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AlabamaSB1102025 Regular SessionSenate

Trucks; additions to those exempt from weight limits; procedures for portable scales enforcement revised and provided; enforcement authority revised

Sponsored By: Jack W. Williams (Republican)

Enacted

Motor Vehicles & Traffic

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Analyzed Economic Effects

3 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.

Truck operators gain weight-check protections

Beginning October 1, 2025, officers using portable scales can detain only five vehicles at once, including the vehicle being weighed. Operators who believe a portable-scale violation is inaccurate can seek a certified platform-scale check. They can request officer accompaniment to the nearest state-certified scale run by a bonded operator within 10 highway miles. Alternatively, they can use the nearest certified, bonded platform scale within 100 highway miles without an officer. That option requires online submission of the weight ticket and court-provided affidavit within 48 hours of the original weighing. If the check confirms legal weight, including allowed tolerance, no violation, court costs, fees, or penalties apply.

Local asphalt and concrete trucks gain relief

Beginning October 1, 2025, trucks delivering asphalt plant mix and concrete-mixing trucks get an exemption from axle-weight rules. The exemption applies within 50 miles of their home base, while they stay within the maximum gross weight. These trucks remain barred from bridges posted for lower weight limits.

Truck weighing and unloading rules change

Beginning October 1, 2025, authorized officers can weigh trucks and trailers suspected of exceeding legal or permit limits. Officers can use portable or stationary scales and require excess loads to be unloaded. Operators can instead choose to move the vehicle and load to the nearest incorporated town or court with unloading authority. Refusing measurement, weighing, or required unloading violates the law.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Jack W. Williams

    Republican • Senate

Cosponsors

  • Dan Roberts

    Republican • Senate

  • David Sessions

    Republican • Senate

  • Donnie Chesteen

    Republican • Senate

  • Gerald H. Allen

    Republican • Senate

  • J. T. 'Jabo' Waggoner

    Republican • Senate

  • Keith Kelley

    Republican • Senate

  • Kirk Hatcher

    Democratic • Senate

  • Lance Bell

    Republican • Senate

  • Larry Stutts

    Republican • Senate

  • Randy Price

    Republican • Senate

  • Rodger M. Smitherman

    Democratic • Senate

  • Shay Shelnutt

    Republican • Senate

  • Steve Livingston

    Republican • Senate

  • Wes Kitchens

    Republican • Senate

  • Will Barfoot

    Republican • Senate

  • William M. Beasley

    Democratic • Senate

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 296 • No: 0

House vote • 4/29/2025

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 1116

Yes: 99 • No: 0 • Other: 1

House vote • 4/29/2025

Third Reading in Second House

Yes: 101 • No: 0 • Other: 1

Senate vote • 4/1/2025

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 468

Yes: 32 • No: 0

Senate vote • 4/1/2025

Chambliss motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 467

Yes: 32 • No: 0

Senate vote • 4/1/2025

Third Reading in House of Origin

Yes: 32 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Enacted

    5/6/2025Senate

  2. Third Reading in Second House

    4/29/2025House

  3. Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 1116

    4/29/2025House

  4. Ready to Enroll

    4/29/2025Senate

  5. Enrolled

    4/29/2025Senate

  6. Signature Requested

    4/29/2025House

  7. Signature Requested

    4/29/2025House

  8. Delivered to Governor

    4/29/2025Senate

  9. Reported Out of Committee Second House

    4/9/2025House

  10. Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar

    4/9/2025House

  11. Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure

    4/3/2025House

  12. Pending Committee Action in Second House

    4/3/2025House

  13. Engrossed

    4/2/2025Senate

  14. Third Reading in House of Origin

    4/1/2025Senate

  15. Chambliss 1st Amendment Offered

    4/1/2025Senate

  16. Chambliss motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 467

    4/1/2025Senate

  17. Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 468

    4/1/2025Senate

  18. Reported Out of Committee House of Origin

    2/12/2025Senate

  19. Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar

    2/12/2025Senate

  20. Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry

    2/5/2025Senate

  21. Pending Committee Action in House of Origin

    2/5/2025Senate

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