Alabama Bills

SPECIAL ORDER CALENDAR

Alabama Board of Cosmetology and Barbering; make up application and blow-dry styling exempt from regulation

Commercial driver licenses; possession of United States work authorization for certain commercial driver license holders required, proficiency in the English language for commercial motor vehicle required, procedures for impoundment provided for, offense of presenting a false foreign commercial driver license established, offense of operating a commercial motor vehicle without proper documentation established, penalties provided for

K-12 education, schools with Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC) required to offer to home schooled and private school students who are dependents of active duty military parents performing certain covered military service

National Congress of American Indians, encouraged

National Congress of American Indians, encouraged

Dr. Brad Russell, honored

George W. Barber, Jr., death mourned

Geographic Information Technology; to recognize the Geographic Information Executive Council, the Geographic Information Program Office, the Advisory Committee, and to provide for coordination with the 911 Board

Automatic renewal agreements; disclosures and notice required, prohibits obstruction or delay of cancelling agreements, authorizes Attorney General to enforce, penalties provided

Fraud victims compensation; Market Accountability Compensation Fund, established to provide restitution assistance to victims of investment fraud

Legislative Services Agency; complete a Rural Impact Report on legislation if requested

Expungement; certain pardoned, vacated, or overturned convictions authorized to be expunged; hearing procedures, further provided

Mobile County; local privilege tax on historical horse racing, levied

Public Officers and Employees; Division of Risk Management authorized to provide bond program, authorize delinquencies, notification required

Courts; criminal procedure, electronic means authorized to swear warrants and citations in certain circumstances, law enforcement officers authorized to administer oaths in certain circumstances

Unauthorized entry of a critical infrastructure facility; reservoirs removed from list of facilities

Crimes and offenses; obscene material, possession with intent to distribute amended

Dogs; required methods of confinement provided; persons and activities exempted; criminal penalty for, animal control officer enforcement of violations established

Taxation; to exempt High Socks for Hope from payment of state, county, and municipal sales and use taxes

Consumer protection; illicit material, private rights created, enforcement authorized, penalties established

Board of Respiratory Therapy; composition, powers, authorities revised; requirements for licensure revised; criminal penalties for certain actions provided

Biological and neural data of individuals; certain disclosures, transfers, and use by a health and fitness app prohibited without express consent, Attorney General authorized to enforce, civil penalties provided

Expungement; automatic order of expungement, required under certain conditions

Pretrial detention hearings; procedure revised

Disabled veteran license plates; surviving spouses authorized to receive distinctive spouse's plate

Motor vehicles; suspension of driver license and ignition interlock device following first driving while under the influence conviction required

SPECIAL ORDER CALENDAR

Chambers County; ad valorem fire protection tax levied, opt-out for certain areas of county provided; constitutional amendment

Public K-12 schools; mobile emergency rapid response systems required, State Superintendent of Education required to approve vendors, funding sources provided for

Health care authorities; to provide for creation of a new health care authority out of an existing health care authority and for a division of assets and obligations

Baldwin County; removing certain requirements for rescue squads to receive tobacco tax proceeds distribution

Perry County; new voting center established

Phyllis Chunn, honored

Mountain Brook Junior High School Robotics Teams, honored

Thomas Michele Withers, death mourned

Pastor Steven T. Cox, commended

Dr. W. Temple Richie, Jr., honored

Lynne Berry, honored

Linda Casselman Akenhead, honored

Clarene Teague-Johnson, honored

Bernice Carter Richardson, honored

Robert James Richardson, honored

Mr. Willie Smith, honored

Veronica Curtis-Richie, honored

Johann Moore, honored

Dr. Evelyn Penn, honored

Bill Baxley, commended

Artificial Intelligence and Children's Internet Safety Study Commission, created

Income Tax; to create the R&D Tax Credit Enhancement Act

Taxation; Jackson Hospital & Clinic, and JHC Pharmacy exempt from state, county, and municipal fees and taxes

Health care; allied health professionals, training; tuition grants and loan forgiveness; Rural Allied Health Professional Workforce Expansion Act and Rural Clinical Training Partnership Fund created

Creates the Rural Hospital Sustainability and Innovation Grant Program Act and Hospital Transformation and Innovation Fund to provide grants to preserve rural hospital services

Department of Workforce; required to establish various programs to support trade programs through grants and stipends; recognize military training for trade certification

Agriculture value chains; grants, funds, training by Agriculture Department for value chain infrastructure required

Creates the Rural Maternal and Infant Health Equity Act and Rural Maternal and Infant Health Equity Program Fund to improve birth outcomes in rural communities

Creates the Rural Behavioral and Mental Health Access program to expand access to mental health and substance use treatment in rural areas

Economic Development; small towns, programs established to fund businesses, reuse of properties, and other grants, administered by Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs; tax credit established

Rural emergency medical services support, establishes grant program to support operational costs of EMS providers, supports scholarship and training costs

Creates the Rural Industry Reshoring and Reinvestment Act; creates the Rural Reshoring Tax Credit Program; creates Rural Industrial Site Development Grant Program