Alabama House Bills

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

U.S. Supreme Court and Congress to Safeguard Fairness and Safety in Women's Sports, urging

Mountain Brook Police Officer Richard Knecht, recognized

Guardianships, bill of rights for adults with guardians

State Auditor; powers and duties revised, audit exception for certain property in Department of Corrections and Department of Youth Services facilities, Division of Property Investigations created

Driver license; examinations administered exclusively in English

Ad valorem taxes, reappraisal of Class II and Class III property every three years

State government; use of term "West Bank" prohibited as reference to Judea and Samaria

Death penalty, abolished

Notaries public; commission term decreased; notary seals to have embedded identifying information; penalties for violations

Sentencing; resentencing of certain sentences subject to judicial override, authorized; retroactive application, provided

Motor vehicles; driver licenses; designation of certain medical conditions, provided for

Adoption; de facto parent adoption authorized in certain circumstances

Local boards of education, salary payment schedule for employees

Covington County; underground carbon dioxide and nonhazardous fluids storage prohibited; constitutional amendment

Employees' Retirement System, all ALEA law enforcement officers, including State Police Tier II Plan members, to receive payment for up to 80 hours of accrued and unused annual leave per year

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

Child sexual abuse; Legislature authorized to revive lapsed rights or remedies, constitutional amendment

Sexual abuse of a minor; time-barred civil claims revived for period of 10 years, Attorney General required to conduct public awareness campaign, discrimination for bringing suit, prohibited

Crimes and offenses; assault in the second degree, harassment, and harassing communications, further provided

Service contracts; terms defined; certain disclosures in advertising required; disclosures of limitations of contracts further provided for

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

Public Safety; Ebony Alert System, established to assist in recovery of certain missing persons

Alabama Board of Cosmetology and Barbering, makeup artist license and lash/brow artist permit qualifications provided, exemptions

Abortion; authorized to preserve health of mother or if pregnancy result of rape or incest; man convicted of rape or incest required to pay for abortion and undergo vasectomy; mother of unborn child who undergoes abortion to preserve her health authorized to petition to require father of unborn child to pay for certain abortion costs; judge authorized to excuse father from payment if he undergoes vasectomy

Absentee voting; designee to deliver voter's absentee ballot application and absentee ballot to absentee election manager for disabled voter, authorized

Public assistance; Department of Human Resources required to request waiver to allow the purchase of hot rotisserie chickens with SNAP benefits, implementation of prohibition provided for

Law enforcement; Attorney General and Governor authorized to appoint interim police chief, subject to conditions

Public assistance; Department of Human Resources required to request waiver to prohibit the purchase of soda, energy drinks, candy, and processed desserts with SNAP benefits, implementation of prohibition provided for

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

Crimes and offenses; manslaughter; further provided to include certain victims of sexual extortion

Vaccines; religious exemption for K-12 students further provided for, religious exemption for students at public institutions of higher education 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

Employees, annual leave to attend school related activities authorized

Sheriffs; appointment of special reserve deputies authorized

Community development district; Act 2025-294, which authorized annexation of certain district by a wet municipality, repealed

Public high schools, required to designate time and space for military recruiters to administer the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery to students on campus on a voluntary basis

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

Public K-12 schools; mobile emergency rapid response systems required, State Superintendent of Education required to approve vendors, funding sources provided for

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

Conecuh County, office of county superintendent of education changed from elected to appointed, duties, powers, and compensation

Acknowledgement of paternity; certain rebuttable presumptions relating to the best interest of a child, created

Dogs and Cats; abandoning dogs or cats prohibited; criminal penalty for violations

Food labeling; ingredient, artificial ingredient, and natural ingredient defined, certain labeling prohibited

Social media; certain media feeds lacking age verification, Attorney General authorized to enforce