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HB223 Alabama 2019 Session

Updated Apr 26, 2021
HB223 Alabama 2019 Session
House Bill
Expired
Current Status
Regular Session 2019
Session
1
Sponsor

Summary

Session
Regular Session 2019
Title
Off-road vehicles, all-terrain vehicles (ATV's) and recreational off-road vehicles, registration with Ala. State Law Enforcement Agency, width and weight restrictions increased, Sec. 32-12A-1 am'd.
Description

Under existing law, an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) and a recreational off-highway vehicle are off-road vehicles that may be registered by the owner with the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency. An all-terrain vehicle is defined to include a vehicle of not more than 50 inches in width or more than 1,200 pounds. A recreational off-highway vehicle is defined to include a vehicle of not more than 72 inches in width or more than 2,000 pounds.

This bill would increase the authorized width and weight of an all-terrain vehicle to not more than 60 inches in width and not more than 1,500 pounds and would increase the authorized width and weight of a recreational off-highway vehicle to not more than 80 inches in width and not more than 2,500 pounds.

Subjects
Motor Vehicles

Bill Actions

H

Moore (P) motion to Indefinitely Postpone adopted Voice Vote

H

Moore (P) motion to Substitute a Companion Bill adopted Roll Call 367

H

Third Reading Indefinitely Postponed

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

Moore (P) motion to Substitute a Companion Bill

April 25, 2019 House Passed
Yes 95
Abstained 6
Absent 3

Documents

Source: Alabama Legislature