---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to Motor Vehicle Registrations and to the USS Alabama Battleship Commission; to amend Section 32-6-55, Code of Alabama 1975; to allow former and current chairs of the USS Alabama Battleship Commission to use the USS Alabama Battleship Commission distinctive license tag; to require that the commission annually certify to the Department of Revenue a list of those individuals eligible for the distinctive license tag."
description: "Motor Vehicle Registrations; USS Alabama Battleship Commission distinctive license tag for former and current Commission chair"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2023rs"
identifier: "SB 281"
citation: "Alabama SB 281 (2023rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicle Registrations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Greg Albritton"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-06-02T17:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/04da085f-510d-43b6-83d8-6a672a808b61"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "4a4f750fcca6a7257ff132c684c009769ded608dcd32aaf6d85a0c61b528bb1d"
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 281 (2023rs) — Relating to Motor Vehicle Registrations and to the USS Alabama Battleship Commission; to amend Section 32-6-55, Code of Alabama 1975; to allow former and current chairs of the USS Alabama Battleship Commission to use the USS Alabama Battleship Commission distinctive license tag; to require that the commission annually certify to the Department of Revenue a list of those individuals eligible for the distinctive license tag.

Motor Vehicle Registrations; USS Alabama Battleship Commission distinctive license tag for former and current Commission chair

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/SB281-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2023-405** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1277207.AI1.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/SB281-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the S for Vote 773 on SB281 (2023 Regular Session) — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 1080 on SB281 (2023 Regular Session) — **103–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Greg Albritton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2023-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2023-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass `passage`
- **2023-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in Second House
- **2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in Second House
- **2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in Second House
- **2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (State Government) `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Committee (State Government) `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in Second House `reading-1`
- **2023-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass `passage`
- **2023-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2023-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in House of Origin
- **2023-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
- **2023-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Finance and Taxation General Fund) `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
- **2023-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Finance and Taxation General Fund) `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred (Finance and Taxation General Fund) `introduction, referral`
- **2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in House of Origin `reading-1`
- **2023-06-02T17:00:00+00:00** Enacted as 2023-405 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/04da085f-510d-43b6-83d8-6a672a808b61`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).