---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor vehicles, seat belt use required for each occupant while vehicle is in motion, Secs. 32-5B-4 am'd."
description: "Motor vehicles, seat belt use required for each occupant while vehicle is in motion, Secs. 32-5B-4 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2019rs"
identifier: "SB 254"
citation: "Alabama SB 254 (2019rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burkette"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-04-09T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/61c21c5b-5362-4b9e-bfe5-d83b335a2db3"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB254"
source_hash: "0f3b011fd8a459be3efe19b2ece0d2aabf7e984148c862f81948f384854feb0a"
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 SB 254 (2019rs) — Motor vehicles, seat belt use required for each occupant while vehicle is in motion, Secs. 32-5B-4 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/SB254-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 199458-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/199458-2.pdf)
3. **Amd/Sub 199581-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/199581-2.pdf)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/SB254-eng.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/SB254-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Singleton motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 916 — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- Singleton motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 917 — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1194 — **76–17** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 918 — **26–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Burkette — 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 Senate committee on Transportation and Energy `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar with 1 substitute and 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2019-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Transportation and Energy first Substitute Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Transportation and Energy Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Singleton motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 916 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Singleton motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 917 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 918 `passage`
- **2019-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2019-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1194 `passage`
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 2:12 p.m. on May 30, 2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2019-386. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/61c21c5b-5362-4b9e-bfe5-d83b335a2db3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).