Alabama Senate Bills

General Contractor Licensing Board; practice of general contracting, exemption expanded

Alabama "The River State," designated

Children First Trust Fund, appropriations from for fiscal year ending September 30, 2027, use of allocation pursuant to Section 41-15B-2.2, Code of Alabama 1975 and this act, tobacco settlement revenues deposited in fund within 30 days of receipt

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

Emergency medical transport providers assessment, sunset clause removed

North Sand Mountain Girls Basketball Team, commended

The University of Alabama, commended

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

Naming the Lamar S. "Bubba" Woodham, Jr. Highway

Section Boys Basketball Team, commended

SPECIAL ORDER CALENDAR

Expressing support for the United States Department of Energy's Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation endeavor

Urging the Governor and relevant state agencies to recognize the value of spent nuclear fuel and take state actions toward its development

Alabama Justice Information Commission; collection, dissemination, and use of biometric identifiers by certain entities provided for; Alabama Background Check Service established, types, uses, and fees for certain background checks for noncriminal justice purposes authorized; Alabama Rap Back Program established, penalties provided for; existing law relating to release of criminal history information repealed

Crimes and procedure; crimes of indecent exposure and other sex crimes further provided to include additional victims; crime of inpatient custodial sexual misconduct, established; domestic violence offenses, further provided to include additional victims and criminal penalties

Religious instruction; elective credit for release time further provided for

SPECIAL ORDER CALENDAR

Solar power facilities; new facilities prohibited for one year

Taxation; to exempt certain retail sales of fish or other seafood from sales and use taxes

Crimes and offenses; unlawful possession with intent to distribute fentanyl further provided for, trafficking in illegal drugs containing fentanyl further provided for

Income Taxes, tax deduction for members of a Health Care Sharing Ministry for certain health care sharing expenses

Public utilities; Underground Damage Prevention Program; prioritization of, liability for incomplete design or survey locates provided

Military spouses; preference in hiring and promoting in state service further provided for; preference authorized for political subdivisions, private employers

Emergency rules; require Governor to certify that circumstances exist to justify emergency rules

National Guard; Educational Assistance Program, applied to workforce development programs, amount of benefits revised

Municipal Firefighters' Bill of Rights; rights and procedures for firefighters' personnel issues established

Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Pedorthics; national entity certification required to provide care; Department of Workforce required to administer and record

Juvenile proceedings; court required to notify local superintendent of education or private K-12 school principal of charging or adjudicating an enrolled student delinquent for committing certain criminal offenses

Self-Service Storage Facilities Act; rights of of self-storage facility operators further provided for, publication requirements for notice of sale of certain property revised

Crimes and offenses, penalty increased for crimes of making a terrorist threat in the first or second degree, principal to immediately contact law enforcement of terrorist threat, suspension of student, readmittance, and restitution provided