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HB37 Alabama 2015 2nd Special Session

Updated Jul 24, 2021
HB37 Alabama 2015 2nd Special Session
House Bill
Enacted
Current Status
Second Special Session 2015
Session
1
Sponsor

Summary

Session
Second Special Session 2015
Title
Motor vehicles, autocycles defined, vehicle with three wheels, driver required to have regular driver's license, otherwise treated as motorcycle
Description

Under existing law, the definition of motorcycle includes any vehicle having not more than three wheels on the ground.

This bill would define an autocycle as a motor vehicle which has three wheels on the ground, but has a steering wheel, and would be excluded from the definition of motorcycle for the purposes of the licensure of the driver. The driver of an autocycle would be required to have a regular motor vehicle driver's license.

Subjects
Motor Vehicles

Bill Actions

H

Assigned Act No. 2015-553.

H

Forwarded to Governor on September 16, 2015 at 2:15 p.m. on September 16, 2015.

H

Clerk of the House Certification

H

Enrolled

S

Signature Requested

H

Passed Second House

S

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 58

S

Third Reading Passed

S

Read for the second time and placed on the calendar

S

Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Finance and Taxation General Fund

H

Engrossed

H

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 40

H

Motion to Adopt lost Roll Call 39

H

Pettus Amendment Offered

H

Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 38

H

McCutcheon first Substitute Offered

H

Third Reading Passed

H

Read for the second time and placed on the calendar

H

Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure

Bill Text

Votes

Motion to Adopt

September 14, 2015 House Passed
Yes 85
Abstained 4
Absent 15

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass

September 14, 2015 House Passed
Yes 91
No 8
Abstained 2
Absent 3

Motion to Adopt

September 14, 2015 House Failed
Yes 6
No 86
Abstained 3
Absent 9

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass

September 16, 2015 Senate Passed
Yes 28
Absent 7

Documents

Source: Alabama Legislature