---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor vehicles, right side driving required on interstate highways under certain conditions, exceptions, subject to criminal penalties, Anti-Road Rage Act, Sec. 32-5A-80 am'd."
description: "Motor vehicles, right side driving required on interstate highways under certain conditions, exceptions, subject to criminal penalties, Anti-Road Rage Act, Sec. 32-5A-80 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2019rs"
identifier: "HB 212"
citation: "Alabama HB 212 (2019rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pettus"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-03-19T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e58d567d-7475-4d5e-a8b5-ec50c28170e8"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB212"
source_hash: "384582b7a430883d470b859e279800d3bedfc528feb8fc1641559495ab7da913"
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 212 (2019rs) — Motor vehicles, right side driving required on interstate highways under certain conditions, exceptions, subject to criminal penalties, Anti-Road Rage Act, Sec. 32-5A-80 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/HB212-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 199211-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/199211-1.pdf)
3. **Amd/Sub 199217-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/199217-1.pdf)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB212-eng.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB212-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1202 — **31–1** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 173 — **61–24** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 172 — **81–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pettus — 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 Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-03T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2019-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Whorton Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Whorton motion to withdraw adopted Voice Vote
- **2019-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** McMillan Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 172 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 173 `passage`
- **2019-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2019-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Mooney and Wingo intended to vote "Yea"
- **2019-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Transportation and Energy `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1202 `passage`
- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2019-515. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 1:33 p.m. on May 29, 2019. `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e58d567d-7475-4d5e-a8b5-ec50c28170e8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).