Alabama Senate Bills

Executive Branch, Governor authorized to appoint vacancy in office of Lieutenant Governor, statewide constitutional amendment

Ten Commandments, required to be displayed in common area of public K-12 schools and public institutions of higher education

Crimes and offenses, unauthorized entry of a critical infrastructure facility further provided for

State Auditor; powers and duties revised; Division of Investigations created

Relating to Sales and Use Tax; to establish conditions for exemption of county or municipal sales and use tax

Taxation, sales tax exemptions, sales and use tax exemption provided for certain purchases of diapers, baby supplies, baby formula, maternity clothing, and menstrual hygiene products

Pardons and Paroles Board; allow inmates to participate in parole hearing virtually

State employees; salary deductions further provided for

Real estate transactions; required disclosures; description of brokerage services; terms of compensation; required written brokerage agreements under certain circumstances

Motor vehicles, unclaimed, towing, towing company may notify the Revenue Department on the Unclaimed/Abandoned Vehicle Portal immediately after towing

Department of Insurance, internal Code of Alabama 1975 citations corrected

Talladega College, appropriation

Solid waste collection fees; veterans' benefits sole income households exempted

Pardons and paroles, sharing of electronic monitoring data in certain circumstances authorized

Southern Preparatory Academy, appropriation

Public works contracts; advertising requirements, further provided

Relating to taxation; to exempt the Alabama Eye Bank from sales and use taxes

State and local agencies; conditioning the issuance of permit to operate business on having been granted a different permit from another agency prohibited

Firearms, revise circumstances when firearm possession is prohibited

FY2025 ETF Advancement and Technology Supplemental Appropriation Bill

Education Trust Fund supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025

Appropriations from Education Trust Fund for the support, maintenance, and development of public education for fiscal year ending September 30, 2026

Educational Opportunities Reserve Fund, transfers for fiscal year 2025

Trucks; additions to those exempt from weight limits; procedures for portable scales enforcement revised and provided; enforcement authority revised

Tuskegee University, appropriation

Sales and use tax, simplified sellers use tax (SSUT), recalculation of distributions based on annexations, deannexations, or incorporations, on fifth year after release of census commencing on January 1, 2026

Public Works Contracts; authorize additional methods for advertising for sealed bids on public works contracts exceeding $100,000; authorize a safe harbor when using multiple methods and one method fails; authorize a safe harbor for the Department of Transportation under certain circumstances

Alabama Clean Indoor Air Act, renamed Vivian Davis Figures Clean Indoor Air Act; vaping included as prohibited smoking in public places

SPECIAL ORDER CALENDAR

Criminal procedure; warrants served on inmates in Department of Corrections

Vaccines; religious exemption for K-12 students, further provided for; religious exemption for students at public institutions of higher education, provided

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

Pardons and Paroles Board; increase members on board; further provide for selection of chair; parole consideration guidelines after denial of parole established

Service contracts; terms defined; certain disclosures in advertising required; disclosures of limitations of contracts further provided for

Shelby County, levy of additional motor vehicle license and registration fee authorized, distribution provided for

Lee County; to further provide for solid waste collection fees

Administrative Procedure Act, standard of judicial review of agency rulings revised

Consumer protection, app store providers and developers required to take certain actions related to age verification and parental consent, Attorney General authorized to bring action for violations as deceptive trade practice, parents authorized to bring civil action

Restoration of Voting Rights; notification to convicted individuals seeking restoration; Pardons and Paroles Board required to notify individuals and Secretary of State when voting rights restored

Counties and municipalities, provides for memorandums of understanding related to traffic enforcement

SPECIAL ORDER CALENDAR

Greene County; county racing commission, further provided; simulcast racing, pari-mutuel wagering, further provided

Class 1 municipality mayor; salary provided for

Montgomery County, probate judge compensation further provided for

Lauderdale County, sales and use tax further provided for

Alabama 21st Century Fund, further distribution of funds, one-time appropriation to the Department of Commerce

Bail; list of offenses ineligible for bail expanded; constitutional amendment

SPECIAL ORDER CALENDAR

Board of Midwifery; revise powers

Health insurers; to set a minimum reimbursement rate for ambulance services that are out-of-network.

Alabama Resilience Council, created

Alabama Memorial Preservation Act, memorializing marker required under certain circumstances, failure of committee to act results in denial of waiver, fine revised, and duties of Attorney General specified

Public Education, to require the State Department of Education for public K-12 schools, the Alabama Commission on Higher Education for public four-year institutions of higher education, and the Board of Trustees of the Alabama Community College System for public two-year institutions of higher education to summarize and report break/fix rates on school technology devices to Legislature

City of Florence in Lauderdale County, corporate limits altered

Barbour County, compensation of supernumerary revenue commissioner provided for, retroactive effect

Lowndes County, pari-mutuel wagering on simulcast past events and live horse and dog races under certain conditions; tax levied; distribution of revenue, provided

Real estate transactions; required disclosure forms; description of brokerage services; terms of compensation; required written brokerage agreements under certain circumstances; penalties and fines for certain violations; duties of qualifying brokers and licensees; scope of operation of teams

Health care policies; eliminate cost-sharing for prostate screening coverage of high risk men

Child support, retroactivity provided for in certain circumstances

Calhoun County, sheriff increase