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+type: "Bill"
+title: "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."
+description: "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."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
+legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
+session: "2021rs"
+identifier: "SB 258"
+citation: "Alabama SB 258 (2021rs)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Drivers' Licenses"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Orr"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7aa2afa0-168b-4863-93f4-36c3231e1930"
+source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB258"
+source_hash: "085a38117b2215a466bb222f8f7a9bb8bd64812c7f6ebc26cd028d04c6148e8c"
+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 258 (2021rs) — 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.
+
+## 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/2021rs/PrintFiles/SB258-int.pdf)
+2. **Amd/Sub 211319-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/211319-1.pdf)
+3. **Amd/Sub 214289-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/214289-1.pdf)
+4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/SB258-eng.pdf)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/SB258-enr.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1195 — **99–0** (pass) · lower
+- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 538 — **29–0** (pass) · upper
+- Orr motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 537 — **29–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Orr — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Orr Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Orr motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 537 `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 538 `passage`
+- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
+- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
+- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Faulkner first Substitute Offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Faulkner motion to Withdraw adopted Voice Vote
+- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1195 `passage`
+- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Forte intended to vote "Yea"
+- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
+- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
+- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
+- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2021-498. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7aa2afa0-168b-4863-93f4-36c3231e1930`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).
+