---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor vehicles, forestry harvesting and management equp., included as trucks or truck tractors used by a farmer or to haul forest products for licensing purposes, Sec. 40-12-248 am'd."
description: "Motor vehicles, forestry harvesting and management equp., included as trucks or truck tractors used by a farmer or to haul forest products for licensing purposes, Sec. 40-12-248 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2022rs"
identifier: "HB 262"
citation: "Alabama HB 262 (2022rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-02-03T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/801b3705-4961-43cb-87ca-68452b4d1ceb"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB262"
source_hash: "32fd6642e209bd93980494b5f0ed3921cedc9d898e4f8a7721deda3477f43c84"
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 262 (2022rs) — Motor vehicles, forestry harvesting and management equp., included as trucks or truck tractors used by a farmer or to haul forest products for licensing purposes, Sec. 40-12-248 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/2022rs/PrintFiles/HB262-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 217183-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/217183-2.pdf)
3. **Amd/Sub 217812-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/217812-1.pdf)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/HB262-eng.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/HB262-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 330 — **101–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 329 — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 665 — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- Allen motion to Table adopted Roll Call 328 — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Allen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Agriculture and Forestry `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Agriculture and Forestry Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Allen motion to Table adopted Roll Call 328 `amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Allen Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 329 `amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 330 `passage`
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 665 `passage`
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2022-206. `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 3:34 p.m. on March 29, 2022. `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/801b3705-4961-43cb-87ca-68452b4d1ceb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).