---
type: "Bill"
title: "Gas, natural gas, conversion of motor vehicles for operating on compressed natural or liquefied gas, extended weight allowances, Sec. 32-9-20 am'd."
description: "Gas, natural gas, conversion of motor vehicles for operating on compressed natural or liquefied gas, extended weight allowances, Sec. 32-9-20 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2018rs"
identifier: "HB 40"
citation: "Alabama HB 40 (2018rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alternative Fuels"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["South"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-03-01T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7349d89b-3feb-4ce0-9723-e3ebec4249f5"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB40"
source_hash: "b67fc70a0b6ba0dd5ec88e43b509df7bc95108852e23c1e68aa34ea41a654c2d"
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 40 (2018rs) — Gas, natural gas, conversion of motor vehicles for operating on compressed natural or liquefied gas, extended weight allowances, Sec. 32-9-20 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/2018rs/PrintFiles/HB40-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/HB40-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 236 — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 526 — **26–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- South — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-18T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2018-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 236 `passage`
- **2018-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Transportation and Energy `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2018-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 526 `passage`
- **2018-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2018-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2018-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2018-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2018-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 10:43 a.m. on March 1, 2018. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2018-176. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7349d89b-3feb-4ce0-9723-e3ebec4249f5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).