HB110 Alabama 2024 Session

Updated Feb 23, 2026

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Summary

Primary Sponsor: Russell BedsoleRepresentative
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2024
Title: Motor Vehicles and Traffic; to increase the air-mile radius for the intrastate hours service limitation placed on commercial motor vehicle drivers.
Summary: HB110 expands the intrastate air-mile radius for hours-of-service rules from 75 to 150 miles for Alabama commercial drivers, while preserving driving and weekly hour limits, with an effective date of October 1, 2024.
What This Bill Does
Within the new 150-air-mile radius, drivers are subject to a 12-hour driving limit and may not drive if they have been on duty for more than 15 hours. Drivers may not exceed 70 hours on duty in seven consecutive days. Carriers with conditional or unsatisfactory FMCSA ratings are exempt from the intrastate radius limits; carriers with satisfactory or unrated ratings must operate under the variance and follow duty-record requirements. Drivers must comply with the federal record-of-duty provisions and keep seven days of duty records available for inspection.

Who It Affects
Intrastate commercial motor vehicle drivers operating within Alabama within a 150-air-mile radius of their normal work location, who must follow the updated hours-of-service and duty-recordkeeping requirements.
Motor carriers operating under the variance created by this section; carriers with conditional or unsatisfactory FMCSA ratings are exempt from the hours-of-service radius rules, while those with satisfactory or unrated ratings must comply with the variance and duty-recordkeeping provisions.

Key Provisions
Increases intrastate air-mile radius for hours-of-service limitations from 75 to 150 miles.
Imposes a 12-hour driving limit and a prohibition on driving after more than 15 hours on duty within the radius.
Prohibits driving after a driver has accrued 70 hours on duty in seven consecutive days.
Defines intrastate driver by their last seven days of operation.
Requires carriers under the variance to have a satisfactory FMCSA rating or be unrated; carriers with conditional or unsatisfactory ratings are not subject to the radius limitations.
Requires compliance with 49 C.F.R. 395.8 duty-record provisions and retention of seven days of duty records for inspection.
Effective date: October 1, 2024.

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Subjects: Motor Vehicles & Traffic