Relating to motor vehicle licenses and registration; to amend Section 32-6-62, Code of Alabama 1975, to extend the validity period of motor vehicle license plate designs from five years to 10 years.
Summary
Motor vehicle registration; to extend validity of license plate designs to 10 years
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2023
Committee Review
May 2023
House Passage
Apr 2023
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Mar 23, 2023
Last action May 17, 2023
Floor votes · House Apr 25, 2023
How they voted
96–1
Passed · 5 other
Total votes 102
Apr 25, 2023
D
Democratic27
92% Yea
R
Republican75
94% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
12
Key actions
5
Committee
5
May 17, 2023
Upper · Passed
Reported Out of Committee in Second House
upper
May 17, 2023
Upper · Passed
Reported Favorably (State Governmental Affairs)
upper
Apr 25, 2023
Committee
Referred to Committee (State Governmental Affairs)
upper
Apr 25, 2023
Lower · Passed
Read a Third Time and Pass
lower
Apr 12, 2023
Lower · Passed
Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
lower
Apr 12, 2023
Lower · Passed
Reported Favorably (State Government)
lower
Mar 23, 2023
Introduced
Introduced and Referred (State Government)
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Russell Bedsole
RRepublican
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