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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to motor vehicle registration and distinctive motor vehicle license plates; to authorize the issuance of a distinctive motor vehicle license plate to benefit brain cancer research."
description: "Motor vehicle registrations; distinctive license plate for brain cancer research."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2023rs"
identifier: "HB 238"
citation: "Alabama HB 238 (2023rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor vehicle registrations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wes Kitchens"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-04-04T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-11T16:30:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d72ecfda-28b4-4b7b-ae1d-e9873f6e340c"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "2875572b6b06deab364434224be2cc0cf3f4bee58bcf00d80a9a8c972826bb72"
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 238 (2023rs) — Relating to motor vehicle registration and distinctive motor vehicle license plates; to authorize the issuance of a distinctive motor vehicle license plate to benefit brain cancer research.
Motor vehicle registrations; distinctive license plate for brain cancer research.
## 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/HB238-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2023-162** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1257483.AI1.pdf)
3. **Amendment 5EOKM3-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/5EOKM3-1.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/HB238-enr.pdf)
## Votes
- Roll of the H for Vote 550 on HB238 (2023 Regular Session) — **1030** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the H for Vote 296 on HB238 (2023 Regular Session) — **990** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 490 on HB238 (2023 Regular Session) — **320** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the S for Vote 491 on HB238 (2023 Regular Session) — **320** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Wes Kitchens — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Concur In and Adopt
- **2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Read A Third Time And Passed As Amended
- **2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Adopt
- **2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in Second House
- **2023-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in Second House
- **2023-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in Second House
- **2023-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Finance and Taxation General Fund) `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Committee (Finance and Taxation General Fund) `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-20T04:00:00+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** On Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2023-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in House of Origin
- **2023-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
- **2023-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (State Government) `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred (State Government) `introduction, referral`
- **2023-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in House of Origin `reading-1`
- **2023-05-11T16:30:00+00:00** Enacted as 2023-162 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d72ecfda-28b4-4b7b-ae1d-e9873f6e340c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).