Alabama Bills

Military spouses; preference in hiring and promoting in state service further provided for; preference authorized for political subdivisions, private employers

Individual income taxes, to allow an exclusion from gross income for contributions to Trump Accounts and to make permanent the exclusion for amounts paid by an employer on any qualified education loan.

State Board of Adjustment, provide death benefit to survivors of volunteer firefighters who die of cancer

FY27 2% Teacher Pay Raise and Retiree Longevity Bonus

Education Trust Fund Advancement and Technology Fund, appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026

Supplemental appropriations from the Education Trust Fund for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026

Multi-member boards; Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Speaker, and President Pro Tempore authorized to replace any board member whom the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Speaker, and President Pro Tempore has appointing authority over

Public K-12 education; process for the consolidation of city school systems provided

Homestead Exemptions; removing the annual verification requirement for qualifying permanently and totally disabled veterans

Public utilities; maximum fees payable to directors of certain public utility corporations increased, terms of certain directors extended

Surety bonds and motor fuel assessments; filing period for new or replacement surety bonds extended, payment period for assessments on illegally imported or transported motor fuels extended

Public assistance; Department of Human Resources required to request waiver to prohibit the purchase of soda and candy with SNAP benefits, implementation of prohibition provided for

Crime of sexual torture; criminal elements revised

Distinctive license plates; Helping Schools plate design requirements further provided for, certain individuals eligible to receive the new license plate design at no cost

Real property; creation of the Alabama Property Protection Act of 2026, title fraud prevention

Growing Alabama Act amended to allow sites owned by more than one local economic development organization to qualify

Teachers' Retirement System and Employees' Retirement System; purchase of certain federal service credit by participating member

Crimes and offenses; stalking in the second degree, penalties revised

Board of Pardons and Paroles; discretion whether to grant or deny parole, further provided; review of parole violations, procedure further provided to require consideration of totality of circumstances; penalties for certain parole-violations, increased

Restoration of Voting Rights; Pardons and Paroles Board required to post application for individuals seeking restoration; board required to notify individuals and Secretary of State when voting rights restored

Sick leave for education employees; direct donation of sick leave authorized, sick leave banks and catastrophic sick leave further provided for, State Board of Education required to adopt a policy, education authorities required to implement a policy, duties of sick leave bank committees revised

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

Ethics, eliminate certain notification requirement for candidates to Ethics Commission when otherwise in compliance with law

Alabama Board of Cosmetology and Barbering; natural hair styling exempt from regulation

Natural resources; conversion of oil and gas wells into alternative energy facilities authorized; lease of state lands for energy sources by Commissioner of Conservation expanded

Crimes and offenses; violation of domestic violence protection order, jurisdiction amended

Expressing gratitude to the Alabama Congressional Delegation

Urging the State Committee of Public Health to review and consider adding the novel synthetic opioid N-Propionitrile Chlorphine as a Schedule I controlled substance

Alabama Mental Health Task Force, established

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

Small Craft Alcoholic Beverage Producers; licensing of small craft distilleries, small craft wineries, and small craft alcoholic beverage producers authorized

Department of Workforce; certain child labor law fees, boiler and pressure vessel exceptions and fees,  and elevator safety standards, provided for; license renewal period extended; alterations to conveyances prohibited

Mortgages; authorize lenders to mortgagors to make additional mortgage payments

Alabama Workforce Board; number of board members increased, quorum for executive committee established, participation in executive committee meeting by electronic means allowed, number of board members for regional workforce board increased

Motor vehicles, license plates, issuance of "Invisible Disability" decals, authorized

Taxation; to exempt certain community foundations from sales and use taxes

Entertainment Industry Incentive Act of 2009 amended, create additional incentive program, extend review and evaluation deadline

Department of Insurance; Pharmacy Benefits Manager Division; two exempt personnel positions authorized

Education; public K-12 schools, completion of approved computer science course required

Crimes and offenses; arson in the first degree, elements of crime further provided to include arson in connection to a theft; minimum penalties provided

Authorize the governing body of a Class 1 municipality to enact and enforce vacant property registration ordinances.

Bail and surety bonding; requirements for professional surety bondsman and professional bail bondsman further provided for, requirements for apprentice bondsman further provided for, to require circuit clerks to report the authorized professional bail bond companies, appointment of additional members to the Alabama Bail Bonding Board provided for, and late application and license renewal fees provided

National Guard Educational Assistance Program, applied to workforce development programs, amount of benefits revised

Children's Health Insurance Fund, distributions further provided

Municipal audits, expenditure thresholds for municipal audits revised

Volunteer Rescue Squad Tuition Reimbursement Program; to permit EMS regional agencies to participate in education instruction

Exchange Club of Tuscaloosa Officer of the Year honorees, commended

Alabama Rural Emergency Medical Services and Volunteer Fire Department Study Commission, created

Lee Roy Jordan, death mourned

Senator John W. Williams, commended

Senator Tom Butler, commended

The Montgomery Academy boys basketball team, commended

Dylan Nutt, commended

John R. Cooper, commended

Brigadier General Vandiver H. Carter, commended

Seriousness of the national debt and its threat to national security, recognized

The University of Alabama Women's Wheelchair Basketball Team, commended

William Riley Hawkins, Jr., commended

Alabama Boating Safety Task Force, established

Norman Wendell Arnold, death mourned