---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor vehicles, registration, transporter defined, issuance of temporary license plates and temporary registration certificates further provided, Secs. 32-8-2, 32-6-210, 32-6-212, 32-6-214, 32-6-215, 32-6-216, 32-6-217, 32-6-218, 32-6-219 am'd."
description: "Motor vehicles, registration, transporter defined, issuance of temporary license plates and temporary registration certificates further provided, Secs. 32-8-2, 32-6-210, 32-6-212, 32-6-214, 32-6-215, 32-6-216, 32-6-217, 32-6-218, 32-6-219 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2021rs"
identifier: "HB 221"
citation: "Alabama HB 221 (2021rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ledbetter"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-05-04T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/db8d3892-291b-40c3-bb74-1aa9419468e9"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB221"
source_hash: "d0612166e5d6bfc8f42ef3e97b875c42f02bfb83527d2cfae4bc17de7a6f7758"
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 221 (2021rs) — Motor vehicles, registration, transporter defined, issuance of temporary license plates and temporary registration certificates further provided, Secs. 32-8-2, 32-6-210, 32-6-212, 32-6-214, 32-6-215, 32-6-216, 32-6-217, 32-6-218, 32-6-219 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/2021rs/PrintFiles/HB221-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/HB221-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 753 — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1334 — **26–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ledbetter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on State Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 753 `passage`
- **2021-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1334 `passage`
- **2021-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2021-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2021-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2021-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2021-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2021-426. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 8:42 p.m. on May 4, 2021. `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/db8d3892-291b-40c3-bb74-1aa9419468e9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).