---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor fuel taxes, Revenue Commissioner authorized to temporarily waive licensing requirements for fuel importers, exporters, and transporters during a state of emergency, Sec. 40-2-11 am'd."
description: "Motor fuel taxes, Revenue Commissioner authorized to temporarily waive licensing requirements for fuel importers, exporters, and transporters during a state of emergency, Sec. 40-2-11 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2019rs"
identifier: "HB 163"
citation: "Alabama HB 163 (2019rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Fuel"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McMillan"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-03-19T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-07T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4890afce-fe7e-4070-9ec0-1bd9e9ee64d7"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB163"
source_hash: "6348dabee018f6afd3fb4affcc89f4213927b7beea7336e2aa539b96b6bad38d"
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 HB 163 (2019rs) — Motor fuel taxes, Revenue Commissioner authorized to temporarily waive licensing requirements for fuel importers, exporters, and transporters during a state of emergency, Sec. 40-2-11 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/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB163-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 199893-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/199893-1.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB163-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 451 — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 227 — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Figures motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 450 — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- McMillan motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 537 — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- McMillan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on State Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-03T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2019-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 227 `passage`
- **2019-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Governmental Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Figures Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Figures motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 450 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 451 `passage`
- **2019-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
- **2019-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** McMillan motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 537 `passage`
- **2019-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Second House Amendment
- **2019-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2019-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2019-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2019-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2019-164. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Forwarded to Governor on May 7, 2019 at 3:54 p.m. on May 7, 2019. `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4890afce-fe7e-4070-9ec0-1bd9e9ee64d7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).