---
type: "Bill"
title: "Aviation, requires Transportation dept. to take certain actions related to advanced air mobility"
description: "Transportation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2024rs"
identifier: "HB 176"
citation: "Alabama HB 176 (2024rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James Lomax"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 27
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-02-15T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-05-16T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/be5fed92-c5c8-48b3-9480-6d657032ca83"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "5b3dd2af433092bead0ccccd2faaedb791e0e79addafaa2af4f9c7be644632d7"
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 176 (2024rs) — Aviation, requires Transportation dept. to take certain actions related to advanced air mobility

Transportation

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/HB176-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2024-396** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1548617.AI1.pdf)
3. **Amendment 8XLSFHH-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/8XLSFHH-1.pdf)
4. **Amendment E3UW9CC-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/E3UW9CC-1.pdf)
5. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/HB176-eng.pdf)
6. **Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure Amendment V117LPL-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/V117LPL-1.pdf)
7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/HB176-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the H for Vote 194 on HB176 (2024 Regular Session) — **102–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the H for Vote 193 on HB176 (2024 Regular Session) — **103–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 1163 on HB176 (2024 Regular Session) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 195 on HB176 (2024 Regular Session) — **102–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 1164 on HB176 (2024 Regular Session) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the S for Vote 1165 on HB176 (2024 Regular Session) — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- James Lomax — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2024-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2024-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2024-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2024-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 1165 `passage`
- **2024-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1164
- **2024-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Transportation and Energy 1st Substitute Offered (Transportation and Energy) `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in Second House
- **2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Transportation and Energy)
- **2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Transportation and Energy 1st Substitute (Transportation and Energy)
- **2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Transportation and Energy)
- **2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Transportation and Energy `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2024-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 195 `passage`
- **2024-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 194
- **2024-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** TU&I Reported Substitute Offered (Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure) `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2024-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** Committee Engrossed Substitute Adopted (Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure)
- **2024-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** Committee Amendment Adopted (Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure)
- **2024-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure)
- **2024-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- **2024-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee In House of Origin
- **2024-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure)
- **2024-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-15T20:20:00+00:00** Enacted as 2024-396 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/be5fed92-c5c8-48b3-9480-6d657032ca83`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).