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type: "Bill"
title: "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"
description: "Motor Vehicles & Traffic"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2026rs"
identifier: "SB 242"
citation: "Alabama SB 242 (2026rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles & Traffic"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2026-02-03T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-11T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0754dccb-7452-4420-9ece-f878a09cfd54"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "646e62f2258157d0d5f10c77c3e42f2055c31859cd85277fea300b8ab4bbdd4c"
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 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](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/SB242-int.pdf)
2. **Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 759** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/XD1RRE7-1.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/SB242-enr.pdf)
## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0754dccb-7452-4420-9ece-f878a09cfd54`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).