Alabama House Bills

Restitution; order of restitution, given priority over all other fines, costs, and fees

Guardians ad litem; duties further provided for

Elections; straight political party voting, prohibited

Insurance, to provide that service contract provider registration fees be paid into the Special Examination Revolving Fund instead of the Service Contract Revolving Fund

Crimes and offenses; harassment and harassing communications, further provided

Public K-12 schools; home school students authorized to attend career and technical education programs in certain circumstances

Criminal law; crime scene photos of human remains, prohibitions on transmission or release, provided; penalties for violations, provided

Income taxes, state income tax credit for qualified rehabilitation expenses of certified historic properties extended, annual credit amount increased

Talladega County; sheriff, compensation revised

Agriculture investment; program providing producers funds for business investments by agriculture commissioner established

Mobile County; certain boards of water and sewer commissioners required to convey conservation easements on certain real property

Clinton Adams, commended

Child support; to require an individual convicted of driving under the influence to pay child support for the child of a victim under certain circumstances

Money transmissions, transaction fee imposed for certain outgoing international wire transfers, income tax credit established to offset transaction fees imposed on taxpayer, reporting of certain suspicious cash transactions required, Securities Commission to enforce

Omega Psi Phi Faternity Day, recognized

Early childhood education; guidelines for limited screen time for children in certain licensed child-care facilities, certain preschools, and public kindergarten established, annual training requirement for teachers and certain staff members established, Department of Early Childhood Education, Department of Human Resources, and State Board of Education authorized to implement and enforce limited screen time requirements

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

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

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

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

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

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

Abatements; local governments, power to abate revised

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

Cleburne County; Cleburne County Economic Development Authority, established

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

Southeastern Mvskoke Nation; authorization to hire a police officer

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

Elmore County; pistol permit fee, revised

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