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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Motor vehicles, seat belt use required for each occupant while vehicle is in motion, Secs. 32-5B-4 am'd."
+description: "Motor vehicles, seat belt use required for each occupant while vehicle is in motion, Secs. 32-5B-4 am'd."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
+legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
+session: "2019rs"
+identifier: "SB 254"
+citation: "Alabama SB 254 (2019rs)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Motor Vehicles"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Burkette"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2019-04-09T04:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/61c21c5b-5362-4b9e-bfe5-d83b335a2db3"
+source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB254"
+source_hash: "0f3b011fd8a459be3efe19b2ece0d2aabf7e984148c862f81948f384854feb0a"
+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 254 (2019rs) — Motor vehicles, seat belt use required for each occupant while vehicle is in motion, Secs. 32-5B-4 am'd.
+
+## 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/SB254-int.pdf)
+2. **Amd/Sub 199458-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/199458-2.pdf)
+3. **Amd/Sub 199581-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/199581-2.pdf)
+4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/SB254-eng.pdf)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/SB254-enr.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Singleton motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 916 — **26–0** (pass) · upper
+- Singleton motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 917 — **26–0** (pass) · upper
+- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1194 — **76–17** (pass) · lower
+- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 918 — **26–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Burkette — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Transportation and Energy `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar with 1 substitute and 1 amendment `reading-2`
+- **2019-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Transportation and Energy first Substitute Offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2019-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Transportation and Energy Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2019-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Singleton motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 916 `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Singleton motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 917 `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 918 `passage`
+- **2019-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
+- **2019-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
+- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1194 `passage`
+- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
+- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
+- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
+- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 2:12 p.m. on May 30, 2019 `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2019-386. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/61c21c5b-5362-4b9e-bfe5-d83b335a2db3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).
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