Alabama Bills

Absentee ballots; opportunity to correct affidavit envelope of defects provided

Crimes and offenses, penalty increased for crimes of making a terrorist threat in the first or second degree, public K-12 schools may immediately suspend student if charged, principal required to sign complaint if warranted, readmittance and restitution provided

Public K-12 education; State Board of Education required to adopt model student cell phone use policy, local boards of education required to adopt cell phone use and storage policy

Crimes; human trafficking, further provided; amounts awarded as civil damages, further provided

Voting, absentee voting; designee to deliver voter's absentee ballot application and absentee ballot to absentee election manager for disabled voter, authorized

Wheelchairs; establishing requirements for repair

Taxation, sales tax exemptions, sales and use tax exemption provided for purchases of optical aids, including eyeglasses and contact lenses

Elections; early voting; in-person voting period; authorized

Alabama Board of Cosmetology and Barbering, esthetician/makeup artist subject to licensing by board, qualifications for licensing provided, exemptions

Public K-12 education; State Board of Education required to adopt model student cell phone use policy, local boards of education required to adopt cell phone use policy

State holidays, adding Election Day as a state holiday

Acknowledgement of paternity; certain rebuttable presumptions relating to the best interest of a child, created

Campaign finance; campaign contributions used for dependent care expenses authorized

Elections; Alabama Voting Rights Act Commission established to prevent discrimination in voting; duties and membership provided; Secretary of State required to establish database on election administration

Political parties; disqualifying candidate from ballot because of contributions from particular person or entity prohibited

Elections, voting, requiring each county to provide at least one early voting center prior to election day

Firearms, possession of bump stocks prohibited in class 1 municipalities, criminal penalties for violations

Abortion; authorized to preserve health of mother or if pregnancy result of rape or incest; man convicted of rape or incest required to pay for abortion and undergo vasectomy; mother of unborn child who undergoes abortion to preserve her health authorized to petition to require father of unborn child to pay for certain abortion costs; judge authorized to excuse father from payment if he undergoes vasectomy

Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency; salary adjustments provided to certain law enforcement officers

Legislature, legislative sessions divided into two periods; deadline for passing budget bills imposed; Governor veto procedures revised; constitutional amendment

Gambling offenses; revised to increase penalties for violations

Crimes and offenses, further provides for obscenity crimes

Putative father registry; certain information available to attorneys for adoption purposes

Simplified sellers use tax, additional tax levied, distribution of proceeds provided

Juveniles, pilot program created for detaining juveniles for committing a nonviolent offense

Local boards of education, salary payment schedule for employees

Voting, absentee voting, disabled, blind, or voters unable to read may designate individual to deliver voter's absentee ballot application and absentee ballot to absentee election manager

Death benefits, grants state death benefits to coroners, deputy coroners, medicolegal death investigators, and medical examiners

Firearms, to prohibit possession of pistols with parts installed to convert into machine gun

Firearms, to require permit to carry assault weapons in vehicles or on one's person or to acquire such.

State holidays; to add Juneteenth as a state holiday.

Employment; requiring employers to provide reasonable break time and location for employees to express breast milk.

To make it unlawful for a person to deny an individual full and equal enjoyment of public accommodations or for an employer to discriminate against an applicant or employee based upon the individual's weight or body size; state cause of action against an employer who does so created

Creating an Ebony Alert System to send an alert to assist in the recovery of a Black youth, including a young woman or girl, under certain circumstances.

Crimes and offenses; transporting of homeless by city or county prohibited; crime created; penalties provided for

Crimes and offenses; authorizes law enforcement officer to demand suspect's date of birth in certain circumstances, criminalizes providing false date of birth to law enforcement

State holidays, observance of all federal holidays provided for

Veterans Affairs, board membership revised, appointment and duties of commissioner provided for

Firearms; transfer of deadly weapon and ammunition to intoxicated persons prohibited; criminal penalty provided

Discrimination, unlawful to deny an individual full and equal enjoyment of public accommodations based on protected classes; unlawful for a local school board to discriminate against individual based on protected classes; unlawful for employer or labor organization board to discriminate against employee or member based on protected classes; state cause of action created

Board of Pardons and Paroles; electronic monitoring of delinquent children further provided for

Firearms, to prohibit possession and transfer of assault weapon under certain circumstances

Firearms, bump stocks prohibited subject to exceptions

Criminal procedure; criminal convictions sealed under certain circumstances; procedures established; exceptions provided; civil cause of action established

Sex-based terms, defined; vital statistics, report sex as male or female at birth required, legislative policy regarding sex and gender identity established

Firearms; storage requirements provided; criminal penalty for violation resulting in possession by minor under certain circumstances, subject to exceptions

Body-worn and dashboard cameras; delay in disclosing certain recordings restricted