Alabama Bills

Child support; to require an individual convicted of driving under the influence to pay child support for the child of a victim under certain circumstances

Mobile County; certain boards of water and sewer commissioners required to convey conservation easements on certain real property

Class 2 municipalities; sale of alcoholic beverages, restrictions amended

Elections; straight political party voting, prohibited

Public K-12 schools; required to adopt policies for broadcast of Star-Spangled Banner at least once a week during school hours

Foster parents; rights further provided for, right of intervention granted in certain circumstances

Guardians ad litem; duties further provided for

Teacher certification; American History and Civics Excellence Initiative, created within the Department of Education; online course of study and endorsement for high school teachers, provided for; one-time stipend, provided for; State Board of Education, required to adopt rules

Bonding authorities; authorize Legislature to participate on bonding authorities; constitutional amendment

Motor vehicles; operation of oversized vehicles operated by automate driving systems, prohibited

Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs, authorized to provide low-interest financing under certain circumstances, constitutional amendment

State Energy Supply and Chemical Trade Stabilization Act established; income tax credit, grant program, and loan program created.

Tourism; creates a grant program for boosting state tourism economies affected by global trade disruptions and foreign travel slowdowns; creates a competitive grant program to fund tourism-related infrastructure projects; creates international and domestic marketing campaigns; establishes the Tourism Sector Economic Monitoring Council

Establishes the Aerospace Export Safeguard and Innovation Act; creates Aerospace Export Resilience Grant Program; creates Advanced Materials and Components Security Grant Program; creates Aerospace Trade Monitoring Board

Creates the Steel and Advanced Manufacturing Competitiveness Act; creates Steel Industry Relief and Investment Grant Program; creates the Manufacturing Innovation and Modernization Tax Credit

Poultry; assistance funds, task force established, Department of Agriculture fund administration, international market assistance, action for in-state demand increase required

Constitutional Amendment; Department of Commerce; Lending authorized

Creates the Automotive Supply Chain Resilience and Expansion Act; creates Automotive Tariff Relief Grant Program; creates the Supply Chain Relocation and Expansion Tax Credit; creates the Export Market Diversification Program

Creates the Medical Research Supply Assurance and Trade Resilience Act to safeguard critical research and medical supply chains against global trade disruptions.

Cryptocurrency; governmental entities authorized to use stablecoins as payment to vendors and contractors

Teacher certification; American History and Civics Initiative, created within the Department of Education; online course of study and endorsement for high school teachers, provided for; one-time stipend, provided for; State Board of Education, required to adopt rules

Abatements; local governments, power to abate revised

Covington County; county commission authorized to adopt ordinances to protect public health and welfare, regulate environmental impact of certain activities, Constitutional Amendment

Search warrants; period of time to execute and return search warrants for DNA evidence, extended

Feral Swine; criminal penalty deleted for transporting swine; conservation department prohibited from restricting transport

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

Crimes and offenses; human cloning prohibited, criminal penalties provided

Public preK-12 education; discussions of gender identity prohibited, employees prohibited from displaying flags or insignia relating to sexual orientation or gender identity and from referring to students by pronouns inconsistent with student's biological sex

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

Greene County; county racing commission, further provided; simulcast racing, pari-mutuel wagering, further provided

Designating the month of March 2026 as Chronic Kidney Disease Awareness Month

Declaring February 24, 2026, as Alabama Links Day at the Capitol

Taxation; to exempt certain contractors from utility gross receipts tax, utility service use tax, and sales and use tax on natural gas and liquefied petroleum gas.

Alabama Department of Public Health; Alabama Dementia Network created, implementation by the department provided for, data collection and public reporting required

Legal Tender; to require certain persons who sell or offer goods and services to accept cash as payment, exceptions provided

Artificial Intelligence; state agencies required to perform quarterly AI-assisted review of rules

Lowndes County, pari-mutuel wagering on simulcast past events and live horse and dog races under certain conditions; tax levied; distribution of revenue, provided

Water boards; expand types of water boards that Department of Examiners of Public Accounts may audit

Criminal defendants with mental illnesses; civil inpatient commitment guidelines for criminal defendants further provided

Solid waste utility fees; remedies for nonpayment of fees provided, penalties for failure to pay fees revised

Encouraging the National Congress of American Indians to embrace Alabama's state-recognized tribes

Encouraging the Alabama Medicaid Agency to evaluate the overall costs of GLP-1 medications and report its findings

Incarceration; to require the Alabama Department of Public Health to adopt and enforce sanitation standards for food services in corrections facilities, county, and municipal jails

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

Crimes and offenses; sex offenses involving a child; crime of transmitting obscene material to a child by computer, further provided for

Artificial Intelligence; state agencies required to perform quarterly AI-assisted review of rules

Employee drug testing; employee notice requirements revised

Criminal defendants with mental illness; right of appeal for commitment and conditional release order provided, jurisdiction to hear appeals provided

Unauthorized entry of a critical infrastructure facility; reservoirs removed from list of facilities

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

Office of Occupational and Professional Licensing established within Alabama Department of Workforce, powers and duties of Secretary of Workforce and executive director specified, Sunset Committee to consider transfer to office in recommendation for modification

Court fees; use of funds allocated to sheriff's office for expenditure further provided

Unincorporated nonprofit associations; decentralized associations provided for

Chiropractic board; board service and licensure qualifications revised

Marion Military Institute; program to grant Alabama Peace Officers' Standards and Training Commission certification to graduates established

Contract review committee; recommendation that the Governor not sign contracts under review provided

Ground ambulance services; to prohibit balance billing and set minimum reimbursement rates by health care insurers to emergency medical service providers

Taxation; establishes Alabama Broadband Investment Maximization Act; exempts ADECA project funded or administered purchases from sales and use tax

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

Traffic infractions; parental electronic notification system authorized