---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor vehicles, false or secret compartments prohibited under certain conditions including to conceal a person, drugs, or contraband, installation prohibited, criminal penalties, forfeiture of vehicle"
description: "Motor vehicles, false or secret compartments prohibited under certain conditions including to conceal a person, drugs, or contraband, installation prohibited, criminal penalties, forfeiture of vehicle"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2022rs"
identifier: "SB 207"
citation: "Alabama SB 207 (2022rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes and Offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Singleton"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 29
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-02-10T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aaa85435-8361-4958-bebf-865fd943c97d"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB207"
source_hash: "283dd6067be9ae9825a136308e198b42d6d6ebe25d1eadc92b39f93513005a9f"
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 207 (2022rs) — Motor vehicles, false or secret compartments prohibited under certain conditions including to conceal a person, drugs, or contraband, installation prohibited, criminal penalties, forfeiture of vehicle

## 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/2022rs/PrintFiles/SB207-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 218031-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/218031-2.pdf)
3. **Amd/Sub 219224-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/219224-2.pdf)
4. **Amd/Sub 219657-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/219657-1.pdf)
5. **Amd/Sub 219991-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/219991-1.pdf)
6. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/SB207-eng.pdf)
7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/SB207-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Reed motion to Non Concur and Appoint Conference Committee adopted Roll Call 939 P&PO appoints Singleton, Williams and Chambliss — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Singleton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar with 1 substitute and `reading-2`
- **2022-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Judiciary first Substitute Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Singleton motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 569 `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 570 `passage`
- **2022-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Judiciary Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** McCampbell motion to Table adopted Roll Call 823 `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Jones (M) Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 824 `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 825 `passage`
- **2022-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
- **2022-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Reed motion to Non Concur and Appoint Conference Committee adopted Roll Call 939 P&PO appoints Singleton, Williams and Chambliss
- **2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Conference Committee Requested
- **2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** McCampbell motion to Accede adopted Roll Call 950 House appoints McCampbell, Jones (M) and Almond
- **2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Conference Committee Appointed
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Conference Report
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Singleton motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1062 `passage`
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Concurrence Requested
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** McCampbell motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 974 `passage`
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Conference Report
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2022-418. `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Conference Committee on SB207 2022RS first Substitute Offered `amendment-introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aaa85435-8361-4958-bebf-865fd943c97d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).