---
type: "Bill"
title: "License plates, require approval and oversight of by the Legislative Oversight Committee on License Plates, application fee, and provide for reissuance requirements, Secs. 32-6-64, 32-6-67 am'd."
description: "License plates, require approval and oversight of by the Legislative Oversight Committee on License Plates, application fee, and provide for reissuance requirements, Secs. 32-6-64, 32-6-67 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2021rs"
identifier: "HB 420"
citation: "Alabama HB 420 (2021rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Distinctive License Plates"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wilcox"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-05-04T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e67b0c58-8016-453a-8087-df56a946cde4"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB420"
source_hash: "89c99f1a813faf6f79a1d529a9500bfaa7935f215e5b04354c6a6715bd5d5d04"
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 420 (2021rs) — License plates, require approval and oversight of by the Legislative Oversight Committee on License Plates, application fee, and provide for reissuance requirements, Secs. 32-6-64, 32-6-67 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/HB420-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 211125-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/211125-2.pdf)
3. **Amd/Sub 211786-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/211786-1.pdf)
4. **Amd/Sub 212418-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/212418-1.pdf)
5. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/HB420-eng.pdf)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/HB420-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 540 — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 543 — **91–7** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 541 — **89–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Adopt lost Roll Call 542 — **3–84** (fail) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1238 — **27–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wilcox — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2021-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 540 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Wilcox 1st Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 541 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Wilcox 2nd Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt lost Roll Call 542 `amendment-failure`
- **2021-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 543 `passage`
- **2021-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Transportation and Energy `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1238 `passage`
- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+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. 2021-407. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 2:25 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/e67b0c58-8016-453a-8087-df56a946cde4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).