republic-os/legislation/us/states/al/2021rs/sb-258.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Driver license, to provide additional circumstances in which an expert witness may give expert testimony, provide for add'l chemical tests that may be used to determine if a person was driving under the influence, to provide for who can draw blood, provide that a witness may provide testimony on the results of horizontal gaze nystagmus test, Secs. 12-21-160, 32-5-192, 32-5-200, 32-5A-194, 32-5A-300, 32-5A-301, 32-5A-302, 32-5A-303, 32-5A-304, 32-5A-306, 32-5A-307, 32-5A-308, 32-6-49.13 am'd.	Driver license, to provide additional circumstances in which an expert witness may give expert testimony, provide for add'l chemical tests that may be used to determine if a person was driving under the influence, to provide for who can draw blood, provide that a witness may provide testimony on the results of horizontal gaze nystagmus test, Secs. 12-21-160, 32-5-192, 32-5-200, 32-5A-194, 32-5A-300, 32-5A-301, 32-5A-302, 32-5A-303, 32-5A-304, 32-5A-306, 32-5A-307, 32-5A-308, 32-6-49.13 am'd.	us/states/al	Alabama Legislature	2021rs	SB 258	Alabama SB 258 (2021rs)	bill	Drivers' Licenses	enacted	Orr	5	18	3	2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00	2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/7aa2afa0-168b-4863-93f4-36c3231e1930	http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB258	085a38117b2215a466bb222f8f7a9bb8bd64812c7f6ebc26cd028d04c6148e8c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-al

Alabama SB 258 (2021rs) — Driver license, to provide additional circumstances in which an expert witness may give expert testimony, provide for add'l chemical tests that may be used to determine if a person was driving under the influence, to provide for who can draw blood, provide that a witness may provide testimony on the results of horizontal gaze nystagmus test, Secs. 12-21-160, 32-5-192, 32-5-200, 32-5A-194, 32-5A-300, 32-5A-301, 32-5A-302, 32-5A-303, 32-5A-304, 32-5A-306, 32-5A-307, 32-5A-308, 32-6-49.13 am'd.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Amd/Sub 211319-1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amd/Sub 214289-1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1195 — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 538 — 29–0 (pass) · upper
• Orr motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 537 — 29–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Orr — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary reading-1, referral-committee
• 2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the second time and placed on the calendar reading-2
• 2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00 Orr Amendment Offered amendment-introduction
• 2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00 Orr motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 537 amendment-passage
• 2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 538 passage
• 2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00 Engrossed
• 2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Judiciary reading-1, referral-committee
• 2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00 Read for the second time and placed on the calendar reading-2
• 2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00 Faulkner first Substitute Offered amendment-introduction
• 2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00 Faulkner motion to Withdraw adopted Voice Vote
• 2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1195 passage
• 2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00 Forte intended to vote "Yea"
• 2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Second House passage
• 2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00 Enrolled
• 2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00 Signature Requested
• 2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00 Assigned Act No. 2021-498. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7aa2afa0-168b-4863-93f4-36c3231e1930. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).