Alabama Bills

Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs, authorized to provide low-interest financing under certain circumstances, constitutional amendment

State Energy Supply and Chemical Trade Stabilization Act established; income tax credit, grant program, and loan program created.

Tourism; creates a grant program for boosting state tourism economies affected by global trade disruptions and foreign travel slowdowns; creates a competitive grant program to fund tourism-related infrastructure projects; creates international and domestic marketing campaigns; establishes the Tourism Sector Economic Monitoring Council

Establishes the Aerospace Export Safeguard and Innovation Act; creates Aerospace Export Resilience Grant Program; creates Advanced Materials and Components Security Grant Program; creates Aerospace Trade Monitoring Board

Creates the Steel and Advanced Manufacturing Competitiveness Act; creates Steel Industry Relief and Investment Grant Program; creates the Manufacturing Innovation and Modernization Tax Credit

Poultry; assistance funds, task force established, Department of Agriculture fund administration, international market assistance, action for in-state demand increase required

Constitutional Amendment; Department of Commerce; Lending authorized

Creates the Automotive Supply Chain Resilience and Expansion Act; creates Automotive Tariff Relief Grant Program; creates the Supply Chain Relocation and Expansion Tax Credit; creates the Export Market Diversification Program

Creates the Medical Research Supply Assurance and Trade Resilience Act to safeguard critical research and medical supply chains against global trade disruptions.

Cryptocurrency; governmental entities authorized to use stablecoins as payment to vendors and contractors

Teacher certification; American History and Civics Initiative, created within the Department of Education; online course of study and endorsement for high school teachers, provided for; one-time stipend, provided for; State Board of Education, required to adopt rules

Abatements; local governments, power to abate revised

Covington County; county commission authorized to adopt ordinances to protect public health and welfare, regulate environmental impact of certain activities, Constitutional Amendment

Search warrants; period of time to execute and return search warrants for DNA evidence, extended

Taxation; Goodwill Industries of the Southern Rivers, exempt from sales and use tax

Taxation; Greater Peace Community Corporation, exempt from sales and use tax

Cleburne County; Cleburne County Economic Development Authority, established

Feral Swine; criminal penalty deleted for transporting swine; conservation department prohibited from restricting transport

Taxation; Auxiliary of Big Oak Ranch, Inc., exempt from payment or collection of sales and use taxes

City of Alabaster; weed nuisance, abatement authorized, procedures established

City of Alabaster; entertainment districts authorized

Taxation; Freedom Quilting Bee Legacy exempt from sales and use taxes

Elmore County; pistol permit fee, revised

Department of Revenue; Alabama Certified Licensing Administrators added to list of tax professionals compensated annually for completing professional training

Crimes and offenses; penalties for eluding or attempting to elude a law enforcement officer, penalties further provided

Crimes; crime of disruption of a worship service, established; criminal penalty, provided

Southeastern Mvskoke Nation; authorization to hire a police officer

Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Enforcement Act; certain temporary emergency child custody determinations authorized to become final

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

Taxation; Cook Museum of Natural Science and the McWane Science Center, exempt from sales and use taxes

Crimes and offenses; human cloning prohibited, criminal penalties provided

Dr. Bradley Heim, commended

Tuskegee University Day, recognized

Etowah County; repeal of alternative method for filling vacancies of office

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Sunset law; Alabama Surface Mining Commission continued until October 1, 2030

Public preK-12 education; discussions of gender identity prohibited, employees prohibited from displaying flags or insignia relating to sexual orientation or gender identity and from referring to students by pronouns inconsistent with student's biological sex

Shelby County; City of Helena, civil service system established, board, director, policies, and appeals created

Campus chaplains; public K-12 schools authorized to accept as volunteers, local boards of education and governing bodies authorized to vote on whether to allow, limitations provided

Health care insurance; to eliminate cost-sharing for screening of men who are at high risk for prostate cancer

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

Sunset law; Alabama Board of Examiners in Counseling continued until October 1, 2028

Sunset law; Alabama Private Investigation Board continued until October 1, 2028

Sunset law; State Board of Registration for Foresters continued until October 1, 2030

Sunset law; Board of Home Medical Equipment continued until October 1, 2027

Sunset law; Alabama Board of Electrical Contractors continued until October 1, 2028

John Hackett, Jr., death mourned

Jerry Bassett, recipient of the Council on State Governments' Distinguished Service to the States Award, commended

Zoie Grace McGuyer and Saving Grace: We Hear You, commended

Reverend Jeffery Black, commended

Designating the month of March 2026 as Chronic Kidney Disease Awareness Month

Declaring February 24, 2026, as Alabama Links Day at the Capitol

Joseph William Jones, Jr., death mourned

Black Pioneers of Macon County, recognized

Mac McCutcheon, retirement from public service, commended

Taxation; to exempt certain contractors from utility gross receipts tax, utility service use tax, and sales and use tax on natural gas and liquefied petroleum gas.

Alabama Department of Public Health; Alabama Dementia Network created, implementation by the department provided for, data collection and public reporting required

Legal Tender; to require certain persons who sell or offer goods and services to accept cash as payment, exceptions provided

Artificial Intelligence; state agencies required to perform quarterly AI-assisted review of rules

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