Alabama Bills

Claudette Colvin, death mourned

Legislature, committee appointed to escort Governor to joint session

Committee appointed to notify Governor that the Legislature is in Session

Crimes and offenses; medical examiners, criminal penalties imposed for retention of deceased individual's organ without notice and consent

Posting of classroom curricula on school website, alternative review procedure provided for certain copyrighted materials

Hospitals, private hospital assessment and Medicaid funding program sunset clause removed

Emergency medical transport providers assessment, sunset clause removed

Nursing facilities, privilege assessments and surcharge on each nursing home bed, sunset removed

Coalition against domestic violence, appropriation, operations plan and audited financial statement required, quarterly and end-of-year reports required

State employees, cost-of-living increase for fiscal year beginning October 1, 2026

Alabama Indian Affairs Commission; commission authority and membership revised, additional tribes recognized

Education; broadcast of public K-12 school sporting events further provided for

Consumer protection; software applications, age appropriateness, rules established for app developers and app distribution providers, civil penalties established

Appropriations from State General Fund for executive, legislative, and judicial agencies of the State, other functions of government, debt service, and capital outlay for fiscal year ending September 30, 2027

Fiscal Year 2026, General Fund supplemental appropriations

Transit authorities; to authorize participation in business organizations

Dental insurance; set medical loss ratio for insurers

Crimes and offenses; list of capital offenses, further provided to include murder committed when the defendant knowingly creates a great risk to multiple persons

Taxation and revenue; to exempt certain aircraft, machinery, and equipment from ad valorem taxation

Veteran license tags; certain veterans exposed to radiation added to those eligible for distinctive tag

Notifying the House of Representatives of the Convening of the Senate

Military; graduate medical field courses added to educational benefits provided to eligible dependents of certain veterans, tuition cost limited

Rural health care; Alabama Health Command established to designate an AI-assisted health platform in rural communities

Certificate of need; to remove requirement for new or expanded health care facilities and services in rural area

Hospitals, additional licensing requirements provided, emergency department physician on site at all times required

Education; broadcast of public K-12 school sporting events further provided for

Public K-12 schools; membership in athletic associations with boards of certain composition, that enforce certain rules, prohibited; Legislative Council authorization of entities' rulemaking, permitted

Retirement Systems of Alabama, full retirement benefits for first responders permanently and totally disabled in the line of duty provided without regard to Tier or number of years of creditable service

Alabama Memorial Preservation Act of 2017, memorial marker required, penalties revised

Criminal and civil procedure; continuance of case when party, attorney, or witness is on active military duty; bail required to be set in such cases subject to conditions

Criminal and civil procedure; continuance of case when party, attorney, or witness is on active military duty, bail required to be set in such cases subject to conditions

Contraception; guaranteeing access to in the state

Criminal procedure; use of taser, prohibited on restrained individual

Crimes and offenses; use of taser prohibited on restrained individual, penalties for violations

Law enforcement; four-point restraint, use prohibited

Child sexual abuse; statute of limitations extended and further provided for, certain time-barred civil claims revived

Religious instruction; elective credit for release time further provided for

Local sales and use taxes, exemption for nonresident Alabama taxpayers established

Local sales and use taxes, municipal sales and use taxes collected from nonresident Alabama taxpayers refunded

Imagination Library of Alabama Program, Department of Early Childhood Education to administer through Dolly Parton's Imagination Library

Public K-12 schools, sex education (sex ed) curriculum further provided for, sexual risk avoidance established as sex ed curriculum, policies of local boards of education related to sex ed further provided for, parent or guardian notice of sex ed curriculum required, Attorney General authorized to enforce

Chiropractic board; board service and licensure qualifications revised

Department of Archives and History; composition of board and method of filling board vacancies further provided for, retroactive effect

Youthful offender status, to prohibit a judge from granting youthful offender status to any person who is 16 years of age and older and charged with capital murder or murder

Liquified petroleum gas; filling, storing cylinders within certain distance of public places prohibited

Taxation; state privilege tax on revenues of pari-mutuel wagering activities, levied

Crimes and offenses; rape in the first degree, sodomy in the first degree, and sexual torture, penalties further provided for

Contracts for public works; exemptions further provided

Private sector employers and employees; to create the Alabama Retirement Savings Program for the purpose of promoting greater retirement savings for private sector employees

Taxation; Energy use in poultry houses, exempt from utility gross receipts and utility service use tax

Artificial intelligence; disclosure of artificial intelligence-generated content required, enforcement provided

Condominiums; consents and waivers, arbitration and mediation

Law enforcement; vehicular pursuits, creating a standard for pursuit policies

Dredging; coastal areas, dredged materials required to be beneficially used by persons dredging certain amounts

Retirement benefits, circuit clerks authorized to participate in supernumerary program and Employees' Retirement System based on separate years of service

Sunset law; Alabama Massage Therapy Licensing Board continued with modification until October 1, 2027

Prepare Alabama Investment Program established, tax credits for donations to trade schools and trade programs authorized

Nurses; endorsement by certain certified nurses deemed endorsement by physician for K-12 school athletic participation physicals; schools prohibited from being member of athletic association that refuses to comply

Controlled substances; regulate sale of nonpsychoactive consumable hemp products by Agriculture Department; require sale of products only in pharmacies; add psychoactive derivatives of hemp as Schedule I drug

Dr. Jaqueline W. Stewart and Huggs and Kisses, Incorporated, commended