Alabama transportation laws
What Alabama has enacted on transportation, what each law requires, and what the bills still moving would do. Alabama is one of 41 states that enacted a transportation law in the 2025 and 2026 sessions.
- Bills in scope
- 3bills in scope
- Past committee
- 3past committee
- Most recent action
- 11 March 2026most recent action
Transportation laws enacted in Alabama
2 transportation laws enacted in the Alabama Legislature in the 2025 and 2026 sessions, newest first. Each links to the legislature's own page.
- SB 242Commercial driver licenses; possession of United States work authorization for certain commercial driver license holders required, proficiency in the English language for commercial motor vehicle required, procedures for impoundment provided for, offense of presenting a false foreign commercial driver license established, offense of operating a commercial motor vehicle without proper documentation established, penalties provided forTook effect 1 October 2026
What it requires: Operators of commercial motor vehicles must possess a valid commercial driver license and demonstrate English language proficiency under 49 C.F.R. § 391.11. Individuals holding foreign commercial driver licenses must carry additional entry documents required under 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(b)(4). Presenting a false foreign commercial driver license is prohibited.
Motor carriers and commercial drivers
- SB 110Trucks; additions to those exempt from weight limits; procedures for portable scales enforcement revised and provided; enforcement authority revisedTook effect 1 October 2025
What it requires: Operators of vehicles must not exceed specified height, length, width, and weight limits on Alabama highways. When portable scales determine a weight violation, operators may request verification at certified platform scales within 10 or 100 highway miles. Operators must comply with weight requirements or face unloading of excess load.
Truck size, weight and road use
Transportation in Alabama, by topic
Motor carriers and commercial drivers
1 bill, 1 enacted. Enacted in 34 states.
Truck size, weight and road use
1 bill, 1 enacted. Enacted in 17 states.
Transportation bills in Alabama
The bills not yet law, furthest along first, with what each would do.
2Enacted
1Past committee
3 bills in scope
Past committee
1
What it would do: Prohibits operating a passenger car or truck on Alabama highways if the front fender height is raised four or more inches greater than the rear fender height through suspension, frame, or chassis alteration, with exceptions for bona fide commercial or agricultural purposes. Establishes fines of up to $50 for first offense, $100 for second, and $250 for third or subsequent convictions within five years.
Bill titles link to the Alabama Legislature's own page.
What counts as transportation legislation
In scope: Motor carriers and commercial drivers; truck size, weight and road use; truck and fleet emissions; hazardous materials transport; freight rail; ports, maritime and freight corridors; warehouses and delivery; and autonomous trucks and delivery devices.
Questions
Does Alabama have a transportation law?
Yes. Alabama enacted 2 transportation laws in the 2025 and 2026 sessions, among them SB 242 and SB 110. Each is listed on this page with what it requires.
When do Alabama's transportation laws take effect?
SB 242 on 1 October 2026 and SB 110 on 1 October 2025.
Which transportation bills are moving in Alabama?
1 bill not yet law has passed a committee or a chamber, the furthest along HB 35 (passed chamber).
What does Alabama legislate on most in transportation?
Motor carriers and commercial drivers (1 bill) and Truck size, weight and road use (1 bill).
Are these summaries reviewed by a lawyer?
No. Which bills count as Transportation bills, and the line on what each law requires or each bill would do, are drafted by software from the bill's own text and not reviewed by an attorney. Every bill links to the legislature's own record: read the text before relying on it. The list covers bills from the 2025 and 2026 sessions.
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Transportation legislation in other jurisdictions
52 more currently hold bills in this tracker
- Congress101
- New Jersey72
- Texas61
- New York49
- Missouri39
- Iowa34
- Oklahoma33
- California30
- Massachusetts30
- Louisiana25
- Illinois24
- Pennsylvania24
- Kentucky21
- Utah21
- Hawaii20
- Mississippi20
- Montana20
- Nebraska19
- Virginia18
- Maryland17
- Washington17
- New Mexico16
- Arizona15
- Tennessee15
- Connecticut14
- West Virginia14
- Minnesota13
- Oregon11
- Florida10
- Michigan10
- Rhode Island10
- South Dakota9
- Arkansas8
- Colorado7
- Georgia7
- Kansas7
- Maine7
- North Carolina7
- Wisconsin7
- South Carolina6
- Alaska5
- District of Columbia5
- Delaware5
- Wyoming5
- Indiana4
- New Hampshire4
- Nevada4
- Vermont4
- North Dakota3
- Idaho2
- Puerto Rico2
- Ohio1
Know when Alabama's transportation law changes
An alert when a bill moves, and one report a month on what changed in every state and Congress.