---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor vehicles, driving offenses, administrative suspension periods revised for certain driving offenses, Secs. 32-5-192, 32-5A-195, 32-5A-304 am'd."
description: "Motor vehicles, driving offenses, administrative suspension periods revised for certain driving offenses, Secs. 32-5-192, 32-5A-195, 32-5A-304 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2021rs"
identifier: "SB 195"
citation: "Alabama SB 195 (2021rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Givhan"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ac67f1d9-2253-483b-8e4f-a0d809a79548"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB195"
source_hash: "57f4ad28f7cb54154740b8dafd6ebd0cbb044a6276a15a49b7df94bc6a1f695e"
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 SB 195 (2021rs) — Motor vehicles, driving offenses, administrative suspension periods revised for certain driving offenses, Secs. 32-5-192, 32-5A-195, 32-5A-304 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/SB195-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 211969-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/211969-1.pdf)
3. **Amd/Sub 211997-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/211997-1.pdf)
4. **Amd/Sub 212706-3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/212706-3.pdf)
5. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/SB195-eng.pdf)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/SB195-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1028 — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- Smitherman motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 596 — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1029 — **93–1** (pass) · lower
- Reed motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1213 — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Smitherman motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 576 — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 597 — **28–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Givhan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Carried Over to Call of the Chair
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Smitherman Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Smitherman motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 576 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Givhan motion to Carry Over to the Call of the Chair adopted Voice Vote
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Smitherman Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Smitherman motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 596 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 597 `passage`
- **2021-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2021-03-18T04:00:00+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`
- **2021-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2021-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Public Safety and Homeland Security Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1028 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1029 `passage`
- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Reed motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1213 `passage`
- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Second House Amendment
- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2021-387. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ac67f1d9-2253-483b-8e4f-a0d809a79548`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).