Alabama House Bills

Mary Frances Holland, celebrated

Physician Assistants; interstate licensure compact, established

Recognizing the need for a north-south transportation route in East Alabama

Encouraging the Governor to promote the textile recycling industry in Alabama

Recommending state government entities to avoid using the term, "West Bank"

Public high schools; students excused from class for scholarship acceptance, college commitment, military enlistment

Choctaw County; ad valorem taxes, county commission authorized to increase, proceeds provided for

Etowah County, membership of personnel board

Etowah County, privilege and license tax on lodging, time of continuous supply for tax exemption increased

Etowah County; number of continuous days that lodging must be supplied before lodging tax no longer applies extended

Tax increment districts, Major 21st Century Manufacturing Zone allowed to be located within a tax increment district without regard to size of district and further provides for use of ad valorem tax revenues collected within a district

Weatherization assistance; authorize ADECA to contract with certain nonprofit corporations to administer program; source of funds to Neighbors Helping Neighbors Fund expanded; household income threshold to qualify for assistance revised

Criminal and civil procedure; continuance of case when party, attorney, or witness is on active military duty; bail required to be set in such cases subject to conditions

Montgomery County; legislative delegation, office and fund established

Legal tender; authorizing the rounding of in-person cash transactions to the nearest five cents

Public health, authorized forms of single-dose epinephrine used by public schools and authorized entities expanded

Individual income taxes; deduction for qualified overtime income established.

Public K-12 education; expedited career and technical teaching certification pathway created for individual holding equivalent issued by another state

Talent Readiness and Industry Needs (TRAIN) Act, qualified employees authorized to teach a career and technical education program, tax credits provided to employers that loan qualified employees, workforce teaching certificate established

Appropriations, supplemental appropriations from the Opioid Treatment and Abatement Fund for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026

Crimes and offenses; discharging a firearm into an occupied school bus or building, penalty increased

State government; Miss Alabama designated as an Official State Ambassador

Class 1 municipalities; authorization to establish community land trusts, affordable housing

Tax abatements for data processing centers, exemption period limited, collection of certain taxes on purchases required, sunset date extended

Tax abatement and tax incentive programs, NAICS Code references and definitions updated to latest terms

Living organ donors; to prohibit discrimination in obtaining insurance coverage, provide paid medical leave for public employees who donate organs and a tax credit to private sector employers that provide similar paid leave to their employees

Data privacy; processing of data regulated, consumer actions related to data authorized

Income tax, to exempt certain income earned by members of the Alabama National Guard

Firefighter distinctive license plate; fire chaplains included, penalty for violations provided for

Retirement benefits; participation of qualifying sheriffs in supernumerary program and Employees' Retirement System based on separate years of service authorized

Military spouses; preference in hiring and promoting in state service further provided for; preference authorized for political subdivisions, private employers

Individual income taxes, to allow an exclusion from gross income for contributions to Trump Accounts and to make permanent the exclusion for amounts paid by an employer on any qualified education loan.

State Board of Adjustment, provide death benefit to survivors of volunteer firefighters who die of cancer

FY27 2% Teacher Pay Raise and Retiree Longevity Bonus

Education Trust Fund Advancement and Technology Fund, appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026

Supplemental appropriations from the Education Trust Fund for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026

Multi-member boards; Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Speaker, and President Pro Tempore authorized to replace any board member whom the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Speaker, and President Pro Tempore has appointing authority over

Public K-12 education; process for the consolidation of city school systems provided

Homestead Exemptions; removing the annual verification requirement for qualifying permanently and totally disabled veterans

Public utilities; maximum fees payable to directors of certain public utility corporations increased, terms of certain directors extended

Expressing gratitude to the Alabama Congressional Delegation

Urging the State Committee of Public Health to review and consider adding the novel synthetic opioid N-Propionitrile Chlorphine as a Schedule I controlled substance

Alabama Mental Health Task Force, established

Campus chaplains; public K-12 schools authorized to accept as volunteers, local boards of education and governing bodies authorized to vote on whether to allow, limitations provided

Small Craft Alcoholic Beverage Producers; licensing of small craft distilleries, small craft wineries, and small craft alcoholic beverage producers authorized

Department of Workforce; certain child labor law fees, boiler and pressure vessel exceptions and fees,  and elevator safety standards, provided for; license renewal period extended; alterations to conveyances prohibited

Mortgages; authorize lenders to mortgagors to make additional mortgage payments

Alabama Workforce Board; number of board members increased, quorum for executive committee established, participation in executive committee meeting by electronic means allowed, number of board members for regional workforce board increased

Motor vehicles, license plates, issuance of "Invisible Disability" decals, authorized

Taxation; to exempt certain community foundations from sales and use taxes

Entertainment Industry Incentive Act of 2009 amended, create additional incentive program, extend review and evaluation deadline

Department of Insurance; Pharmacy Benefits Manager Division; two exempt personnel positions authorized

Education; public K-12 schools, completion of approved computer science course required

Crimes and offenses; arson in the first degree, elements of crime further provided to include arson in connection to a theft; minimum penalties provided

Authorize the governing body of a Class 1 municipality to enact and enforce vacant property registration ordinances.

Bail and surety bonding; requirements for professional surety bondsman and professional bail bondsman further provided for, requirements for apprentice bondsman further provided for, to require circuit clerks to report the authorized professional bail bond companies, appointment of additional members to the Alabama Bail Bonding Board provided for, and late application and license renewal fees provided

National Guard Educational Assistance Program, applied to workforce development programs, amount of benefits revised

Children's Health Insurance Fund, distributions further provided

Municipal audits, expenditure thresholds for municipal audits revised

Volunteer Rescue Squad Tuition Reimbursement Program; to permit EMS regional agencies to participate in education instruction