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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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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."
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description: "Motor vehicle registrations; distinctive license plate for brain cancer research."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
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legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
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session: "2023rs"
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identifier: "HB 238"
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citation: "Alabama HB 238 (2023rs)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Motor vehicle registrations"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Wes Kitchens"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2023-04-04T04:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2023-05-11T16:30:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d72ecfda-28b4-4b7b-ae1d-e9873f6e340c"
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source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
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source_hash: "2875572b6b06deab364434224be2cc0cf3f4bee58bcf00d80a9a8c972826bb72"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-al"]
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---
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# 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.
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Motor vehicle registrations; distinctive license plate for brain cancer research.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/HB238-int.pdf)
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2. **Act 2023-162** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1257483.AI1.pdf)
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3. **Amendment 5EOKM3-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/5EOKM3-1.pdf)
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4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/HB238-enr.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Roll of the H for Vote 550 on HB238 (2023 Regular Session) — **103–0** (pass) · lower
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- Roll of the H for Vote 296 on HB238 (2023 Regular Session) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Roll of the S for Vote 490 on HB238 (2023 Regular Session) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
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- Roll of the S for Vote 491 on HB238 (2023 Regular Session) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Wes Kitchens — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
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- **2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Concur In and Adopt
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- **2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Read A Third Time And Passed As Amended
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- **2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Adopt
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- **2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in Second House
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- **2023-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in Second House
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- **2023-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in Second House
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- **2023-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Finance and Taxation General Fund) `committee-passage`
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- **2023-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Committee (Finance and Taxation General Fund) `referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in Second House `reading-1`
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- **2023-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass `passage`
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- **2023-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in House of Origin
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- **2023-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in House of Origin
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- **2023-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
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- **2023-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (State Government) `committee-passage`
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- **2023-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred (State Government) `introduction, referral`
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- **2023-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in House of Origin `reading-1`
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- **2023-05-11T16:30:00+00:00** Enacted as 2023-162 `became-law`
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## Source
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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).
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