Hearing
House Public Safety and Homeland Security Hearing
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HB42 Alabama 2026 Session
Updated Jan 23, 2026
HB42 Alabama 2026 Session
House Bill
In Committee
Current Status
2026 Regular Session
Session
1
Sponsor
Summary
- Primary Sponsor
-
Allen Treadaway RepresentativeRepublican - Session
- 2026 Regular Session
- Title
- Motor vehicles; reporting requirements for towed and unclaimed motor vehicles, further provided
- Description
Under existing law, a person in possession of an unclaimed motor vehicle is required to report the vehicle as unclaimed to the Department of Revenue within five calendar days after the vehicle was considered unclaimed.
This bill would provide that a person in possession of a motor vehicle after towing the vehicle may report the vehicle as unclaimed immediately after towing the vehicle.
- Subjects
- Motor Vehicles & Traffic
Bill Actions
S
Pending Senate Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development
S
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development
H
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 136
H
Third Reading in House of Origin
H
Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar
H
Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
H
Pending House Public Safety and Homeland Security
H
Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security
H
Prefiled
Calendar
Bill Text
Votes
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Roll Call 136
Yes
102
No
1
Abstained
1
Third Reading in House of Origin
Yes
100
Absent
4
HBIR: Passed by House of Origin
Yes
100
Absent
4
Documents
Source: Alabama Legislature