---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor vehicle dealer licensing, master regulatory dealer license, provided, wholesale motor vehicle auction license provided, Secs. 40-12-445 to 40-12-450, inclusive, added; Secs. 40-12-264, 40-12-390 to 40-12-393, incl., 40-12-395, 40-12-398 am'd."
description: "Motor vehicle dealer licensing, master regulatory dealer license, provided, wholesale motor vehicle auction license provided, Secs. 40-12-445 to 40-12-450, inclusive, added; Secs. 40-12-264, 40-12-390 to 40-12-393, incl., 40-12-395, 40-12-398 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2019rs"
identifier: "HB 393"
citation: "Alabama HB 393 (2019rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wood (R)"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-04-09T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d29d4ca6-b56e-4000-a22b-2c0564c9b379"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB393"
source_hash: "e6cbeca07f738215c2d7a0c7e4bc2f6d2075bcf49ec93f6e5f11d0fdcb7f9854"
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 393 (2019rs) — Motor vehicle dealer licensing, master regulatory dealer license, provided, wholesale motor vehicle auction license provided, Secs. 40-12-445 to 40-12-450, inclusive, added; Secs. 40-12-264, 40-12-390 to 40-12-393, incl., 40-12-395, 40-12-398 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/HB393-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 199467-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/199467-2.pdf)
3. **Amd/Sub 199646-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/199646-2.pdf)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB393-eng.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB393-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 327 — **98–1** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 326 — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Wood (R) motion to Table adopted Roll Call 325 — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 786 — **24–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wood (R) — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on State Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Acted on by State Government as Favorable with 1 amendment
- **2019-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** State Government Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Wood (R) motion to Table adopted Roll Call 325 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Wood (R) Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 326 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 327 `passage`
- **2019-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Ingram filed conflict of interest delcaration
- **2019-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2019-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Governmental Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 786 `passage`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2019-244. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 10:01 a.m. on May 16, 2019. `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d29d4ca6-b56e-4000-a22b-2c0564c9b379`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).