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type: "Bill"
title: "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"
description: "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"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2019rs"
identifier: "SB 78"
citation: "Alabama SB 78 (2019rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Orr"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 27
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-03-05T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/49b25891-4eaa-4973-b4e0-46b9238f2223"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB78"
source_hash: "0048595bbbea3614ba8e38a3f25321d367f27e7795a5a603e512a55ddcc32c42"
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 (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](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/SB78-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 198590-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/198590-1.pdf)
3. **Amd/Sub 201508-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/201508-2.pdf)
4. **Amd/Sub 201751-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/201751-2.pdf)
5. **Amd/Sub 202087-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/202087-1.pdf)
6. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/SB78-eng.pdf)
7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/SB78-enr.pdf)
## Votes
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1269 — **1030** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 189 — **330** (pass) · upper
- Poole motion to Table adopted Roll Call 1268 — **1030** (pass) · lower
- Whatley motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 188 — **320** (pass) · upper
- Orr motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1479 — **300** (pass) · upper
- Poole motion to Table adopted Roll Call 1267 — **1030** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1270 — **1030** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/49b25891-4eaa-4973-b4e0-46b9238f2223`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).