2021 Regular Session
House and Senate Bills in the 2021 Regular Session that impact transportation
House Convened: 02/02/2021
Senate Convened: 02/02/2021
2021 Senate Bills
| BILL NUMBER/NAME | TOPIC | STATUS | COMMITTEE | SPONSOR | SUMMARY |
| SB2 | Traffic Safety | 1st Reading in House | Senate Tourism & Energy | Orr | License plate scanners, limited use of on public highways by law enforcement agencies, confidentiality, destruction of information collected, criminal penalties |
| SB4 | Traffic Safety | 1st Reading in House | House Public Safety and Homeland Security | Allen | Motor vehicles, rules of the road, construction zone violations, further provided, Sec. 32-5A-176.1 am’d. |
| SB11 | Funding/Finance | 1st Reading in Senate | Senate Finance & Taxation Education | Givhan | Airport authorities, sales and use tax exemption, issuance of certificate of exemptions by Revenue Dept., Secs. 40-9-14.1, 40-9-60 am’d. |
| SB25 | Insurance | 1st Reading in House | Senate Banking and Insurance | Shelnutt | Insurance Dept., expenses related to examination by Commissioner of Insurance, Vehicle Protection Products Act, fees deposited in Insurance Dept. Fund, expense related to exam by commissioner, Sec. 8-33-14 added. |
| SB28 | Licensing | 2nd Reading in Senate | Senate Governmental Affairs | Jones | Motor vehicle dealers and motorcycle dealer, used vehicle license plates, combined total increased, Sec. 40-12-264 am’d. |
| SB76 | Broadband | Enacted | Senate Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development | Orr | Wireless telecommunications, installation and deployment of small wireless facilities and associated poles, towers, and base stations on the public rights-of-way, authorized |
| SB91 | Traffic Safety | 2nd Reading in Senate | Senate Judiciary | Smitherman | Traffic stops, racial profiling by law enforcement officers, prohibited, written policies, forms for statistics, and reports to Attorney General required, provision for complaints, reporting and collection of data on injuries to officers, required |
| SB99 | Contracts | 2nd Reading in Senate | Senate Finance & Taxation Education | Whatley | Sales and use tax, construction contracts for highways, roads, and bridges, Revenue Dept., issuance of exemption certificates if gov’t entity contracting is tax exempt, Sec. 40-9-14.1 am’d. |
| SB105 | Land Use | 2nd Reading in Senate | Senate Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry | Whatley | Eminent domain, further provided to not include trails for biking or hiking, Sec. 18-1B-2 am’d. |
| SB112 | Licensing | 2nd Reading in House | Senate Governmental Affairs | Orr | Motor vehicles, Revenue Dept., annual license tax and registration fee, low-speed electric vehicle |
| SB 113 | Traffic Safety | Pending 1st Reading in House | Senate Judiciary | Orr | Artificial intelligence, limit the use of facial recognition, to ensure artificial intelligence is not the only basis for arrest |
| SB114 | Funding/Finance | Re-referred to Committee in Senate | Senate Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development | Butler | Taxation, registration fees and ad valorem taxes for utility trailers, exemptions provided for, Sec. 32-11-2 am’d. |
| SB125 | Funding/Finance | 1st Reading in Senate | Senate Finance & Taxation Education | Reed | Economic development, job credit and investment credit for approved projects sunset date extended, incentives for attraction of new and expanding business including rural areas, incentives for high-tech companies Growing Alabama Act, Income tax, tax credits for use of state’s port facilities, authorized, Secs. 40-18-370, 40-18-375, 40-18-376.3, 40-18-382, 40-18-383, 40-18-400, 40-18-403 am’d. |
| SB154 | Traffic Safety | 2nd Reading in Senate | Senate Tourism & Energy | Allen | Would repeal the Automated Commercial Vehicle and Teleoperations Act |
| SB156 | Licensing | 1st Reading in Senate | Senate Governmental Affairs | Allen | License plates, impose a one dollar fee on firefighter license plates, distribute fee to Alabama Joint Fire Council and the Alabama Fire College, Secs. 32-6-271, 32-6-280 am’d. |
| SB169 | State Agency Operations | Pending 1st Reading in House | Senate Governmental Affairs | Figures | State Port Authority, allow director to appoint up to eleven employees at executive level, terms of certain contracts exempt from state laws limiting confidentiality, technical revision to code, Secs. 33-1-3, 33-1-39 am’d. |
| SB180 | Traffic Safety | 2nd Reading in Senate | Senate Judiciary | Whatley | Driving under the influence, ignition interlock devices, other alcohol monitoring device approved by the court, Secs. 32-5A-191, 32-5A-191.4 am’d. |
| SB187 | Licensing | 1st Reading in Senate | Senate Transportation and Energy | Allen | Disabled access parking placards and license plates, prohibits duplication, forgery, sale, or transfer to unentitled individual, criminal penalties, Sec. 32-6-233 am’d. |
| SB195 | Traffic Safety | 2nd Reading in Senate | Senate Judiciary | Givhan | Motor vehicles, driving offenses, administrative suspension periods revised for certain driving offenses, Secs. 32-5-192, 32-5A-195, 32-5A-304 am’d. |
| SB198 | Licensing | Passed Senate | Senate Governmental Affairs | Chesteen | Motor vehicles, certificates of title, certain notarization requirements waived, collection of commissions, further provided, issuance of new certificates of title, further provided, Secs. 32-8-3, 32-8-7, 32-8-35, 32-8-43, 32-20-3, 32-20-5, 32-20-23, 32-20-29 am’d. |
| SB211 | Licensing | Passed Senate | Senate Governmental Affairs | Orr | Off-road vehicles, all-terrain vehicles (ATV’s) and recreational off-road vehicles, registration with Ala. State Law Enforcement Agency, width and weight restrictions increased, Sec. 32-12A-1 am’d. |
| SB215 | Broadband | Passed Senate | Senate Tourism | Marsh | Digital Expansion Authority, composition and duties, development of Statewide Connectivity Plan, Alabama University Research Alliance, created, Alabama Digital Finance Authority created, Connect Alabama Act of 2021 |
| SB220 | Contracts | Pending 3rd Reading in Senate | Senate Transportation and Energy | Orr | Highway, roads, and bridges, contracts or subcontracts for public works, provisions requiring a party to indemnify another party for damages caused by the other party prohibited |
| SB232 | Traffic Safety | 2nd Reading in Senate | Senate Judiciary | Whatley | Motor vehicles, speeding violations, arrest or conviction not subject to jail time, Sec. 32-5A-179 added. |
| SB236 | Licensing | 1st Reading in Senate | Senate Governmental Affairs | McClendon | License plates, require approval and oversight of by the Legislative Oversight Committee on License Plates, application fee, and provide for reissuance requirements, Sec. 32-6-64 am’d. |
| SB248 | Contracts | 1st Reading in Senate | Senate Judiciary | Scofield | Highways, roads and bridges, contractors for construction and repairing, civil liability to third parties, performance according to plans and specifications of awarding authority including Dept. of Transportation, liability limited if work accepted by awarding authority, Secs. 6-5-701, 6-5-702, 6-5-703 am’d. |
| SB256 | Traffic Safety | Pending 3rd Reading in Senate | Senate Transportation and Energy | Stutts | Motor vehicles, authorized volunteer firefighter vehicles, authorized to be equipped with emergency lights, certain operating privileges, provided, Sec. 32-5A-7.1 added. |
| SB258 | Traffic Safety | Pending 3rd Reading in Senate | Senate Judiciary | Orr | Driver license, to provide additional circumstances in which an expert witness may give expert testimony, provide for add’l chemical tests that may be used to determine if a person was driving under the influence, to provide for who can draw blood, provide that a witness may provide testimony on the results of horizontal gaze nystagmus test, Secs. 12-21-160, 32-5-192, 32-5-200, 32-5A-194, 32-5A-300, 32-5A-301, 32-5A-302, 32-5A-303, 32-5A-304, 32-5A-306, 32-5A-307, 32-5A-308, 32-6-49.13 am’d. |
| SB273 | Funding/Finance | 1st Reading in Senate | Senate Transportation and Energy | Allen | Joint road improvement authorities, provide for method of incorporation, powers, duties, provide for reincorporation of certain existing road improvement commissions |
| SB281 | Funding/Finance | 1st Reading in Senate | Senate Governmental Affairs | Shelnutt | Gasoline and motor fuel taxes, levied by muns. and counties, use restricted to road and bridge construction and maintenance, exceptions if pledged for bonds, special projects, or after approval by referendum |
| SB288 | Funding/Finance | 1st Reading in Senate | Senate Finance & Taxation General Fund | Shelnutt | Municipalities, business license tax on gross receipts, gross receipts not to include any other taxes on gasoline or motor fuels, Sec. 11-51-90.1 am’d. |
| SB290 | State Agency Operations | 1st Reading in Senate | Senate Governmental Affairs | Albritton | Public contract, to provide prohibitions on the Governor and executive agencies of the state from entering into certain public contracts without approval by the Legislature, const. amend. |
| SB299 | Funding/Finance | 1st Reading in Senate | Senate Finance and Taxation Education | Orr | Aircrafts. Revenue Dept., required to centrally value and assess certain aircrafts |
| SB332 | Traffic Safety | 2nd Reading in Senate | Senate Transportation and Energy | Hatcher | Motor carriers, update references to the federal motor carrier safety regulation, Sec. 32-9A-2 am’d. |
| SB336 | Local Agency Operations | 1st Reading in Senate | Senate Local Legislation | Allen | Tuscaloosa Co., duties and operation of Tuscaloosa Co. Road Improvement Commission, further provided for, Act No. 56, 1953 Reg. Sess., am’d.
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| SB357 | Traffic Safety | 2nd Reading in Senate | Senate Governmental Affairs | Chambliss | Motorcycles, reflective protective headgear required, Sec. 32-5A-245 am’d. |
| SB398 | Traffic Safety | 1st Reading in Senate | Senate Judiciary | Shelnutt | Crimes and offenses, assault against a first responder, created, riot and inciting to riot, further provided, aggravated riot, and unlawful traffic interference, created, holding period after arrest, provided, penalties for defunding police, provided, Secs. 13A-11-3.1, 13A-11-5.1 added; Secs. 13A-6-21, 13A-11-1, 13A-11-3, 13A-11-4, 15-10-3 am’d. |
2021 House Bills
| BILL NUMBER/NAME | TOPIC | STATUS | COMMITTEE | SPONSOR | SUMMARY |
| HB14 | Funding/Finance | 1st Reading in Senate | House Ways and Means Education | Reynolds | Airport authorities, sales and use tax exemption, issuance of certificate of exemptions by Revenue Dept., Secs. 40-9-14.1, 40-9-60 am’d. |
| HB33 | Insurance | 2nd Reading in House | House Insurance | Rich | Insurance Dept., expenses related to examination by Commissioner of Insurance, Vehicle Protection Products Act, fees deposited in Insurance Dept. Fund, expense related to exam by commissioner, Sec. 8-33-14 added. |
| HB77 | Licensing | 2nd Reading in Senate | House Public Safety and Homeland Security | Whorton | License plates, impose a one dollar fee on firefighter license plates, distribute fee to Alabama Joint Fire Council and the Alabama Fire College, Secs. 32-6-271, 32-6-280 am’d. |
| HB78 | Licensing | 2nd Reading in House | House Ways and Means General Fund | Marques | Motor vehicles, license plate issuance fee, exemption for disabled veterans under certain conditions |
| HB90 | Traffic Safety | Carried Over | House Public Safety and Homeland Security | Brown (K) | Motor vehicles, distracted driving, use of cell phone while operating a motor vehicle prohibited, exceptions, Secs. 32-5A-353 to 32-5A-358, inclusive, added; Sec. 32-5A-350 repealed; Secs. 32-5A-351, 32-5A-352, am’d and renumbered, 32-10-8 am’d. |
| HB96 | Licensing | 2nd Reading in House | House Public Safety and Homeland Security | Wood (R) | Motor vehicle dealers and motorcycle dealer, used vehicle license plates, combined total increased, Sec. 40-12-264 am’d. |
| HB99 | Traffic Safety | 2nd Reading in Senate | House Public Safety and Homeland Security | Gray | Motor vehicles, electric bicycles, operation and regulation provided, Sec. 32-5A-267 added; Secs. 32-1-1.1, 32-12-20, 32-12A-1 am’d. |
| HB104 | Licensing | 1st Reading in House | House Public Safety and Homeland Security | Wood (R) | Motor vehicle dealers and motorcycle dealer, used vehicle license plates, combined total increased, Sec. 40-12-264 am’d. |
| HB118 | Community Aid | 2nd Reading in House | House Ways and Means General Fund | Oliver | Volunteer rescue squads, taxation, registration fees and ad valorem taxes for utility trailers, exemptions provided for, Sec. 32-11-2 am’d. |
| HB125 | Traffic Safety | 2nd Reading in House | House Public Safety and Homeland Security | Pringle | Motor vehicles, motorcycle license, requirements, further provided, Secs. 32-5A-240, 32-12-22 am’d. |
| HB127 | State Agency Operations | 1st Reading in House | House State Government | Pringle | Transportation Commission, established, five members appt from five regions of dept, duties, compensation, appointment of Transportation Department director, department not subject to Budget Management Act, Secs. 23-1-21, 23-1-21.2 am’d. |
| HB129 | Licensing | 1st Reading in House | House Judiciary | Pringle | Drivers license, provide for the elimination of driver license suspensions in certain circumstances, Secs. 28-3A-25, 30-3-170, 30-3-179 am’d; Secs. 13A-12-290, 13A-12-291, 13A-12-292, 13A-12-293, 13A-12-294, 16-28-40, 16-28-41, 16-28-42, 16-28-43, 16-28-44, 16-28-45 repealed. |
| HB158 | Traffic Safety | 1st Reading in House | House Public Safety and Homeland Security | Moore (P) | Off-road vehicles, all-terrain vehicles (ATV’s) and recreational off-road vehicles, registration with Ala. State Law Enforcement Agency, width and weight restrictions increased, Sec. 32-12A-1 am’d. |
| HB160 | Traffic Safety | 2nd Reading in House | House Public Safety and Homeland Security | Moore (P) | Driving under the influence, to require the use of ignition interlock devices in certain circumstances, Sec. 32-5A-191 am’d. |
| HB163 | Licensing | 2nd Reading in House | House State Government | Wood (R) | Motor vehicles, certificates of title, certain notarization requirements waived, collection of commissions, further provided, issuance of new certificates of title, further provided, Secs. 32-8-3, 32-8-7, 32-8-35, 32-8-43, 32-20-3, 32-20-5, 32-20-23, 32-20-29 am’d. |
| HB179 | State Agency Operations | 2nd Reading in House | House State Government | Clarke | State Port Authority, allow director to appoint up to eleven employees at executive level, terms of certain contracts exempt from state laws limiting confidentiality, technical revision to code, Secs. 33-1-3, 33-1-39 am’d. |
| HB182 | Community Aid | 1st Reading in House | House Transportation, Utilities, and Infrastructure | Morris | Roadways, state Department of Transportation to erect markers on Martin Luther King, Jr. Expressway |
| HB192 | Funding/Finance | Enacted | House Ways and Means Education | Poole | Economic development, job credit and investment credit for approved projects sunset date extended, incentives for attraction of new and expanding business including rural areas, incentives for high-tech companies Growing Alabama Act, Income tax, tax credits for use of state’s port facilities, authorized, Secs. 40-18-370, 40-18-375, 40-18-376.3, 40-18-382, 40-18-383, 40-18-400, 40-18-403 am’d. |
| HB195 | Licensing | 2nd Reading in House | House Public Safety and Homeland Security | Brown (K) | Motor vehicles, distinctive license tags, expand eligibility to include honorably discharged veterans of the Cold War, Secs. 32-6-350, 32-6-350.1 am’d. |
| HB209 | Traffic Safety | 1st Reading in House | House Public Safety and Homeland Security | Warren | Roads, highways, and bridges, roadside memorials, placement in right-of-way authorized and regulated |
| HB218 | Traffic Safety | 1st Reading in House | House Public Safety and Homeland Security | Moore (P) | Motor vehicles, driving offenses, administrative suspension periods revised for certain driving offenses, Secs. 32-5-192, 32-5A-195, 32-5A-304 am’d. |
| HB221 | Licensing | 1st Reading in House | House State Government | Ledbetter | Motor vehicles, registration, transporter defined, issuance of temporary license plates and temporary registration certificates further provided, Secs. 32-8-2, 32-6-210, 32-6-212, 32-6-214, 32-6-215, 32-6-216, 32-6-217, 32-6-218, 32-6-219 am’d. |
| HB234 | Contracts | 2nd Reading in House | House State Government | McMillan | Highway, roads, and bridges, contracts or subcontracts for public works, provisions requiring a party to indemnify another party for damages caused by the other party prohibited |
| HB238 | Traffic Safety | 1st Reading in House | House Judiciary | Shaver | Watercraft, operation of, boater safety certification requirements, further provided, Secs. 32-5A-191.3, 33-5-51, 33-5-52, 33-5-72 am’d. |
| HB239 | Traffic Safety | 2nd Reading in House | House Judiciary | Shaver | Crimes and offenses, to revise the criminal penalties for violations of fleeing or attempting to elude law enforcement, Sec. 13A-10-52 am’d. |
| HB245 | Traffic Safety | 2nd Reading in House | House Transportation, Utilities, and Infrastructure | Greer | Motor vehicles, rules of the road, construction zone violations, further provided, Sec. 32-5A-176.1 am’d. |
| HB251 | Traffic Safety | Indefinitely Postponed | House Urban and Rural Development | Scott | Wireless telecommunications, installation and deployment of small wireless facilities and associated poles, towers, and base stations on the public rights-of-way, authorized |
| HB269 | Counter-Trafficking | 1st Reading in House | House State Government | Coleman | Human trafficking, National Human Trafficking Resource Center Hotline notice, criminal penalties for failure to display further provided, Sec. 13A-6-170 am’d. |
| HB280 | Traffic Safety | 2nd Reading in House | House Public Safety and Homeland Security | Faulkner | Motor vehicles, reduced speed school zones, to include schools in a municipality, Secs. 32-5A-181, 32-5A-182, 32-5A-183 am’d. |
| HB286 | Traffic Safety | 1st Reading in House | House Public Safety and Homeland Security | Coleman | Traffic stops, racial profiling by law enforcement officers, prohibited, written policies, forms for statistics, and reports to Attorney General required, provision for complaints, reporting and collection of data on injuries to officers, required |
| HB332 | Traffic Safety | 2nd Reading in House | House Public Safety and Homeland Security | Rowe | Motor vehicles, law enforcement, allow for members of law enforcement to have dark tint on their personal vehicles, Sec. 32-5C-2 am’d. |
| HB340 | Funding/Finance | 2nd Reading in House | House Ways and Means Education | Faulkner | Sales and use tax, construction contracts for highways, roads, and bridges, Revenue Dept., issuance of exemption certificates if gov’t entity contracting is tax exempt, Sec. 40-9-14.1 am’d. |
| HB362 | Traffic Safety | 1st Reading in House | House Public Safety and Homeland Security | Sorrell | Motor vehicles, traffic citations, prohibit state and local law enforcement agencies from establishing traffic ticket quotas or providing incentives for issuance of traffic tickets |
| HB366 | Traffic Safety | 1st Reading in House | House Public Safety and Homeland Security | Sorrell | Motor vehicles, automated traffic enforcement, repeal all local laws authorizing the use of |
| HB368 | Traffic Safety | 1st Reading in House | House Public Safety and Homeland Security | Sorrell | Animals, public highways, prohibit transporting animals in a flatbed truck |
| HB390 | Funding/Finance | Pending 3rd Reading in House | House Ways and Means General Fund | Faulkner | ClasTran, Birmingham Regional Paratransit Consortium, exempt from all sales and use taxes |
| HB420 | Licensing | 2nd Reading in House | House Transportation, Utilities, and Infrastructure | Wilcox | License plates, require approval and oversight of by the Legislative Oversight Committee on License Plates, application fee, and provide for reissuance requirements, Sec. 32-6-64 am’d. |
| HB434 | Local Agency Operations | 1st Reading in House | House Jefferson County Legislation | Moore (M) | Counties having a population of 600,000 or more (Jefferson Co.), public transit authority, board of directors, two regular riders and one elected by labor union added, Sec.11-32-6 am’d. |
| HB460 | Licensing | 2nd Reading in House | House Agriculture & Forestry | Allen | Motor vehicles, commercial vehicles, intrastate transportation of intrastate forest products or agricultural products from harvest to first point of processing, exempt from federal regulations, trucks or truck tractors used by a farmer or to haul forest products, reduced fee for maximum weight class, limit for number of farm trucks deleted, reduce fees for trucks or truck tractors hauling forest products for maximum weight class, exclusion for truck tractors used for hire, deleted, Secs. 32-9A-2, 40-12-248 am’d. |
| HB463 | Funding/Finance | 2nd Reading in House | House Transportation, Utilities, and Infrastructure | England | Joint road improvement authorities, provide for method of incorporation, powers, duties, provide for reincorporation of certain existing road improvement commissions |
| HB465 | Traffic Safety | 1st Reading in House | House Judiciary | Scott | Artificial intelligence, limit the use of facial recognition, to ensure artificial intelligence is not the only basis for arrest |
| HB491 | Funding/Finance | 1st Reading in House | House Local Legislation | Shiver | Monroe Co., sales and use tax, co. commission authorized to levy, Monroe Co. Highway Repair and Maintenance Fund, created |
| HB505 | Traffic Safety | 1st Reading in House | House Public Safety and Homeland Security | Pettus | Motor vehicles, Dept. of Transportation, required to post signs giving notice of restrictions against driving vehicle in leftmost lane, Sec. 32-5A-80 am’d. |
| HB516 | Unmanned Aircraft Systems | 1st Reading in House | House Public Safety and Homeland Security | Shelnutt | Critical infrastructure, provides further for crime of unauthorized entry of a critical infrastructure, including unmanned aircraft systems, provides additional penalties, Sec. 13A-7-4.3 am’d. |
| HB519 | Traffic Safety | 1st Reading in House | House Public Safety and Homeland Security | Mooney | Driving under the influence, pretrial diversion programs, ignition interlock devices required, provision repealing in July 2023 deleted, Act 2018-517, 2018 Reg. Sess., am’d; Sec. 32-5A-191 am’d. |
| HB535 | Road designation | 1st Reading in House | House Transportation, Utilities, and Infrastructure | Hurst | Cheaha Road in Talladega, Clay, and Cleburne Counties, road to Cheaha State Park, transferred to Transportation Dept. jurisdiction as state highway |
| HB545 | Local Agency Operations | 1st Reading in House | House Tuscaloosa County Legislation | Wingo | Tuscaloosa Co., duties and operation of Tuscaloosa Co. Road Improvement Commission, further provided for, Act No. 56, 1953 Reg. Sess., am’d. |
| HB556 | Funding/Finance | 1st Reading in House | House County & Municipal Government | Sells | Gasoline and motor fuel taxes, levied by muns. and counties, use restricted to road and bridge construction and maintenance, exceptions if pledged for bonds, special projects, or after approval by referendum |
| HB600 | Traffic Safety | 1st Reading in House | House Transportation, Utilities, and Infrastructure | Smith | Motor vehicles, uniform vehicle width restriction, provided, Sec. 32-9-20 am’d. |
| HB611 | Traffic Safety | 2nd Reading in House | House Public Safety and Homeland Security | Brown (K) | Motor vehicles, distracted driving, use of cell phone while operating a motor vehicle prohibited, exceptions, Secs. 32-5A-353 to 32-5A-358, inclusive, added; Sec. 32-5A-350 repealed; Secs. 32-5A-351, 32-5A-352, am’d and renumbered, 32-10-8 am’d |