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+type: "Bill"
+title: "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."
+description: "Motor vehicle registrations; distinctive license plate for brain cancer research."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
+legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
+session: "2023rs"
+identifier: "HB 238"
+citation: "Alabama HB 238 (2023rs)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Motor vehicle registrations"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Wes Kitchens"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2023-04-04T04:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2023-05-11T16:30:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d72ecfda-28b4-4b7b-ae1d-e9873f6e340c"
+source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
+source_hash: "2875572b6b06deab364434224be2cc0cf3f4bee58bcf00d80a9a8c972826bb72"
+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 HB 238 (2023rs) — 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.
+
+Motor vehicle registrations; distinctive license plate for brain cancer research.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/HB238-int.pdf)
+2. **Act 2023-162** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1257483.AI1.pdf)
+3. **Amendment 5EOKM3-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/5EOKM3-1.pdf)
+4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/HB238-enr.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Roll of the H for Vote 550 on HB238 (2023 Regular Session) — **103–0** (pass) · lower
+- Roll of the H for Vote 296 on HB238 (2023 Regular Session) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
+- Roll of the S for Vote 490 on HB238 (2023 Regular Session) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
+- Roll of the S for Vote 491 on HB238 (2023 Regular Session) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Wes Kitchens — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
+- **2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Concur In and Adopt
+- **2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Read A Third Time And Passed As Amended
+- **2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Adopt
+- **2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in Second House
+- **2023-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in Second House
+- **2023-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in Second House
+- **2023-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Finance and Taxation General Fund) `committee-passage`
+- **2023-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Committee (Finance and Taxation General Fund) `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in Second House `reading-1`
+- **2023-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass `passage`
+- **2023-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in House of Origin
+- **2023-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in House of Origin
+- **2023-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
+- **2023-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (State Government) `committee-passage`
+- **2023-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred (State Government) `introduction, referral`
+- **2023-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in House of Origin `reading-1`
+- **2023-05-11T16:30:00+00:00** Enacted as 2023-162 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d72ecfda-28b4-4b7b-ae1d-e9873f6e340c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).
+