HB151 Alabama 2025 Session

Updated Feb 22, 2026

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Summary

Primary Sponsor: Curtis L. TravisRepresentative
Democrat
Session: 2025 Regular Session
Title: Distinctive License Plate; Fire Chaplains
Summary: HB151 expands the firefighter distinctive license plate to include fire chaplains, creates a false-application penalty, and imposes a $1 annual fee with funds supporting a firefighter memorial and peer-support program, effective January 1, 2026.
What This Bill Does
It expands eligibility so fire chaplains, verified as members in good standing of the Alabama Fellowship of Fire Chaplains, may receive the firefighter distinctive license plate for their personal vehicle. It adds an annual $1 fee to the plate and distributes the net proceeds: 50 cents to the Alabama Firefighter Memorial Fund and 50 cents to the Alabama Joint Fire Council for the Firefighter Peer Support Program; the funds are audited at least every three years. It imposes a Class C misdemeanor on anyone who falsely obtains or falsely certifies another person to obtain the firefighter distinctive license plate. It specifies plate use for personally owned private passenger vehicles and allows the Department of Revenue to adopt rules to administer the program, with an effective date of January 1, 2026.

Who It Affects
Fire chaplains (members in good standing of the Alabama Fellowship of Fire Chaplains) would become eligible to obtain the firefighter distinctive license plate for their personal vehicle.
Organizations receiving the new fee funds (the Alabama Firefighter Memorial Fund and the Firefighter Peer Support Program administered by the Alabama Joint Fire Council) would see funding changes to support their activities.

Key Provisions
Expands eligibility for the firefighter distinctive license plate to include fire chaplains, with eligibility verified by an affidavit from the President of the Alabama Fellowship of Fire Chaplains confirming membership and good standing.
The firefighter distinctive plate design includes a red Maltese cross emblem on each side of the numbers and the words Fire Fighter centered at the bottom.
Imposes an annual $1 fee on the plate; net proceeds are distributed monthly by the state Comptroller: $0.50 to the Alabama Firefighter Memorial Fund and $0.50 to the Alabama Joint Fire Council for the Firefighter Peer Support Program, with audits every three years.
Creates a Class C misdemeanor for falsely obtaining or certifying someone to obtain the firefighter distinctive plate.
Department of Revenue may adopt rules to administer this section.
Effective date: January 1, 2026.

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Subjects: Motor Vehicles & Traffic