Alabama House Bills

Retired law enforcement officers, employment of certain retired law enforcement officers further provided for

Motor vehicle registration; authorize a distinctive license plate for military combat action; authorize a criminal penalty for falsely obtaining the license plate

Fishing license, jubilees exempted

Taxation; to exempt the Alabama Gulf Coast Zoo from the payment of sales and use taxes.

Taxation, Kidz Eatz, exempt from sales and use taxes

Civil liability, liability limited for certain entities operating off-roading parks

Pardons and Paroles; hearing procedures, revised

Alabama State House; Legislative Council authorized to contract for demolition of existing building when new state house constructed; disposition of property and materials in building prior to demolition authorized

City of Loxley in Baldwin County, corporate limits altered

Virtual currency, declares preemption of virtual currency or cryptocurrency regulation by the Legislature and exempts virtual currency from ad valorem tax

Property; provide additional procedures; clarify jurisdiction under which local law enforcement may remove unauthorized individuals from an owner's premises

Boards of water and sewer commissions; prohibited from restricting public recreational uses of controlled water bodies

Constitutional Amendment; noncommercial paper raffles and paper bingo for charitable purposes, authorized

Ground ambulance services; prohibit out-of-network providers from balance billing

Service contracts; terms defined; certain disclosures in advertising required; disclosures of limitations of contracts further provided for

Appropriations, supplemental appropriations from the Opioid Treatment and Abatement Fund for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025

Clarke County, sheriff authorized to collect fees for certain services

Judges, eligibility to be elected or appointed further provided for, constitutional amendment

Crimes and offenses; crimes of unlawful use of DNA in the first, second, and third degree created, criminal penalties provided

Conservation, wildlife; Alabama Good Samaritan Wildlife Rehabilitation Act established.

Baldwin County, annexation the City of Daphne

Legislature; codification of 2024 Regular Session Acts and Code Commissioner technical revisions into the Code of Alabama 1975

Elmore County, to allow county commission to levy a tax on vapor products, alternative nicotine products, and tobacco products; and to levy a property assessment.

Economic development, references to outdated economic development plan and North American Industry Classification System Codes updated

Alabama Ad Valorem Advisory Committee, membership revised

Criminal corrections, denies eligibility for temporary release programs to certain individuals

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

Crimes and offenses, unauthorized entry of a critical infrastructure facility and criminal tampering in the first degree further provided for

Civil practice; affirmative defenses; limitation of liability for damages sustained for obstructing traffic for the obstruction of vehicle traffic, established

Bail Bonds; Bail Reform Act of 1993 and Bail Bond Regulatory Act amended; certain undeposited fees forgiven; penalties for crime of bail jumping increased; to provide further for conditional forfeitures, out-of-state bondsmen and sureties, limitations on property owners as sureties; to provide further for the definition of an employee of a professional bail bond company or professional surety company, for the licensing and duties of apprentices; to increase the membership of the Alabama Professional Bail Bonding Board; provide for a late fee for renewals; and to require applicants for licensing to be residents of this state for at least one year

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

Pardons and Parole Board, to create the Criminal Justice Policy Development Council, membership, duties, require the board to use parole release guidelines, parole proceedings revised, provide for appellate review

Traffic offenses, drawing of blood in relation to certain traffic offenses further provided for

Alabama Drycleaning Response Trust Fund Board, requirement that the Alabama Department of Environmental Management prevent involvement of other units of government in contamination problems deleted; required minimum balance in Alabama Drycleaning Environmental Response Trust Fund reduced from one million to two hundred fifty thousand dollars

Occupational and professional licensing boards; prohibited from purchasing or acquiring real property under the power of eminent domain

Medical examiners, criminal penalties established for medical examiner retaining deceased person's organs in certain circumstances

Crimes and offenses; human cloning prohibited, criminal penalties provided

Military medical records as evidence of immunization for school admittance

Judicial compensation; uniform pay plan for justices & judges revised

Counties and municipalities; recording and publishing of meetings of local governing bodies, required

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

Provisional release from educational intervention

Alabama Board of Cosmetology and Barbering, exemption for the licensing and regulation of makeup applicators provided

Law enforcement officers, giving false name or address, date of birth included, refusal to respond if part of a lawful stop, criminal penalties

Health care policies; eliminate cost-sharing for prostate screening coverage of high risk men

Military installations; local government, approval to construct nearby tall structures required, authorized to seek enjoinment of violative construction

National Guard; legal services office and legal assistance program created

State employees; paid parental leave authorized, parameters for eligibility established

Alabama Improvement Districts; to streamline enforcement and collection of assessments; authorize revenue commissioner to collect reasonable compensation; provide additional rights and protections; eliminate certain remedies for failure to pay an assessment

Crimes and offenses; resisting arrest; temporary holding period, provided

Crimes and offenses; critical infrastructure facilities, further provided; crimes of unauthorized entry of a critical infrastructure facility and criminal tampering, further provided

Municipal police departments; report number of law enforcement officers employed by department to Alabama Justice Information Commission, ALEA, and Attorney General

Competitive bidding; contract protest procedures revised; requirements for submitting disclosure statements revised

Government administration, state and local agencies prohibited from contracting with media monitoring organizations and certain contractors and companies

Composition of Alabama Job Creation and Military Stability Commission

Primary elections, revise date in off-presidential years

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

Class IV municipalities, accounting requirements further provided for

Candidates; revise statement of economic interests filing requirements

Dogs and Cats; abandoning dogs or cats prohibited; criminal penalty for violating provided