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HB66 • 2026

Motor vehicles; driver licenses; designation of certain medical conditions, provided for

Motor vehicles; driver licenses; designation of certain medical conditions, provided for

Healthcare
Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Tillman
Last action
2026-02-24
Official status
Enacted
Effective date
2026-10-01

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide detailed information on how ALEA will implement and manage the new system of designations, leaving some uncertainty about the practical aspects of its implementation.

Driver Communication and Safety Enhancement Act

This act allows individuals with certain invisible medical conditions to request a special designation on their driver's license or ID card in Alabama.

What This Bill Does

  • Adds Section 32-6-6 to the Code of Alabama, requiring ALEA to allow individuals to voluntarily designate an invisible medical condition on their driver’s license or ID card upon providing proof from a licensed physician.
  • Specifies that ALEA must create a special mark for these designations and cannot charge extra fees just for adding this mark.

Who It Names or Affects

  • People who have invisible medical conditions and want to add a special mark on their driver's license or ID card.
  • The Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) which will manage the process of adding these designations.

Terms To Know

invisible medical condition
A physical or mental health issue that may affect a person's ability to communicate with first responders, such as autism spectrum disorder, traumatic brain injury, epilepsy, schizophrenia, and cognitive disabilities.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The act does not specify which exact invisible medical conditions qualify for the designation beyond those listed in the bill.
  • It is unclear how ALEA will implement and manage this new system of designations on driver’s licenses and ID cards.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

FKWLT55-1

R 183

Adopted

Plain English: FKWLT55-1 01/21/2026 GED (H) HSE 2025-3205 House Ways and Means General Fund Reported Substitute for HB66 Page 1 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to motor vehicles; to amend Section 32-6-6, Code of Alabama 1975, to require the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency to establish a method for an individual to voluntarily designate on a driver license or nondriver identification card that the individual has certain medical conditions.

  • FKWLT55-1 01/21/2026 GED (H) HSE 2025-3205 House Ways and Means General Fund Reported Substitute for HB66 Page 1 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to motor vehicles; to amend Section 32-6-6, Code of Alabama 1975, to require the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency to establish a method for an individual to voluntarily designate on a driver license or nondriver identification card that the individual has certain medical conditions.
  • BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1.
  • This act shall be known and may be cited as the Driver Communication and Safety Enhancement Act.
  • Section 2.
  • This amendment summary is using official source text because generated interpretation was skipped for this run.

Bill History

  1. 2026-02-24 House

    Enacted

  2. 2026-02-17 House

    Delivered to Governor

  3. 2026-02-17 Senate

    Signature Requested

  4. 2026-02-12 House

    Enrolled

  5. 2026-02-12 House

    Ready to Enroll

  6. 2026-02-10 Senate

    Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 326 (Yeas 32, Nays 0)

  7. 2026-02-10 Senate

    Third Reading in Second House (Yeas 32, Nays 0)

  8. 2026-02-05 Senate

    Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar

  9. 2026-02-04 Senate

    Reported Out of Committee Second House

  10. 2026-01-27 House

    Motion to Add Cosponsor - Adopted Roll Call 185 (Yeas 59, Nays 0)

  11. 2026-01-27 House

    Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 184 (Yeas 103, Nays 0)

  12. 2026-01-27 House

    Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 183 (Yeas 102, Nays 0)

  13. 2026-01-27 House

    Third Reading in House of Origin (Yeas 104, Nays 0)

  14. 2026-01-27 Senate

    Pending Committee Action in Second House

  15. 2026-01-27 Senate

    Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on State Governmental Affairs

  16. 2026-01-27 House

    Engrossed

  17. 2026-01-27 House

    Ways and Means General Fund Engrossed Substitute Offered

  18. 2026-01-21 House

    Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar

  19. 2026-01-21 House

    Reported Out of Committee House of Origin

  20. 2026-01-13 House

    Pending Committee Action in House of Origin

  21. 2026-01-13 House

    Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means General Fund

Official Summary Text

This act is the Driver Communication and Safety Enhancement Act. This act adds Section 32-6-6 to the Code of Alabama 1975, to require the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency to allow an individual to request a designation be placed on his or her driver license or identification card indicating the individual has an invisible medical condition upon providing proof of the condition.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text
HB66 ENROLLED
Page 0
HB66
FKWLT55-3
By Representative Tillman
RFD: Ways and Means General Fund
First Read: 13-Jan-26
PFD: 17-Nov-25
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PFD: 17-Nov-25
Enrolled, An Act,
Relating to motor vehicles; to amend Section 32-6-6,
Code of Alabama 1975, to require the Alabama State Law
Enforcement Agency to establish a method for an individual to
voluntarily designate on a driver license or nondriver
identification card that the individual has certain medical
conditions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as
the Driver Communication and Safety Enhancement Act.
Section 2. Section 32-6-6, Code of Alabama 1975, is
amended to read as follows:
"§32-6-6
(a) Each driver license issued by the Alabama State Law
Enforcement Agency (ALEA) , except temporary permits or other
special circumstances as determined by the Secretary of the
Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency, shall contain a
distinguishing number assigned to the licensee and a color
photograph of the licensee, the name, birthdate, address, and
a description of the licensee ., who, for For the purpose of
identification and as a condition precedent to the validity of
the license, immediately upon receipt of the license, the
licensee shall endorse his or her usual or regular signature
upon the license in the space provided, unless a facsimile of
the licensee's signature appears on the license.
(b) A photo driver license and photo nondriver
identification card as provided in Section 32-6-4 shall have a
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identification card as provided in Section 32-6-4 shall have a
photo core that meets the minimum width and length dimensions
specified in ANSI standards X4.13-1971 and ANSI standard CR80,
plus or minus 1/4 inch. In addition to all current and
existing fees, the agency ALEA may charge an additional fee to
recover the cost of producing and issuing photo driver
licenses and photo nondriver identification cards. The fee may
not exceed ten cents ($.10) ($0.10) over the actual cost of
producing and issuing the license or card , including the cost
of materials, labor costs, telecommunications costs, computer
costs, postage, and any other costs incurred in producing and
issuing a license or card.
(c)(1) ALEA shall provide a method for an individual to
voluntarily designate on his or her driver license or
nondriver identification card that the individual has been
diagnosed with an invisible medical condition. ALEA shall
create a discrete designation or mark to place on the license
or card of the individual requesting the designation. ALEA may
not charge a fee solely for the designation.
(2) To receive the designation, the individual shall
provide proof of the diagnosis from a physician licensed to
practice medicine in this state.
(c)(d) A driver license issued to a qualifying student
described in Section 16-28-40(b) shall be exempt from any fees
under this section.
(d)(e) Revenues collected under this section shall be
used by the agency ALEA for the sole purpose of this program,
and any excess shall revert to the State General Fund at the
end of each fiscal year.
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end of each fiscal year.
(f) For the purposes of this section, the term
"invisible medical condition" means a physical or mental
condition that may interfere with an individual's ability to
communicate with a first responder, including:
(1) A communication impediment;
(2) Autism spectrum disorder;
(3) Traumatic brain injury;
(4) Epilepsy;
(5) Schizophrenia; or
(6) A cognitive disability.
Section 3. This act shall become effective on October
1, 2026.
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1, 2026.
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Speaker of the House of Representatives
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President and Presiding Officer of the Senate
House of Representatives
I hereby certify that the within Act originated in and
was passed by the House 27-Jan-26.
John Treadwell
Clerk
Senate 10-Feb-26 Passed
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