---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor vehicles, distinctive license plate, owners may authorize release of personal information to sponsoring organization,including colleges, Secs. 32-6-64, 32--6-67 am'd."
description: "Motor vehicles, distinctive license plate, owners may authorize release of personal information to sponsoring organization,including colleges, Secs. 32-6-64, 32--6-67 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2018rs"
identifier: "SB 214"
citation: "Alabama SB 214 (2018rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dial"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-25T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-03-06T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/95b622ec-e3f3-4065-844e-1d36997c5129"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB214"
source_hash: "6999431d42e4523bf39663777466e40ce1a2b75a62678b176e11f73c44c29bce"
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 214 (2018rs) — Motor vehicles, distinctive license plate, owners may authorize release of personal information to sponsoring organization,including colleges, Secs. 32-6-64, 32--6-67 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/SB214-int.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/SB214-eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/SB214-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Dial motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 261 — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 262 — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 584 — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dial — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Governmental Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** Reported from Governmental Affairs as Favorable with 1 substitute `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Governmental Affairs first Substitute Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Dial motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 261 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 262 `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`
- **2018-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2018-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 584 `passage`
- **2018-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2018-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2018-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2018-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2018-190. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/95b622ec-e3f3-4065-844e-1d36997c5129`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).