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Below is a curated list of bills in the current session of the Alabama State Senate that are related to transportation and traffic safety. Click here for a list of curated Alabama House of Representative bills. For a complete list of bills and all associated information, please visit the Alabama Legislature website.

Bill Sponsor Subject Title Committee Prefiled 1st Read Current Status Last Action
SB 122Shay Shelnutt
Motor fuel taxes levied by counties and municipalities, use restricted to road and bridge construction.
Relating to municipalities and counties; to require the proceeds from motor fuel taxes levied by municipalities and counties to be used for road and bridge construction and maintenance with certain exceptions.
Finance and Taxation General Fund2023-03-22Read Second Time in House of OriginRead Second Time in House of Origin
SB 15Shay Shelnutt
Motor vehicle value protection agreements, insurance policy of provider required to insure payments of obligations of provider
Relating to consumer credit financing in the sale or lease of motor vehicles; to amend Section 8-37A-4 of the Code of Alabama 1975, as added by Act 2022-179 of the 2022 Regular Session, relating to motor vehicle value protection agreements and the requirements of a provider of the agreements to insure performance of the obligations of the provider; to further clarify the requirements of an insurance policy maintained by the provider for this purpose.
Insurance2023-02-22Read Second Time in Second HouseRead Second Time in Second House
SB 154Will Barfoot
Relating to motor vehicle registration and distinctive motor vehicle license plates; to authorize the issuance of a distinctive motor vehicle license plate to benefit brain cancer research.
Relating to driver license suspensions; to provide for the suspension of an individual's driver license or driving privilege in certain circumstances.
Public Safety and Homeland Security2023-04-04EnrolledEnrolled
SB 159Clay Scofield
Highways, roads and bridges, contracts for construction, repair or maintenance, awarding authority defined, contractors immune from civil liability if compliant with contract and accepted by awarding authority.
Relating to civil liability; to amend Sections 6-5-700, 6-5-702, and 6-5-703, Code of Alabama 1975, to establish certain conditions under which a contractor who performs work on a road, bridge, highway, or street shall be granted civil immunity; and to repeal Section 6-5-701, Code of Alabama 1975.
Judiciary2023-04-04EnrolledEnrolled
SB 185Greg Albritton
Department of Corrections, sale of vehicles and equipment, distribution of proceeds
Relating to the Department of Corrections; to create the Corrections Motor Vehicle Replacement Fund; to allow the Commissioner of the Department of Corrections to dispose of department vehicles and equipment and to provide for the proceeds of the sales; and to provide for certain notice requirements.
Finance and Taxation General Fund2023-04-06Pending Committee Action in House of OriginIntroduced and Referred
SB 192Greg Albritton
Industrial access roads, public corporation construction of public roads, access roads for entry to industrial facilities not a taking of public property.
Relating to use of industrial access roads and bridges; to amend Section 23-6-9, Code of Alabama 1975, to exclude certain industrial access roads constructed by certain public corporations from the public highway and street system of the state; and to make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style.
Transportation Utilities and Infrastructure2023-04-11Read Second Time in Second HouseRead Second Time in Second House
SB 201Josh Carnley
Motor Vehicle Registration; provide an additional exception from the mandatory motor vehicle liability insurance law for an Alabama registered vehicle owned by a military member while residing on active military duty or assignment in another state
Relating to mandatory motor vehicle liability insurance; to amend Section 32-7A-5, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide an exception to allow an individual on active military duty, whose motor vehicle is registered in Alabama but who, as a result of his or her military assignment, is required to reside in another state, to satisfy the requirement for mandatory motor vehicle liability insurance by purchasing liability coverage in the state where residing on active military duty or assignment in an amount equal to or greater than the minimum amount required in Alabama.
Military and Veterans Affairs2023-04-11Pending Committee Action in Second HouseReferred to Committee
SB 214April Weaver
Motor vehicles, confirmed that centralized motor vehicle registration is prohibited.
Relating to motor vehicles; to amend Section 32-6-65, Code of Alabama 1975, to confirm that centralized motor vehicle registration is specifically prohibited and it is the legislature's intent that motor vehicle registration shall remain at the county level with no centralized motor vehicle registration system provided by any state agency; to provide for retroactive effect; and to make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style.
County and Municipal Government2023-04-18Read Second Time in House of OriginRead Second Time in House of Origin
SB 266William M. Beasley
Driver licenses, to further provide for foreign national's licenses
Relating to driver licenses; to amend Section 32-6-10.1, Code of Alabama 1975, to reduce the minimum time period certain Alabama licenses may be issued to a foreign national; and to make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style.
Agriculture Conservation and Forestry2023-04-27Read Second Time in Second HouseRead Second Time in Second House
SB 281Greg Albritton
Motor Vehicle Registrations; USS Alabama Battleship Commission distinctive license tag for former and current Commission chair
Relating to Motor Vehicle Registrations and to the USS Alabama Battleship Commission; to amend Section 32-6-55, Code of Alabama 1975; to allow former and current chairs of the USS Alabama Battleship Commission to use the USS Alabama Battleship Commission distinctive license tag; to require that the commission annually certify to the Department of Revenue a list of those individuals eligible for the distinctive license tag.
Finance and Taxation General Fund2023-05-02Read Second Time in Second HouseRead Second Time in Second House
SB 311Gerald Allen
Motor vehicles, use of motor vehicles equipped with an automated driving system
Relating to motor vehicles; to provide for the authorization and use of motor vehicles equipped with an automated driving system.
Transportation and Energy2023-05-11Pending Committee Action in House of OriginIntroduced and Referred
SB 312Clyde Chambliss
Mandator Liability Insurance, exception for inoperable or stored vehicles, further provided, procedures for violation, further provided
Relating to the Mandatory Liability Insurance Act; to amend Sections 32-7A-5 and 32-7A-16, Code of Alabama 1975, to further provide for the exceptions to the act for inoperable or stored motor vehicles; to prohibit the continued operation of a motor vehicle in violation of the registration and insurance requirements.
County and Municipal Government2023-05-11Passed by House of OriginRead A Third Time And Passed As Amended
SB 32J.T. "Jabo" Waggoner
Motor vehicle registrations; distinctive license plates for brain cancer research.
Relating to motor vehicle registration and distinctive motor vehicle license plates; to authorize the issuance of a distinctive motor vehicle license plate to benefit brain cancer research.
2023-03-022023-03-06Read Second Time in Second HouseRead Second Time in Second House
SB 33Steve Livingston
Counties & Municipalities, prohibited municipalities from setting speed limits on county-maintained streets
Relating to motor vehicles and traffic; to amend Sections 11-49-4, 32-5A-173, and 32-5A-176, Code of Alabama 1975; to prohibit a municipality from setting speed limits on county-maintained streets within its corporate limits; and to make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style.
2023-03-07EnactedEnrolled
SB 339David Sessions
Vessels; placement of navigational markers on waters of this state, provided
Relating to vessels and navigation; to provide for the placement of a uniform system of navigational markers on the waters of this state; to amend Section 33-5-4, Code of Alabama 1975, to require the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency to provide general oversight and maintenance of permitted navigational markers on the waters of this state; and to make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style.
2023-05-18Read Second Time in House of OriginRead Second Time in House of Origin
SB 54Merika Coleman
Driver license suspensions; to provide for the elimination of the suspension of an individual's driver license or driving privilege in certain circumstances, and to provide retroactive effect.
Relating to driver license suspensions; to provide for the suspension of an individual's driver license or driving privilege in certain circumstances.
Judiciary2023-03-07Pending Committee Action in House of OriginIntroduced and Referred
SB 58Rodger M. Smitherman
Motor vehicles; speed contests and exhibitions of speed, prohibited; criminal penalties, provided
Relating to motor vehicles; to prohibit certain motor vehicle speed contests, motor vehicle exhibitions of speed, and motor vehicle sideshows; to provide criminal penalties for a violation; and in connection therewith would have as its purpose or effect the requirement of a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of Section 111.05 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022.
Public Safety and Homeland Security2023-03-07Pending Committee Action in Second HouseReferred to Committee
SB 89David Sessions
Driver licenses; eight-year license renewal period, authorized
Relating to driver licenses; to amend Section 32-6-1, Section 32-6-4, as last amended by Act 2022-300, 2022 Regular Session, Section 32-6-5, Section 32-6-6, as last amended by Act 2022-300, 2022 Regular Session, and Section 32-6-6.1, Code of Alabama 1975, to further provide for the renewal of a driver license; to provide for an eight-year renewal period of driver licenses; and to provide for the required fee for the issuance of an eight-year driver license.
2023-03-21Read Second Time in House of OriginRead Second Time in House of Origin
SB 95April Weaver
L-MAP Emergency Medical Services Providers my purchase distinctive motor vehicle license plates.
Relating to distinctive motor vehicle license plates; to amend Section 32-6-281, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide for the distribution of proceeds of sales of distinctive motor vehicle license plates to emergency medical services providers.
2023-03-21Read Second Time in House of OriginRead Second Time in House of Origin
Bill Sponsor Subject Title Committee Prefiled 1st Read Current Status Last Action