---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor vehicles, use of motor vehicles equipped with an automated driving system"
description: "Motor Vehicles & Traffic"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2024rs"
identifier: "SB 226"
citation: "Alabama SB 226 (2024rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles & Traffic"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gerald H. Allen"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 29
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2024-03-19T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-05-20T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8fd868d4-6239-4e80-87df-b776706cf308"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "552923d6a77dcbdadddfe78200fb0e4168d9b9ea155afbfffe66efe66fc15eb4"
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 226 (2024rs) — Motor vehicles, use of motor vehicles equipped with an automated driving system

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/SB226-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2024-453** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1549700.AI1.pdf)
3. **Amendment 1EK1LZL-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/1EK1LZL-1.pdf)
4. **Amendment EV1Y2C2-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/EV1Y2C2-1.pdf)
5. **Amendment L1ICWYW-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/L1ICWYW-1.pdf)
6. **Amendment U1RQGXD-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/U1RQGXD-1.pdf)
7. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/SB226-eng.pdf)
8. **Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure Amendment DUXENTT-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/DUXENTT-1.pdf)
9. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/SB226-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the S for Vote 887 on SB226 (2024 Regular Session) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the S for Vote 886 on SB226 (2024 Regular Session) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 1196 on SB226 (2024 Regular Session) — **101–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 888 on SB226 (2024 Regular Session) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the S for Vote 885 on SB226 (2024 Regular Session) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 1198 on SB226 (2024 Regular Session) — **101–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the H for Vote 1197 on SB226 (2024 Regular Session) — **102–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gerald H. Allen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-20T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2024-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2024-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2024-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2024-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 1198 `passage`
- **2024-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1197
- **2024-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure Engrossed Substitute Offered (Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure) `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in Second House
- **2024-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure)
- **2024-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House (Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure)
- **2024-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure 1st Amendment (Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure)
- **2024-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure)
- **2024-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2024-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 888 `passage`
- **2024-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Allen motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 887
- **2024-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Allen 1st Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Allen motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 886
- **2024-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Allen 1st Substitute Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Allen motion to Table - Adopted Voice Vote
- **2024-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Transportation and Energy 1st Amendment Offered (Transportation and Energy) `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **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 House of Origin
- **2024-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Transportation and Energy 1st Amendment (Transportation and Energy)
- **2024-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Transportation and Energy)
- **2024-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Transportation and Energy `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-17T19:00:00+00:00** Enacted as 2024-453 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8fd868d4-6239-4e80-87df-b776706cf308`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).