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SB 110 Alabama Senate · 2025 Regular Session

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

Senate Bill 110 modifies regulations for trucks operating on state highways. The bill adds specific types of trucks to those already exempt from certain weight limits. It also revises enforcement procedures for weight limits, allowing vehicle operators to verify the accuracy of portable scales used by officers. Additionally, the bill removes the authority of some individuals to require vehicle operators to drive to stationary weigh scales for enforcement.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Feb 5, 2025 Signed May 6, 2025
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Engrossed → Enrolled · 6 edits · May 6, 2025
MODERATE
This bill updates Alabama's truck weight and length regulations, primarily by adding new exemptions for longer vehicle combinations and clarifying weight limits for multi-axle trucks. The changes allow specific truck-semitrailer and tractor-semitrailer-trailer combinations to exceed previous length limits, provided they meet safety and operational criteria. Additionally, the weight limit table was expanded to include maximum loads for vehicles with 10 or more axles, accommodating heavier multi-axle configurations.
Scope change
The bill expands the scope of allowable vehicle dimensions by introducing new length exemptions for specific truck combinations and extending the weight limit table to cover vehicles with up to 33 axles.
REQUIREMENT

Added a new exemption allowing truck-semitrailer combinations to exceed 40 feet in length, now permitted up to 57 feet, and tractor-semitrailer-trailer combinations up to 28 1/2 feet.

Added a new exemption allowing stinger-steered truck units used exclusively for transporting motor vehicles to reach up to 80 feet in length.

Replaced the previous 80-foot length limit for motor vehicle transport units with a specific 80-foot limit for stinger-steered units, while maintaining the 65-foot limit for other tractor-semitrailer combinations.

Added a new restriction prohibiting any load on a highway from extending more than five feet beyond both the front and rear of a vehicle combined.

Expanded the computed gross weight table to include maximum load limits for vehicles with 10 through 33 axles, enabling legal operation of heavier multi-axle trucks.

DEFINITION

Clarified the weight formula explanation to explicitly define variables W, L, and N for calculating gross weight on consecutive axles.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
20
Key actions
7
Committee
4
Amendments
1
Apr 29, 2025
Lower · Passed
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 1116
lower
Apr 9, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported Out of Committee Second House
lower
Apr 3, 2025
Lower · Passed
Pending Committee Action in Second House (Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure)
lower
Apr 1, 2025
Upper · Passed
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 468
upper
Apr 1, 2025
Upper · Passed
Chambliss motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 467
upper
Apr 1, 2025
Introduced
Chambliss 1st Amendment Offered
upper
Feb 12, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
upper
Feb 5, 2025
Upper · Passed
Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry)
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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