---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor vehicles, rules of the road, construction zone violations, penalties further provided, Sec. 32-5A-176.1 am'd."
description: "Motor vehicles, rules of the road, construction zone violations, penalties further provided, Sec. 32-5A-176.1 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2021rs"
identifier: "SB 4"
citation: "Alabama SB 4 (2021rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/13420df8-6bef-493c-b51b-fdc9f1cd364f"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB4"
source_hash: "c20faa436a50626f5ecdbf619faf988d85ed0daed31974d598135ddf7a258e8c"
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 4 (2021rs) — Motor vehicles, rules of the road, construction zone violations, penalties further provided, Sec. 32-5A-176.1 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/SB4-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 210700-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/210700-1.pdf)
3. **Amd/Sub 214156-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/214156-1.pdf)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/SB4-eng.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/SB4-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Greer motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1172 — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Reed motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1380 — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1096 — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Coleman-Madison motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 449 — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 450 — **25–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Allen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Transportation and Energy `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Carried Over to Call of the Chair
- **2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Allen motion to Carry Over to the Call of the Chair adopted Voice Vote
- **2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Coleman-Madison Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Coleman-Madison motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 449 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 450 `passage`
- **2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1096 `passage`
- **2021-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2021-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2021-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2021-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Forwarded to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Executive Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Reed motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1380 `passage`
- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** House of Origin Concurs in Executive Amendment
- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Greer motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1172 `passage`
- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Second House Concurs in Executive Amendment
- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2021-482. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/13420df8-6bef-493c-b51b-fdc9f1cd364f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).