---
type: "Bill"
title: "Commercial driver licenses, updated to conform to Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration regulations"
description: "Motor Vehicles & Traffic"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2024rs"
identifier: "SB 258"
citation: "Alabama SB 258 (2024rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles & Traffic"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Keith Kelley"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-05-07T13:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f203f1f1-d008-4752-9e8a-a90dc4b8afab"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "7b54768d07934087c7569ff13c8cf404362253ea4abf88b563be7c66581a205f"
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 258 (2024rs) — Commercial driver licenses, updated to conform to Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration regulations

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/SB258-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2024-245** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1540596.AI1.pdf)
3. **Amendment T4VB959-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/T4VB959-1.pdf)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/SB258-eng.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/SB258-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the H for Vote 805 on SB258 (2024 Regular Session) — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the H for Vote 806 on SB258 (2024 Regular Session) — **101–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 488 on SB258 (2024 Regular Session) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the S for Vote 487 on SB258 (2024 Regular Session) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the S for Vote 486 on SB258 (2024 Regular Session) — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Keith Kelley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-07T04:00:00+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
- **2024-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2024-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2024-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2024-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 806 `passage`
- **2024-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in Second House
- **2024-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure)
- **2024-04-17T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2024-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure)
- **2024-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2024-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 488 `passage`
- **2024-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Kelley motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 487
- **2024-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Transportation and Energy 1st Amendment Offered (Transportation and Energy) `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-04-11T04:00:00+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)
- **2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Transportation and Energy)
- **2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Transportation and Energy `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-07T13:00:00+00:00** Enacted as 2024-245 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f203f1f1-d008-4752-9e8a-a90dc4b8afab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).