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

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

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

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

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

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

Municipal elections; runoff elections, procedures revised

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

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

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

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

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

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

Supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026

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

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

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

Sales Tax; to exempt Precision Ocular

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Surety bonds and motor fuel assessments; filing period for new or replacement surety bonds extended, payment period for assessments on illegally imported or transported motor fuels extended

Public assistance; Department of Human Resources required to request waiver to prohibit the purchase of soda and candy with SNAP benefits, implementation of prohibition provided for

Crime of sexual torture; criminal elements revised

Distinctive license plates; Helping Schools plate design requirements further provided for, certain individuals eligible to receive the new license plate design at no cost

Real property; creation of the Alabama Property Protection Act of 2026, title fraud prevention

Growing Alabama Act amended to allow sites owned by more than one local economic development organization to qualify

Teachers' Retirement System and Employees' Retirement System; purchase of certain federal service credit by participating member

Crimes and offenses; stalking in the second degree, penalties revised

Board of Pardons and Paroles; discretion whether to grant or deny parole, further provided; review of parole violations, procedure further provided to require consideration of totality of circumstances; penalties for certain parole-violations, increased

Restoration of Voting Rights; Pardons and Paroles Board required to post application for individuals seeking restoration; board required to notify individuals and Secretary of State when voting rights restored

Sick leave for education employees; direct donation of sick leave authorized, sick leave banks and catastrophic sick leave further provided for, State Board of Education required to adopt a policy, education authorities required to implement a policy, duties of sick leave bank committees revised

Sex offenders; restrictions for certain sex offenders further provided, Board of Pardons and Paroles authorized to adopt rules

Ethics, eliminate certain notification requirement for candidates to Ethics Commission when otherwise in compliance with law

Alabama Board of Cosmetology and Barbering; natural hair styling exempt from regulation

Natural resources; conversion of oil and gas wells into alternative energy facilities authorized; lease of state lands for energy sources by Commissioner of Conservation expanded

Crimes and offenses; violation of domestic violence protection order, jurisdiction amended

Exchange Club of Tuscaloosa Officer of the Year honorees, commended

Alabama Rural Emergency Medical Services and Volunteer Fire Department Study Commission, created

Lee Roy Jordan, death mourned

Senator John W. Williams, commended

Senator Tom Butler, commended

The Montgomery Academy boys basketball team, commended

Dylan Nutt, commended

John R. Cooper, commended

Brigadier General Vandiver H. Carter, commended

Seriousness of the national debt and its threat to national security, recognized

The University of Alabama Women's Wheelchair Basketball Team, commended

William Riley Hawkins, Jr., commended

Alabama Boating Safety Task Force, established

Norman Wendell Arnold, death mourned