---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor vehicles, Dept. of Transportation, required to post signs giving notice of restrictions against driving vehicle in leftmost lane, Sec. 32-5A-80 am'd."
description: "Motor vehicles, Dept. of Transportation, required to post signs giving notice of restrictions against driving vehicle in leftmost lane, Sec. 32-5A-80 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2021rs"
identifier: "HB 505"
citation: "Alabama HB 505 (2021rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pettus"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a0e8f33-6da0-4756-bb5d-50a791b17f83"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB505"
source_hash: "f2a7872ebecd0110a69b24567537e5f68bbf542941f8ff2415b53fa5b287d5b0"
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 505 (2021rs) — Motor vehicles, Dept. of Transportation, required to post signs giving notice of restrictions against driving vehicle in leftmost lane, Sec. 32-5A-80 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/HB505-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 211634-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/211634-2.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/HB505-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Pettus motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1176 — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1404 — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 679 — **69–14** (pass) · lower
- Chambliss motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1403 — **29–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Pettus — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-04T05:00:00+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`
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 679 `passage`
- **2021-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Governmental Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2021-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Carried Over to Call of the Chair
- **2021-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Governmental Affairs Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Reed motion to Carry Over to the Call of the Chair adopted Voice Vote
- **2021-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Governmental Affairs Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Chambliss motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1403 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1404 `passage`
- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Pettus motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1176 `passage`
- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Second House Amendment
- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2021-520. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 2:26 p.m. on May 17, 2021. `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8a0e8f33-6da0-4756-bb5d-50a791b17f83`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).