---
type: "Bill"
title: "Covington Co., golf carts, operation on public streets, municipality may authorize, const. amend."
description: "Covington Co., golf carts, operation on public streets, municipality may authorize, const. amend."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2021rs"
identifier: "HB 311"
citation: "Alabama HB 311 (2021rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Constitutional Amendments"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jones (M)"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-02-03T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d937f2d8-e1be-47fa-9162-779e4bc5d27e"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB311"
source_hash: "b779ea1aef58d90fda5aa8cec88714c41377b787bc57f14e620ac853b3ad85d7"
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 311 (2021rs) — Covington Co., golf carts, operation on public streets, municipality may authorize, const. amend.

## 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/HB311-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/HB311-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Chambliss motion to adopt Local Application Resolution adopted Roll Call 500 — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Local Application adopted Roll Call 67 — **67–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 66 — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 499 — **28–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jones (M) — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Local Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 66 `passage`
- **2021-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Local Application adopted Roll Call 67
- **2021-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Local Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 499 `passage`
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Chambliss motion to adopt Local Application Resolution adopted Roll Call 500
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2021-80. `executive-signature`
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Secretary of State at 2:06 p.m. on March 11, 2021.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d937f2d8-e1be-47fa-9162-779e4bc5d27e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).