---
type: "Bill"
title: "Distinctive license plates; Helping Schools plate design requirements further provided for, certain individuals eligible to receive the new license plate design at no cost"
description: "Motor Vehicles & Traffic"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2026rs"
identifier: "SB 300"
citation: "Alabama SB 300 (2026rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles & Traffic"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Figures"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2026-02-12T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-16T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/246cef1e-faf9-4b96-a6e1-21f20f400e02"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "a3fb6f93dda4af4dd469ad84730cc7b55d4596c57564e07300c8c6adaa71063c"
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 300 (2026rs) — Distinctive license plates; Helping Schools plate design requirements further provided for, certain individuals eligible to receive the new license plate design at no cost

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/2026RS/SB300-int.pdf)
2. **Bell motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 609** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/CX7HRJJ-1.pdf)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/SB300-eng.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/SB300-enr.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Figures — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 1206 `passage`
- **2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in Second House
- **2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Ways and Means General Fund)
- **2026-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2026-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Ways and Means General Fund)
- **2026-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means General Fund `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 610 `passage`
- **2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Bell motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 609
- **2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Bell 1st Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Carried Over to the Call of the Chair
- **2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2026-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Education Policy)
- **2026-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- **2026-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Education Policy)
- **2026-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Education Policy `reading-1, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/246cef1e-faf9-4b96-a6e1-21f20f400e02`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).