# Alabama HB253: Distinctive license plates; volunteer and professional firefighters plate fee increased, distribution of funds provided for

Alabama HB253, Distinctive license plates; volunteer and professional firefighters plate fee increased, distribution of funds provided for, is a 2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Ritchie Whorton (Republican); status failed, last action 2026-02-12 (Pending Committee Action in Second House); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-19).

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## Facts
- Bill: Alabama HB253
- State: Alabama
- Session: 2026 Regular Session
- Title: Distinctive license plates; volunteer and professional firefighters plate fee increased, distribution of funds provided for
- Status: failed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2026-01-15
- Last action: 2026-02-12, Pending Committee Action in Second House
- Sponsor: Ritchie Whorton (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 15
- Subjects: Motor Vehicles & Traffic
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 2 (190 yes, 5 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Ritchie Whorton (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Allen Treadaway (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Bryan Brinyark (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Chad Robertson (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Gregory Barnes (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Ivan Smith (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: James Lomax (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Jamie Kiel (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Mack Butler (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Mike Kirkland (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Phillip Pettus (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Phillip Rigsby (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Rick Rehm (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Russell Bedsole (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Shane Stringer (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Tracy Estes (Republican), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-02-12 | House | Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 419 | pass | 92 | 3 | 8 |
| 2026-02-12 | House | Third Reading in House of Origin | pass | 98 | 2 | 5 |

## Actions (8)

- 2026-02-12: Third Reading in House of Origin (House)
- 2026-02-12: Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 419 (House)
- 2026-02-12: Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Finance and Taxation General Fund (Senate)
- 2026-02-12: Pending Committee Action in Second House (Senate)
- 2026-02-05: Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (House)
- 2026-02-04: Reported Out of Committee House of Origin (House)
- 2026-01-15: Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means General Fund (House)
- 2026-01-15: Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (House)

## Bill text

- As Introduced: [PDF](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB253-int.pdf)

## Related bills

- HB67: Voter Information; limit cost of reproducing voter registration list; crime for misuse of personal voter information; created (enacted)
- SB154: State employees, cost-of-living increase for fiscal year beginning October 1, 2026 (enacted)
- SB165: Elections; municipal elections, to set qualification fee amounts, to require indigent candidates to submit documentation for fee exemption (enacted)
- HB317: Firefighter distinctive license plate; fire chaplains included, penalty for violations provided for (enacted)
- SB272: Open Records; use of public records relating to schools for certain solicitation purposes prohibited; redaction of certain information relating to financial tr… (enacted)
- SB190: Sales Tax; to exempt Precision Ocular (enacted)

## Sources
- [As Introduced (PDF)](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB253-int.pdf)

## Related
- [HB67: Voter Information; limit cost of reproducing voter registration list; crime for…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-HB67-2026rs)
- [SB154: State employees, cost-of-living increase for fiscal year beginning October 1, 2…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-SB154-2026rs)
- [SB165: Elections; municipal elections, to set qualification fee amounts, to require in…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-SB165-2026rs)
- [HB317: Firefighter distinctive license plate; fire chaplains included, penalty for vio…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-HB317-2026rs)
- [SB272: Open Records; use of public records relating to schools for certain solicitatio…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-SB272-2026rs)
- [SB190: Sales Tax; to exempt Precision Ocular](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-SB190-2026rs)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-HB253-2026rs (as of 2026-10-19).