Alabama Senate Bills

Fair Campaign Practices Act; transfer of funds among political parties and local or other affiliated party organizations authorized

Government issued licenses, permits, and certifications; time frame imposed for issuing licenses etc.; exceptions provided

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

Consumer Protection; platforms providing services allowing employees to access earned income prior to paycheck not considered a lender or debt collector; standards on platforms imposed

Public K-12 schools, sex education 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

Food trucks and other mobile food vendors; require one business license, health inspection, and fire inspection to apply statewide

Psychoactive derivatives of CBD; Possession prohibited; criminal penalties provided for violations

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

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

Taxation, certain local sales and use tax further provided for

Alabama Emergency Management Agency; authorize to spend public funds on promotional materials

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

Alabama Charter School Finance Authority, bonding authority established, legislative findings, board membership, powers, contracts, investments

Contract Review Permanent Legislative Oversight Committee, review of personal or professional services contracts, limitation that funds be issued on a state warrant removed, occupational and professional licensing boards included as state entities

Motor vehicles; Peer-to-Peer Car Sharing Program Act, established

Alabama Educational Television Foundation Authority, authorized to secure additional funds

Cannabinoid products from hemp; sale regulated by Revenue Department, licensure required; tax imposed

Civil procedure, statute of limitations for civil actions involving certain sex offenses further provided for

Municipalities, procedure regarding taxes or license fees further provided for

Crimes and offenses, picketing and protesting prohibited in certain circumstances, criminal penalties provided

Public assistance; categorical eligibility for food assistance prohibited; Department of Human Resources prohibited from applying higher gross income standards for food assistance than required by federal law

Public assistance, regular cross-checks required for Medicaid and food assistance eligibility

Economic development, references to outdated economic development plan and NAICS Codes updated

Psychoactive cannabinoids in hemp; regulate under Alcoholic Beverage Control Board; hemp beverages and psychoactive hemp products defined; licensure required; penalties imposed for violations

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

Utilities; privately owned sewer and wastewater systems; systems under jurisdiction of Alabama Public Service Commission, further provided

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

Expungement; procedure established for expungement of certain nonviolent felony offenses

Require bond financing agreement documents to include schedule of debt obligation of county

Provisional release from educational intervention

Motor vehicles; license plates, validity period extended

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

Hospital liens, to limit

Taxation; to adjust the dollar value cap based on Consumer Price Index, of certain items exempt from sales tax during certain weekends

Montgomery County, Montgomery City Council authorized to join state retirement system, constitutional amendment

Agriculture; amount which may be assessed on cotton sales increased

Alabama Business and Nonprofit Entity Code revised; makes technical changes and corrects references, and codifies practices relating to electronic filing and name reservations

Public Education Employees' Health Insurance Board; required to renegotiate contracts for Medicare retiree health benefit plans every five years

Office of Occupational and Professional Licensing within the Department of Workforce; created as centralized entity for providing leadership, support, and oversight to certain boards.

Post-partum depression; to require Medicaid coverage and provide for education and screening .

Veterinary medicine; veterinarian-client-patient relationship further provided; refilling prescription regulations; relationship shared among a location, provided

Alabama Commission on Higher Education; authorized to award loan assistance to athletic trainers under Alabama Math and Science Teacher Education Program

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

Taxation; certain aircraft and aircraft parts are exempt from sales, use, and lease taxes

Retirement, State Facilitated Retirement Savings Program created

Executive Branch, Governor authorized to appoint vacancy in office of Lieutenant Governor, statewide constitutional amendment

Ten Commandments, required to be displayed in common area of public K-12 schools and public institutions of higher education

Crimes and offenses, unauthorized entry of a critical infrastructure facility further provided for

State Auditor; powers and duties revised; Division of Investigations created

Relating to Sales and Use Tax; to establish conditions for exemption of county or municipal sales and use tax

Taxation, sales tax exemptions, sales and use tax exemption provided for certain purchases of diapers, baby supplies, baby formula, maternity clothing, and menstrual hygiene products

Pardons and Paroles Board; allow inmates to participate in parole hearing virtually

State employees; salary deductions further provided for

Real estate transactions; required disclosures; description of brokerage services; terms of compensation; required written brokerage agreements under certain circumstances

Motor vehicles, unclaimed, towing, towing company may notify the Revenue Department on the Unclaimed/Abandoned Vehicle Portal immediately after towing

Solid waste collection fees; veterans' benefits sole income households exempted

Public works contracts; advertising requirements, further provided

Relating to taxation; to exempt the Alabama Eye Bank from sales and use taxes

State and local agencies; conditioning the issuance of permit to operate business on having been granted a different permit from another agency prohibited

Sales and use tax, simplified sellers use tax (SSUT), recalculation of distributions based on annexations, deannexations, or incorporations, on fifth year after release of census commencing on January 1, 2026