---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor vehicles; off-road vehicles, certificate of title required"
description: "Motor Vehicles & Traffic"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2024rs"
identifier: "HB 233"
citation: "Alabama HB 233 (2024rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles & Traffic"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeff Sorrells"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2024-02-27T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-05-06T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/21a2f000-1e49-4358-accf-9e1a8d53ba7a"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "0091e6bb92b37ec746560d1a75677cbad5fd1baa9fb0bf6ed1af81a33094f9c4"
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 233 (2024rs) — Motor vehicles; off-road vehicles, certificate of title required

Motor Vehicles & Traffic

## 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/HB233-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2024-190** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1538401.AI1.pdf)
3. **Amendment HI9F636-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/HI9F636-1.pdf)
4. **Amendment TEWI111-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/TEWI111-1.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/HB233-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the H for Vote 286 on HB233 (2024 Regular Session) — **93–6** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the H for Vote 287 on HB233 (2024 Regular Session) — **91–8** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 558 on HB233 (2024 Regular Session) — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the S for Vote 560 on HB233 (2024 Regular Session) — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the S for Vote 561 on HB233 (2024 Regular Session) — **28–1** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the S for Vote 559 on HB233 (2024 Regular Session) — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the S for Vote 389 on HB233 (2024 Regular Session) — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jeff Sorrells — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2024-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2024-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2024-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2024-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 561 `passage`
- **2024-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Carnley motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 560
- **2024-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Carnley 1st Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Kitchens motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 559
- **2024-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Transportation and Energy 1st Amendment Offered (Transportation and Energy) `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in Second House
- **2024-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in Second House
- **2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in Second House
- **2024-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Transportation and Energy 1st Amendment (Transportation and Energy)
- **2024-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Transportation and Energy)
- **2024-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2024-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Transportation and Energy)
- **2024-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Transportation and Energy `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 287 `passage`
- **2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Financial Services )
- **2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- **2024-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Financial Services )
- **2024-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Financial Services `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-03T17:15:00+00:00** Enacted as 2024-190 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/21a2f000-1e49-4358-accf-9e1a8d53ba7a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).