---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor vehicles, distinctive license tags, firefighter license plates, add'l fee, distribution fee to Alabama Joint Fire Council and the Alabama Fire College, Secs. 32-6-271, 32-6-280 am'd."
description: "Motor vehicles, distinctive license tags, firefighter license plates, add'l fee, distribution fee to Alabama Joint Fire Council and the Alabama Fire College, Secs. 32-6-271, 32-6-280 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2021rs"
identifier: "HB 77"
citation: "Alabama HB 77 (2021rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Whorton"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-05-06T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/53fa3a3f-4285-498b-9c45-ff6154162c1a"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB77"
source_hash: "26b17979986acb859446b8aeb460c4c06c80a9dc4783b9e42608a70484448da3"
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 77 (2021rs) — Motor vehicles, distinctive license tags, firefighter license plates, add'l fee, distribution fee to Alabama Joint Fire Council and the Alabama Fire College, Secs. 32-6-271, 32-6-280 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/HB77-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 209024-4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/209024-4.pdf)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/HB77-eng.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/HB77-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 115 — **93–8** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 114 — **99–1** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1369 — **27–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Whorton — 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 Public Safety and Homeland Security `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Public Safety and Homeland Security Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 114 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 115 `passage`
- **2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Finance and Taxation General Fund `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1369 `passage`
- **2021-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2021-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2021-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2021-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2021-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2021-432. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Secretary of State at 5:50 p.m. on May 6, 2021.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/53fa3a3f-4285-498b-9c45-ff6154162c1a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).