Alabama Bills

Rebeca Herrera, commended

Richard Dayton, commended

Frank Stewart Smith, Sr., death mourned

Anita Haggerty, commended

Urging the State of Alabama to acknowledge and adopt the temporary workers' bill of rights for the betterment of the state and its workforce

Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs); supporting the creation of a bicameral HBCU Legislative Caucus

Howard Sanderford; death mourned

Crimes & offenses; smoking or vaping marijuana in motor vehicle when child is present prohibited, criminal penalties provided, notification of Department of Human Resources required, mandatory reporting if child smells of marijuana required

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

Opioids; require health care professionals to discuss opioid use prior to prescription of Schedule II controlled substances, exceptions provided

Alabama Real Estate Commission; equitable interest transfers, disclosure and licensing requirements, penalties for violations

Alabama Jobs Act; Secretary of Commerce prohibited from awarding economic tax incentives to companies that do not practice certain employment protections for workers

To establish the Angel Investor Tax Credit Act

Etowah County local constitutional amendment; Whorton Bend Agricultural Protection Act created; boundaries defined; certain activities permitted or prohibited within protected area; exemptions

Tax incentives; reimbursement for violation of labor and trafficking laws provided for

Volunteer fire departments; authorized to deposit funds with financial institutions

Public utilities; Underground Damage Prevention Program; certain statutory sunset clauses deleted

Employment; employers required to provide location and break time for employees to express breast milk

Marshall County; abandoned and stolen property, auction procedures revised

Health insurance, safe harbor created

Alabama Uniform Trust Code; amended to conform with Alabama Qualified Dispositions in Trust Act, limit property subject to creditors' claims

Trusts; amend Alabama Principal and Income Act, permit trustee to adjust between principal and income

Marshall County; custodian of voting tabulators, selection committee, salary increased, duties clarified

Boating; certain boating events exempt from obtaining an event permit

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Walker County; constitutional amendment, age to qualify for election or appointment as judge of probate increased to age 75

Mixed spirit beverages, providing for distribution, retail sale, and tax

Amend the Sweet Home Alabama Tourism Investment Act; increase supplemental tax rebate; require certification of project costs

Captive insurers, additional requirements, certain minimum paid in capital amounts increased

Clyde Lee, commended

Brazil Simon, Jr., death mourned

Covington County, judge of probate authorized to exercise equity jurisdiction under certain conditions, Constitutional Amendment

High School athletics, right to compensation for name, image, and likeness

Retirement Systems of Alabama; to provide a benefit increase for certain retirees of the Teachers Retirement System

Employees' Retirement System; state and local retirees four percent cost-of-living benefit increase

Sales and use tax; to exempt food from sales and use taxes

Teachers' Retirement System of Alabama, future Alabama High School Athletic Association employees prohibited from participation

Public schools; athletic associations required to adjust schools' athletic classification to relfect English language learners who do not participate in athletics

Criminal procedure; out-of-state warrants, arrest authorized for crime punishable by more than one year, arrest by out-of-state officers authorized

Offices of Governor; Lieutenant Governor; Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court; judge of the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals or Court of Criminal Appeals; judge of a circuit court or district court; member of the Legislature; Attorney General; State Auditor; Secretary of State; State Treasurer; Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries; member of the State Board of Education; and local sheriff, district attorney, circuit clerk, or constable required to be held by a natural born citizen of the United States, Constitutional Amendment

Community development district; 2025 act repealed, which authorized annexation of certain district by a wet municipality

Civil procedure, provisions of agreements that prohibit disclosure of certain acts of sexual abuse rendered unenforceable

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Legislature, committee appointed to escort Governor to joint session

Committee appointed to notify Governor that the Legislature is in session

Matthew Wade, commended

John Bradford, death mourned

Ja'Mel Jermaine Brown, commended

City of Florence, Audrey Nelson Community Development Award, commended

Birmingham Police Lieutenant Rebeca Herrera, commended

Matthew Caleb Hess, recognized

Alabama Department of Environmental Management; water well drillers, license types and fees revised

AI chatbots; unfair or deceptive trade practice for failing to notify consumer about AI chatbot; private right of action and enforcement provided for

Artificial intelligence; age verification systems required for chatbots, safeguard protocols required, therapy chatbot requirements established, private right of action and enforcement provided for

Marshall County; volunteer fire districts, annexation of new areas, application of fire service fee, enforcement

County law library fund and judicial administration fund; to require separate funds to be maintained in the county treasury

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

Motor vehicles; county and municipal prosecutors, dark tint on personal vehicles authorized

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Local land bank authorities; shorten tax sale redemption period; restrictions on geographic scope; creation of multijurisdictional land banks by agreement; Governor's emergency authorization to create land bank