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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to distinctive motor vehicle license plates; to amend Section 32-6-281, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide for the distribution of proceeds of sales of distinctive motor vehicle license plates to emergency medical services providers."
description: "Motor vehicle registration; distinctive plates for emergency medical response providers; distribution of fee from sales of distinctive plates"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2023rs"
identifier: "HB 179"
citation: "Alabama HB 179 (2023rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor vehicle registration"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James Lomax"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-03-22T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-23T18:10:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/14e23b1c-203d-457b-ad52-ff1078f8be1a"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "edd77268c9e108ea6fb9723216b9d1a6353e74f8fabe12ad3320c3e55a57d3fb"
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 179 (2023rs) — Relating to distinctive motor vehicle license plates; to amend Section 32-6-281, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide for the distribution of proceeds of sales of distinctive motor vehicle license plates to emergency medical services providers.
Motor vehicle registration; distinctive plates for emergency medical response providers; distribution of fee from sales of distinctive plates
## 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/HB179-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2023-230** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1267461.AI1.pdf)
3. **Amendment 5RDA63-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/5RDA63-1.pdf)
4. **State Government Amendment 5RBC63-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/5RBC63-1.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/HB179-enr.pdf)
## Votes
- Roll of the S for Vote 685 on HB179 (2023 Regular Session) — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 339 on HB179 (2023 Regular Session) — **101–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the H for Vote 340 on HB179 (2023 Regular Session) — **103–0** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- James Lomax — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2023-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2023-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass `passage`
- **2023-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in Second House
- **2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in Second House
- **2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in Second House
- **2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (State Governmental Affairs) `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Committee (State Governmental Affairs) `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in Second House `reading-1`
- **2023-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass `passage`
- **2023-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Adopt
- **2023-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2023-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in House of Origin
- **2023-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
- **2023-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (State Government) `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** AMD/SUB (State Government)
- **2023-04-03T04:00:00+00:00** AMD/SUB (State Government)
- **2023-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred (State Government) `introduction, referral`
- **2023-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in House of Origin `reading-1`
- **2023-05-23T18:10:00+00:00** Enacted as 2023-230 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/14e23b1c-203d-457b-ad52-ff1078f8be1a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).