---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor vehicles, certificates of title, certain notarization requirements waived, collection of commissions, further provided, issuance of new certificates of title, further provided, Secs. 32-8-3, 32-8-7, 32-8-35, 32-8-43, 32-20-3, 32-20-5, 32-20-23, 32-20-29 am'd."
description: "Motor vehicles, certificates of title, certain notarization requirements waived, collection of commissions, further provided, issuance of new certificates of title, further provided, Secs. 32-8-3, 32-8-7, 32-8-35, 32-8-43, 32-20-3, 32-20-5, 32-20-23, 32-20-29 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2021rs"
identifier: "SB 198"
citation: "Alabama SB 198 (2021rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chesteen"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/85b25f1a-3a47-4c73-9076-942709099c7e"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB198"
source_hash: "647a58021738a93fd6b503502806924e6be440e045f1410c8841c99620c8e9b3"
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 198 (2021rs) — Motor vehicles, certificates of title, certain notarization requirements waived, collection of commissions, further provided, issuance of new certificates of title, further provided, Secs. 32-8-3, 32-8-7, 32-8-35, 32-8-43, 32-20-3, 32-20-5, 32-20-23, 32-20-29 am'd.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/SB198-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/SB198-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 320 — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 549 — **94–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chesteen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Governmental Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 320 `passage`
- **2021-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on State Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 549 `passage`
- **2021-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2021-171. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/85b25f1a-3a47-4c73-9076-942709099c7e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).