---
type: "Bill"
title: "Automated commercial motor vehicles; operation of authorized under certain conditions;"
description: "Automated commercial motor vehicles; operation of authorized under certain conditions;"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2019rs"
identifier: "SB 47"
citation: "Alabama SB 47 (2019rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 30
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2019-03-05T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ad4e67ec-5b34-48a0-b1d2-19ea2a118af6"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB47"
source_hash: "31a1a46b1bf5fcda5326d38e671de4cb594a9748cba89d63e340c542a729baa4"
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 47 (2019rs) — Automated commercial motor vehicles; operation of authorized under certain conditions;

## 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/SB47-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 200574-3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/200574-3.pdf)
3. **Amd/Sub 200632-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/200632-2.pdf)
4. **Amd/Sub 200655-3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/200655-3.pdf)
5. **Amd/Sub 200664-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/200664-2.pdf)
6. **Amd/Sub 202038-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/202038-1.pdf)
7. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/SB47-eng.pdf)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/SB47-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1106 — **81–5** (pass) · lower
- Marsh motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1264 — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1105 — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- Allen motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 933 — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- Allen motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 930 — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- Allen motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 932 — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- Allen motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 931 — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 934 — **26–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Allen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Transportation and Energy `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar with 1 substitute and 3 amendments `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** Allen motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 930 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Transportation and Energy Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Allen motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 931 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Transportation and Energy Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Allen motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 932 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Allen motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 933 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 934 `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 Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Rereferred from TU&I to PS&HS
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Jones (M) Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1105 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1106 `passage`
- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Bracy intended to vote "Yea"
- **2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
- **2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Marsh motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1264 `passage`
- **2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Second House Amendment
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 9:32 a.m. on May 30, 2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2019-496. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Transportation and Energy second Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Transportation and Energy third Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ad4e67ec-5b34-48a0-b1d2-19ea2a118af6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).