republic-os/legislation/us/states/al/2023rs/hb-254.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to municipalities and counties; to require all motor fuel taxes levied by municipalities and counties after the effective date of this act to be used only for road and bridge purposes with certain exceptions."
description: "Motor fuel taxes levied by counties and municipalities, use restricted to road and bridge construction."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2023rs"
identifier: "HB 254"
citation: "Alabama HB 254 (2023rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor fuel taxes levied by counties and municipalities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steve Clouse"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 25
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-04-04T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-30T14:10:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1774ea28-3cde-4ea8-8287-13bf471117f9"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "8bea7fea902db57a56f7d24eaa989446f91b00783d609ad42d0550108ef4bb90"
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 254 (2023rs) — Relating to municipalities and counties; to require all motor fuel taxes levied by municipalities and counties after the effective date of this act to be used only for road and bridge purposes with certain exceptions.

Motor fuel taxes levied by counties and municipalities, use restricted to road and bridge construction.

## 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/HB254-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2023-288** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1271881.AI1.pdf)
3. **Amendment AABNSS-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/AABNSS-1.pdf)
4. **Amendment CVYIWW-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/CVYIWW-1.pdf)
5. **Amendment DZ5ANN-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/DZ5ANN-1.pdf)
6. **Amendment SOAU77-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/SOAU77-1.pdf)
7. **County and Municipal Government Amendment D1GFHH-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/D1GFHH-1.pdf)
8. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/HB254-eng.pdf)
9. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/HB254-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the H for Vote 510 on HB254 (2023 Regular Session) — **102–2** (fail) · lower
- Roll of the H for Vote 511 on HB254 (2023 Regular Session) — **102–3** (fail) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 909 on HB254 (2023 Regular Session) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the S for Vote 907 on HB254 (2023 Regular Session) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 829 on HB254 (2023 Regular Session) — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the H for Vote 509 on HB254 (2023 Regular Session) — **103–2** (fail) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 908 on HB254 (2023 Regular Session) — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Steve Clouse — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2023-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Concur In and Adopt
- **2023-05-18T04:00:00+00:00** Read A Third Time And Passed As Amended
- **2023-05-18T04:00:00+00:00** Adopt
- **2023-05-18T04:00:00+00:00** Adopt
- **2023-05-18T04:00:00+00:00** Carry Over to the Call of the Chair
- **2023-05-18T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in Second House
- **2023-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in Second House
- **2023-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in Second House
- **2023-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (County and Municipal Government) `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Committee (County and Municipal Government) `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in Second House `reading-1`
- **2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended `passage`
- **2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Adopt
- **2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Adopt
- **2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2023-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in House of Origin
- **2023-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
- **2023-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (County and Municipal Government) `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** AMD/SUB (County and Municipal Government)
- **2023-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** AMD/SUB (County and Municipal Government)
- **2023-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Carry Over (County and Municipal Government)
- **2023-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred (County and Municipal Government) `introduction, referral`
- **2023-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in House of Origin `reading-1`
- **2023-05-30T14:10:00+00:00** Enacted as 2023-288 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1774ea28-3cde-4ea8-8287-13bf471117f9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).