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-SB300 INTRODUCED
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-SB300
-CXC89QQ-1
-By Senators Figures, Weaver
-RFD: Education Policy
-First Read: 12-Feb-26
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-CXC89QQ-1 02/12/2026 GED (L)ma 2026-470
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-First Read: 12-Feb-26
-SYNOPSIS:
-Under existing law, the Department of Revenue
-designs or has designed the "Helping Schools"
-distinctive license plate.
-This bill would create additional design
-requirements the Department of Revenue must follow when
-designing the "Helping Schools" distinctive license
-plates.
-This bill would also allow certain individuals
-to receive a new "Helping Schools" distinctive license
-plate at no cost once the new design requirements are
-met.
-A BILL
-TO BE ENTITLED
-AN ACT
-Relating to distinctive license plates; to amend
-Section 32-6-300, Code of Alabama 1975, to further provide for
-the design requirements for the "Helping Schools" license
-plates; and to authorize certain individuals to receive the
-new design of the license plate at no cost.
-BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
-Section 1.  Section 32-6-300, Code of Alabama 1975, is
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-Section 1.  Section 32-6-300, Code of Alabama 1975, is
-amended to read as follows:
-"§32-6-300
-(a) Owners of all motor vehicles who are residents of
-Alabama, upon application to the judge of probate or
-commissioner of licenses, complying with the state motor
-vehicle laws relating to registration and licensing of motor
-vehicles and payment of the regular license fee for plates as
-provided by law for the motor vehicle, and the payment of an
-additional annual fee of twenty dollars ($20), shall be issued
-license plates which shall consist of a white background; bear
-the words "Helping Schools ." in red lettering; and contain a
-drawing of a red apple, green book, and yellow ruler.
-(b) The plates shall be issued, printed, and processed
-in the same manner as other personalized plates are in this
-chapter. The plates shall be valid for five years and shall be
-replaced at the end of the period with either conventional
-plates or other personalized plates, or with new "Helping
-Schools" plates. Payment of the required motor vehicle license
-fees and taxes for the years during which a new vehicle
-license plate is not issued shall be evidenced as provided for
-in Section 32-6-63. The State Department of Revenue shall
-design, or have designed, design of the "Helping Schools"
-plates shall be made in compliance with all laws and
-regulations.
-(c)  For the registration year beginning January 1,
-2027, only, an individual in possession of a "Helping Schools"
-plate that was bought or renewed during the period of March 1,
-2025, to December 31, 2026, the Department of Revenue shall
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-2025, to December 31, 2026, the Department of Revenue shall
-issue a new "Helping Schools" plate that meets the design
-requirements of this section, and shall not charge a fee for
-the replacement plate. "
-Section 2.  This act shall become effective on January
-1, 2027.
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+FISCAL NOTE
+Senate Bill 300
+Committee: Ways and Means General Fund Sponsor: Senator Vivian Davis Figures
+Analyst: Jennifer Farish Date: 02/27/2026
+Senate Bill 300 as passed the Senate could decrease potential receipts to the Alabama
+Department of Revenue by an estimated maximum of $268,800 for fiscal year 2027 by allowing
+certain registrants to forego the $5 fee for issuance of a replacement metal tag, provided by
+current law, for issuance of the "Helping Schools" distinctive license plate, as provided by this
+bill.