republic-os/legislation/us/states/al/2026rs/sb-242.md

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Bill	Commercial driver licenses; possession of United States work authorization for certain commercial driver license holders required, proficiency in the English language for commercial motor vehicle required, procedures for impoundment provided for, offense of presenting a false foreign commercial driver license established, offense of operating a commercial motor vehicle without proper documentation established, penalties provided for	Motor Vehicles & Traffic	us/states/al	Alabama Legislature	2026rs	SB 242	Alabama SB 242 (2026rs)	bill	Motor Vehicles & Traffic	enacted	Bell	3	20	0	2026-02-03T05:00:00+00:00	2026-03-11T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/0754dccb-7452-4420-9ece-f878a09cfd54	https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search	646e62f2258157d0d5f10c77c3e42f2055c31859cd85277fea300b8ab4bbdd4c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-al

Alabama SB 242 (2026rs) — Commercial driver licenses; possession of United States work authorization for certain commercial driver license holders required, proficiency in the English language for commercial motor vehicle required, procedures for impoundment provided for, offense of presenting a false foreign commercial driver license established, offense of operating a commercial motor vehicle without proper documentation established, penalties provided for

Motor Vehicles & Traffic

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 759 (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Sponsors

• Bell — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 Enacted became-law
• 2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 Delivered to Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 Signature Requested
• 2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 Enrolled
• 2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 Ready to Enroll
• 2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 Gudger Concur In and Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 729
• 2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 760 passage
• 2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 759
• 2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure Engrossed Substitute Offered (Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure) amendment-introduction
• 2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 Third Reading in Second House
• 2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure)
• 2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00 Reported Out of Committee Second House (Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure)
• 2026-02-17T05:00:00+00:00 Pending Committee Action in Second House (Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure)
• 2026-02-17T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure reading-1, referral-committee
• 2026-02-17T05:00:00+00:00 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 434 passage
• 2026-02-17T05:00:00+00:00 Third Reading in House of Origin
• 2026-02-12T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development)
• 2026-02-11T05:00:00+00:00 Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
• 2026-02-03T05:00:00+00:00 Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development)
• 2026-02-03T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development reading-1, referral-committee

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0754dccb-7452-4420-9ece-f878a09cfd54. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).