---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor vehicles, distinctive license plates, parent or guardian of a disabled person authorized to apply for a disability access license plate, Sec. 40-12-300 am'd."
description: "Motor vehicles, distinctive license plates, parent or guardian of a disabled person authorized to apply for a disability access license plate, Sec. 40-12-300 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2018rs"
identifier: "SB 121"
citation: "Alabama SB 121 (2018rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Distinctive License Plates"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Holtzclaw"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-03-13T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/652a382f-89bc-4be2-85be-87deb98df7be"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB121"
source_hash: "af511be95945ce51dbec18704304565f392a816fd4e17934c39249b293148776"
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 121 (2018rs) — Motor vehicles, distinctive license plates, parent or guardian of a disabled person authorized to apply for a disability access license plate, Sec. 40-12-300 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/SB121-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/SB121-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 652 — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 158 — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 651 — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- Chambliss motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 755 — **26–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Holtzclaw — 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 Senate committee on Governmental Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-16T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2018-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 158 `passage`
- **2018-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2018-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Johnson (K) Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 651 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 652 `passage`
- **2018-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
- **2018-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Chambliss motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 755 `passage`
- **2018-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Second House Amendment
- **2018-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2018-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2018-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2018-261. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/652a382f-89bc-4be2-85be-87deb98df7be`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).