republic-os/legislation/us/states/al/2018rs/sb-125.md

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Bill	Motor vehicles, following too closely, exemption provided for, truck platoons under certain conditions, Dept. of Transportation authorized to adopt rules, Secs. 32-1-1.1, 32-5A-89 am'd.	Motor vehicles, following too closely, exemption provided for, truck platoons under certain conditions, Dept. of Transportation authorized to adopt rules, Secs. 32-1-1.1, 32-5A-89 am'd.	us/states/al	Alabama Legislature	2018rs	SB 125	Alabama SB 125 (2018rs)	bill	Motor Vehicles	enacted	Whatley	3	26	6	2018-01-09T05:00:00+00:00	2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/3a1c084a-aa8c-49e6-a169-681ce7c6bcf9	http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB125	a544d2b56ede3e4aa09d2cebcbe7cf4588575c7d7cb73a2a1509c2650f268908	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-al

Alabama SB 125 (2018rs) — Motor vehicles, following too closely, exemption provided for, truck platoons under certain conditions, Dept. of Transportation authorized to adopt rules, Secs. 32-1-1.1, 32-5A-89 am'd.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Whatley motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 216 — 31–0 (pass) · upper
• Chesteen motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 939 — 87–0 (pass) · lower
• Whatley motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 917 — 24–0 (pass) · upper
• Whatley motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 217 — 31–0 (pass) · upper
• Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 218 — 18–3 (pass) · upper
• Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 683 — 99–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Whatley — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-09T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Transportation and Energy reading-1, referral-committee
• 2018-01-18T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment reading-2
• 2018-01-30T05:00:00+00:00 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2018-01-30T05:00:00+00:00 Transportation and Energy Amendment Offered amendment-introduction
• 2018-01-30T05:00:00+00:00 Whatley motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 216 amendment-passage
• 2018-01-30T05:00:00+00:00 Whatley Amendment Offered amendment-introduction
• 2018-01-30T05:00:00+00:00 Whatley motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 217 amendment-passage
• 2018-01-30T05:00:00+00:00 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 218 passage
• 2018-02-01T05:00:00+00:00 Engrossed
• 2018-02-01T05:00:00+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
• 2018-02-08T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the second time and placed on the calendar reading-2
• 2018-03-08T05:00:00+00:00 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2018-03-08T05:00:00+00:00 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 683 passage
• 2018-03-08T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Second House passage
• 2018-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 Enrolled
• 2018-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 Signature Requested
• 2018-03-20T04:00:00+00:00 Forwarded to Governor executive-receipt
• 2018-03-20T04:00:00+00:00 Executive Amendment Offered amendment-introduction
• 2018-03-20T04:00:00+00:00 Whatley motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 917 passage
• 2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00 House of Origin Concurs in Executive Amendment
• 2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00 Chesteen motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 939 passage
• 2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00 Second House Concurs in Executive Amendment
• 2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00 Signature Requested
• 2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00 Enrolled
• 2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00 Forwarded to Governor on March 21, 2018 at 4:34 p.m. on March 21, 2018 executive-receipt
• 2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00 Assigned Act No. 2018-286. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3a1c084a-aa8c-49e6-a169-681ce7c6bcf9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).