
• 2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00 Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1269 amendment-passage
• 2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1270 passage
• 2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00 Concurrence Requested
• 2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00 Orr motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1479 passage
• 2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00
• 2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00 Signature Requested
• 2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00 Concurred in Second House Amendment
• 2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00 Assigned Act No. 2019-404. executive-signature
• 2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00 Delivered to Governor at 6:10 p.m. on May 31, 2019 executive-receipt
• 2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00 Ways and Means Education first Amendment Offered amendment-introduction
• 2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00 Ways and Means Education first Amendment Offered amendment-introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/49b25891-4eaa-4973-b4e0-46b9238f2223. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).