---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to motor vehicle registration"
description: "Motor Vehicle registration, distinctive license plate for veterans awarded the Air Medal"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2023rs"
identifier: "HB 211"
citation: "Alabama HB 211 (2023rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicle registration"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rick Rehm"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-23T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-06-14T13:30:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5346d6d6-c7f5-451a-a2c7-f67fa60371f4"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "69f8d4374d5262d1ee39135495935ea51e82ff93d5ece341ab6b89662bc7063c"
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 211 (2023rs) — Relating to motor vehicle registration

Motor Vehicle registration, distinctive license plate for veterans awarded the Air Medal

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/HB211-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2023-498** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1286193.AI1.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/HB211-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the H for Vote 977 on HB211 (2023 Regular Session) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 1204 on HB211 (2023 Regular Session) — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rick Rehm — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass `passage`
- **2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in Second House
- **2023-05-26T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in Second House
- **2023-05-26T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in Second House
- **2023-05-26T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-26T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in Second House
- **2023-05-26T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Veterans and Military Affairs) `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-26T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Committee (Veterans and Military Affairs) `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-26T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in Second House `reading-1`
- **2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass `passage`
- **2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2023-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in House of Origin
- **2023-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
- **2023-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Military and Veterans Affairs) `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred (Military and Veterans Affairs) `introduction, referral`
- **2023-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in House of Origin `reading-1`
- **2023-06-14T13:30:00+00:00** Enacted as 2023-498 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5346d6d6-c7f5-451a-a2c7-f67fa60371f4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).