Relating to motor vehicles and traffic; to amend Sections 11-49-4, 32-5A-173, and 32-5A-176, Code of Alabama 1975; to prohibit a municipality from setting speed limits on county-maintained streets within its corporate limits in certain circumstances; and to make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style.
Summary
Counties & Municipalities, prohibited municipalities from setting speed limits on county-maintained streets
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2023
Committee Review
Apr 2023
Senate Passage
Apr 2023
House Passage
Apr 2023
Signed into Law
May 2023
Introduced Mar 7, 2023
Signed May 9, 2023
Floor votes · Senate Apr 4, 2023 · House Apr 27, 2023
How they voted
28–0
Passed · 6 other
Total votes 34
Apr 4, 2023
D
Democratic8
75% Yea
R
Republican26
84% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
18
Key actions
6
Committee
5
Apr 27, 2023
Lower · Passed
Read a Third Time and Pass
lower
Apr 12, 2023
Upper · Passed
Reported Out of Committee in Second House
upper
Apr 12, 2023
Upper · Passed
Reported Favorably (Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure)
upper
Apr 4, 2023
Committee
Referred to Committee (Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure)
lower
Apr 4, 2023
Upper · Passed
Read A Third Time And Passed As Amended
upper
Mar 21, 2023
Upper · Passed
Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
upper
Mar 21, 2023
Upper · Passed
Reported Favorably (County and Municipal Government)
upper
Mar 7, 2023
Introduced
Introduced and Referred (County and Municipal Government)
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Steve Livingston
RRepublican
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