---
type: "Bill"
title: "Commercial drivers licenses (CDL), Class A restricted CDL, issuance under certain conditions to applicants aged 18 to 21, restriction on, operation within state"
description: "Commercial drivers licenses (CDL), Class A restricted CDL, issuance under certain conditions to applicants aged 18 to 21, restriction on, operation within state"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2019rs"
identifier: "HB 479"
citation: "Alabama HB 479 (2019rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Commercial Driver License (CDL)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Grimsley"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-04-18T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/43245536-9f57-4b53-97a5-7c6efd2238ef"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB479"
source_hash: "04713b2401ed59f6bc362ab8df2e12b3df3bc02a37faf5eb4d0cea9e663c360f"
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 479 (2019rs) — Commercial drivers licenses (CDL), Class A restricted CDL, issuance under certain conditions to applicants aged 18 to 21, restriction on, operation within state

## 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/HB479-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 199814-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/199814-1.pdf)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB479-eng.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB479-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 434 — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 435 — **96–1** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 784 — **24–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Grimsley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 434 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 435 `passage`
- **2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Transportation and Energy `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-07T04:00:00+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 784 `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. 2019-249. `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/43245536-9f57-4b53-97a5-7c6efd2238ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).