---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor vehicles, unclaimed motor vehicles, title hold increased, bond requirement for sellers who are not bonded agents, Secs. 32-8-84, 32-13-2, 32-13-3 am'd."
description: "Motor vehicles, unclaimed motor vehicles, title hold increased, bond requirement for sellers who are not bonded agents, Secs. 32-8-84, 32-13-2, 32-13-3 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2019rs"
identifier: "HB 394"
citation: "Alabama HB 394 (2019rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wood (R)"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-04-09T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3cad6af1-8395-4fe2-8453-105d9e173f05"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB394"
source_hash: "3ce5059c7d522c2456c4426ed67df1d994f774f13bee025f718f092bb8a4dd80"
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 394 (2019rs) — Motor vehicles, unclaimed motor vehicles, title hold increased, bond requirement for sellers who are not bonded agents, Secs. 32-8-84, 32-13-2, 32-13-3 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/HB394-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB394-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 804 — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 329 — **91–4** (pass) · lower

## 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
- **2019-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 329 `passage`
- **2019-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Scott intended to vote "Yea"
- **2019-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Ingram filed conflict of interest delcaration
- **2019-04-23T04:00:00+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 804 `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. 2019-245. `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/3cad6af1-8395-4fe2-8453-105d9e173f05`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).