Alabama Senate Bills

State employees, cost-of-living increase for fiscal year beginning October 1, 2026

Jury service; individuals 80 years of age or older exempt from service upon request

Tommy Jacques, commended

Taxation; Energy use in commercial greenhouses, pivot irrigation systems, and poultry houses, exempt from utility gross receipts and utility service use tax

Legislature; codification of 2025 Regular Session acts and Code Commissioner technical revisions into Code of Alabama 1975

Public high schools, required to designate time and space for military recruiters to administer the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery to students on campus on a voluntary basis

Alabama Charter School Finance Authority, bonding authority established, legislative findings, board membership, powers, contracts, investments

Manufactured Homes; certificate of title for 1999 models and earlier, Alabama Department of Revenue authorized to issue titles upon request

Sales Tax; to exempt Precision Ocular

Alabama Board of Funeral Services; board authorized to impose administrative fee on funeral establishments for each funeral arranged; initial application, renewal, branch registration, and transfer fees relating to a certificate of authority increased; certificate holder required to file an annual statement of preneed activities conducted; board authorized to require certificate holder to file multiple preneed activity reports annually; and initial application and renewal fees for registration as a preneed sales agent increased

Franchises; prohibit franchisor from requiring franchisee to operate on a religious day, exceptions provided

Public K-12 schools; sex education (sex ed) curriculum further provided for, sexual risk avoidance established as sex ed curriculum, policies of local boards of education related to sex ed further provided for, parent or guardian notice of sex ed curriculum required, Attorney General authorized to enforce

Uniform Assignment for Benefit of Creditors Act; creates a voluntary state law process for distressed organizations to liquidate assets and distribute proceeds to creditors

School lands; Department of Conservation and Natural Resources required to issue certain deeds upon request;

Supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026

Alabama Resilience Council established, membership, responsibilities, and duties of council as an advisory group within the executive branch provided; appointment of Chief Resilience Officer; statewide resilience plan required

Health care plans; to regulate the use of artificial intelligence in determinations of coverage

Campaign finance; require preservation of campaign records for specified period of time

Public K-12 education; violence prevention, conflict resolution, and mediation instruction required before graduation from high school beginning in sixth grade, State Board of Education required to adopt standards

Municipal elections; runoff elections, procedures revised

Higher education, to require public colleges and universities to submit annual report on the amount of state and federal funds received and expended, and plans for operating if federal or state funding reduced

Electric Utilities; review by Public Service Commission of certain contracts with large load data centers further provided for

Municipalities; mayor in municipality with even number of council members required to break tie vote

Open Records; use of public records relating to schools for certain solicitation purposes prohibited; redaction of certain information relating to financial transactions required

Elections; municipal elections, to set qualification fee amounts, to require indigent candidates to submit documentation for fee exemption

Alabama Uniform Trust Code; amended to conform with Alabama Qualified Dispositions in Trust Act, limit property subject to creditors' claims

Campaign contributions; contributions made with credit card with billing address outside U.S. prohibited, exceptions provided

Taxation; to exclude credit card transaction fees from sales and use tax calculations

Department of Commerce; Alabama Industrial Development Training Institute; references to applicable comprehensive statewide economic development strategic plan, revised; exemptions from state procurement law and contract review, provided

Alabama Commission on the Evaluation of Services recreated as a legislative department, duties revised and clarified, Legislative Committee on the Evaluation of Services created