---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor vehicles, following too closely, exemption provided for, truck platoons under certain conditions, Dept. of Transportation authorized to adopt rules, Secs. 32-1-1.1, 32-5A-89 am'd."
description: "Motor vehicles, following too closely, exemption provided for, truck platoons under certain conditions, Dept. of Transportation authorized to adopt rules, Secs. 32-1-1.1, 32-5A-89 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2018rs"
identifier: "SB 125"
citation: "Alabama SB 125 (2018rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Whatley"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-01-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a1c084a-aa8c-49e6-a169-681ce7c6bcf9"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB125"
source_hash: "a544d2b56ede3e4aa09d2cebcbe7cf4588575c7d7cb73a2a1509c2650f268908"
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 125 (2018rs) — Motor vehicles, following too closely, exemption provided for, truck platoons under certain conditions, Dept. of Transportation authorized to adopt rules, Secs. 32-1-1.1, 32-5A-89 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/SB125-int.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/SB125-eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/SB125-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Whatley motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 216 — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- Chesteen motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 939 — **87–0** (pass) · lower
- Whatley motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 917 — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- Whatley motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 217 — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 218 — **18–3** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 683 — **99–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Whatley — 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 Transportation and Energy `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-18T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2018-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** Transportation and Energy Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** Whatley motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 216 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** Whatley Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** Whatley motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 217 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 218 `passage`
- **2018-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2018-02-01T05:00:00+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** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 683 `passage`
- **2018-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2018-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2018-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2018-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Forwarded to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Executive Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Whatley motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 917 `passage`
- **2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** House of Origin Concurs in Executive Amendment
- **2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Chesteen motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 939 `passage`
- **2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Second House Concurs in Executive Amendment
- **2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Forwarded to Governor on March 21, 2018 at 4:34 p.m. on March 21, 2018 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2018-286. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3a1c084a-aa8c-49e6-a169-681ce7c6bcf9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).