---
type: "Bill"
title: "Trailers, manufacturers and dealers, including boat trailers, add'l authorization to provide temporary license plates and registration certificates when sold out of state, Sec. 32-6-212 am'd."
description: "Trailers, manufacturers and dealers, including boat trailers, add'l authorization to provide temporary license plates and registration certificates when sold out of state, Sec. 32-6-212 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2018rs"
identifier: "SB 293"
citation: "Alabama SB 293 (2018rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Manufacturers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hightower"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-02-08T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-03-20T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fd9d1136-9f30-48ce-b481-374a9bb8e3b4"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB293"
source_hash: "b68d2831759c090938a283bd0da6e8a5623d201999ab42dfed6938665126f978"
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 293 (2018rs) — Trailers, manufacturers and dealers, including boat trailers, add'l authorization to provide temporary license plates and registration certificates when sold out of state, Sec. 32-6-212 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/SB293-int.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/SB293-eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/SB293-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Hightower motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 633 — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 634 — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 837 — **94–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hightower — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **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`
- **2018-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2018-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Transportation and Energy Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Hightower motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 633 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 634 `passage`
- **2018-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2018-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2018-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 837 `passage`
- **2018-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2018-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2018-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2018-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2018-366. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fd9d1136-9f30-48ce-b481-374a9bb8e3b4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).