republic-os/legislation/us/states/al/2019fs/hb-2.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor vehicles and motor fuels, Rebuild Ala. Act., add'l tax on gasoline and diesel fuel of ten cents in increments, add'l licensing tax on electric and hybrid electric automobiles, distribution of proceeds for state, county, municipal, and State Port Authority transportation purposes, floor stock tax provided, bond of motor fuel terminal operators increased, taxes increased based on changes in National Highway Construction Cost Index, portion to finance improvements to ship channel related to Ala. St. Docks, ATRIP-II Committee estab., authorized to enter agreements for debt financing, Secs. 11-6-4, 11-6-23, 40-12-242, 40-17-331 am'd.; Sec. 11-6-6 repealed"
description: "Motor vehicles and motor fuels, Rebuild Ala. Act., add'l tax on gasoline and diesel fuel of ten cents in increments, add'l licensing tax on electric and hybrid electric automobiles, distribution of proceeds for state, county, municipal, and State Port Authority transportation purposes, floor stock tax provided, bond of motor fuel terminal operators increased, taxes increased based on changes in National Highway Construction Cost Index, portion to finance improvements to ship channel related to Ala. St. Docks, ATRIP-II Committee estab., authorized to enter agreements for debt financing, Secs. 11-6-4, 11-6-23, 40-12-242, 40-17-331 am'd.; Sec. 11-6-6 repealed"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2019fs"
identifier: "HB 2"
citation: "Alabama HB 2 (2019fs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Poole"]
version_count: 21
action_count: 56
vote_count: 17
first_action: "2019-03-06T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-03-12T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5769129d-30e9-4be1-8465-33252af1e07d"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB2"
source_hash: "aabe31c169e6f0fdfa843a2bf94290fb95cc9dc58c6f50d471215b040442ce94"
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 2 (2019fs) — Motor vehicles and motor fuels, Rebuild Ala. Act., add'l tax on gasoline and diesel fuel of ten cents in increments, add'l licensing tax on electric and hybrid electric automobiles, distribution of proceeds for state, county, municipal, and State Port Authority transportation purposes, floor stock tax provided, bond of motor fuel terminal operators increased, taxes increased based on changes in National Highway Construction Cost Index, portion to finance improvements to ship channel related to Ala. St. Docks, ATRIP-II Committee estab., authorized to enter agreements for debt financing, Secs. 11-6-4, 11-6-23, 40-12-242, 40-17-331 am'd.; Sec. 11-6-6 repealed

## 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/2019fs/PrintFiles/HB2-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 197614-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019fs/PrintFiles/197614-1.pdf)
3. **Amd/Sub 197636-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019fs/PrintFiles/197636-1.pdf)
4. **Amd/Sub 197670-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019fs/PrintFiles/197670-1.pdf)
5. **Amd/Sub 197681-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019fs/PrintFiles/197681-1.pdf)
6. **Amd/Sub 197683-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019fs/PrintFiles/197683-1.pdf)
7. **Amd/Sub 197689-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019fs/PrintFiles/197689-1.pdf)
8. **Amd/Sub 197708-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019fs/PrintFiles/197708-1.pdf)
9. **Amd/Sub 197709-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019fs/PrintFiles/197709-1.pdf)
10. **Amd/Sub 197712-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019fs/PrintFiles/197712-1.pdf)
11. **Amd/Sub 197714-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019fs/PrintFiles/197714-1.pdf)
12. **Amd/Sub 197715-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019fs/PrintFiles/197715-1.pdf)
13. **Amd/Sub 197723-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019fs/PrintFiles/197723-2.pdf)
14. **Amd/Sub 197727-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019fs/PrintFiles/197727-1.pdf)
15. **Amd/Sub 197729-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019fs/PrintFiles/197729-1.pdf)
16. **Amd/Sub 197729-3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019fs/PrintFiles/197729-3.pdf)
17. **Amd/Sub 197731-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019fs/PrintFiles/197731-1.pdf)
18. **Amd/Sub 197740-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019fs/PrintFiles/197740-1.pdf)
19. **Amd/Sub 197825-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019fs/PrintFiles/197825-1.pdf)
20. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019fs/PrintFiles/HB2-eng.pdf)
21. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019fs/PrintFiles/HB2-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 28 — **28–6** (pass) · upper
- Poole motion to Table adopted Roll Call 10 — **68–26** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 18 — **83–20** (pass) · lower
- Poole motion to Table adopted Roll Call 7 — **79–20** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 14 — **101–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 13 — **102–0** (pass) · lower
- Poole motion to Table adopted Roll Call 11 — **84–10** (pass) · lower
- Poole motion to Table adopted Roll Call 12 — **82–15** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 17 — **101–1** (pass) · lower
- Poole motion to Table adopted Roll Call 8 — **83–8** (pass) · lower
- Poole motion to Table adopted Roll Call 16 — **75–23** (pass) · lower
- Poole motion to Table adopted Roll Call 3 — **78–11** (pass) · lower
- Poole motion to Table adopted Roll Call 6 — **68–27** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 15 — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 4 — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 9 — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Poole motion to Table adopted Roll Call 5 — **75–17** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Poole — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2019-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Givan Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Poole motion to Table adopted Roll Call 3 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Rowe Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 4 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Jackson Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Poole motion to Table adopted Roll Call 5 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Hurst Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Poole motion to Table adopted Roll Call 6 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Rogers Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Poole motion to Table adopted Roll Call 7 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Hill Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Poole motion to Table adopted Roll Call 8 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** McCampbell Amendment #1 Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 9 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Holmes Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Poole motion to Table adopted Roll Call 10 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Weaver and Treadaway intended to vote "Nay"
- **2019-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Hanes Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Poole motion to Table adopted Roll Call 11 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Harbison Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Poole motion to Table adopted Roll Call 12 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Poole Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 13 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Warren 1st Amendment Offered -withdrawn `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Warren motion to withdraw her amendment adopted Voice Vote
- **2019-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Warren 2nd Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 14 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Wingo Amendment #1 Offered - withdrawn `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Wingo motion to withdraw his amendment adopted Voice Vote
- **2019-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** McCampbell 2nd Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 15 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Howard Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Poole motion to Table adopted Roll Call 16 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Wingo Amendment #2 Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 17 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Hill intended to vote "Yea"
- **2019-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 18 `passage`
- **2019-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Hatcher intended to vote "Yea"
- **2019-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Transportation and Energy `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2019-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2019-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Carried Over to Call of the Chair
- **2019-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** Marsh motion to Carry Over to the Call of the Chair adopted Voice Vote
- **2019-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** Roberts Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** Chambliss motion to Table adopted Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 28 `passage`
- **2019-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2019-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2019-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2019-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2019-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2019-2. `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 3:21 p.m. on March 12, 2019. `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5769129d-30e9-4be1-8465-33252af1e07d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).