Alabama Bills

Courts; to further provide for the election of justices of the Supreme Court and judges of the appellate courts

Elections, provide for election of associate justices of the Supreme Court and judges of the appellate courts, constitutional amendment

Jefferson County, provide funding for maintenance and operation of City Walk Birmingham

Influenza vaccination; to require private health insurance and the Alabama Medicaid program to pay or reimburse for influenza shots

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

Public Service Commission; provide for appointment of commissioners by Governor, commission duties revised

Firearms; permit to carry pistol, criminal penalties, exempt persons, established; carrying pistol on employer's property revised; nonsubstantive conforming changes to code

Municipalities; annexation, all municipalities authorized to extend corporate limits by resolution and special election

Jefferson County; sheriff compensation revised

Declaring February 6, 2026, Wear Red Day in the State of Alabama

School report card, students who receive a nonstandard high school diploma upon graduation not considered in assigning grade

Local land bank authorities; shorten tax sale redemption period; restrictions on geographic scope; creation of multijurisdictional land banks by agreement; Governor's emergency authorization to create land bank

Relating to Alabama Housing Trust Fund; mortgage recording fee increase

Taxation; to increase the adjusted cap and allow the unremarried widow or widower of certain individuals to claim the homestead exemption

Public school grading system, revised to include and weight specific indicators for schools that include a 12th grade class and schools that do not include a 12th grade class; Alabama Workforce Development Board and State Department of Education to develop system to analyze student performance data, Accountability Council created

Adult Protective Services; Department of Human Resources required to create dementia training, certain employees and contractors required to complete

Higher education, to require public colleges and universities to submit annual report on the amount of state and federal funds received and expended, and plans for operating if federal or state funding reduced

Senate - districts redrawn

Gaming; state lottery and other gaming activities, authorized by general law; gaming commission, authorized to license and regulate gaming activities; Governor, authorized to negotiate Tribal-State gaming compact, constitutional amendment

Department of Insurance; Pharmacy Benefits Manager Division; two exempt personnel positions authorized

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

Relating to Alabama Housing Trust Fund; mortgage recording fee increase

Urging the United States Congress to pass the Major Richard Star Act

Public K-12 education; requirements for instructional technology, age-appropriate screen time limits, and internet access established, parental access required, creation of model policy by State Board of Education required, adoption and implementation by local boards required, State Board of Education to adopt rules

Jefferson County; sheriff compensation revised

Alabama Resilience Council, created

Naming portions of Alabama state routes 5, 69, 195, and 257, as well as Industrial Parkway, in Walker County, Alabama, as the Smith Lake Parkway

Volunteer fire departments; authorized to deposit funds with financial institutions

Alabama G.I. Dependent Scholarship Program, veterans, dependents, tuition assistance, disability requirements revised

Aviation; restrict the use of Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast data collected from aircraft

Motor vehicles; off-road vehicles, operation requirements for use on public roads, provided

Urging the State of Alabama to acknowledge and adopt the temporary workers' bill of rights for the betterment of the state and its workforce

Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs); supporting the creation of a bicameral HBCU Legislative Caucus

Opioids; require health care professionals to discuss opioid use prior to prescription of Schedule II controlled substances, exceptions provided

Alabama Real Estate Commission; equitable interest transfers, disclosure and licensing requirements, penalties for violations

Alabama Jobs Act; Secretary of Commerce prohibited from awarding economic tax incentives to companies that do not practice certain employment protections for workers

To establish the Angel Investor Tax Credit Act

Etowah County local constitutional amendment; Whorton Bend Agricultural Protection Act created; boundaries defined; certain activities permitted or prohibited within protected area; exemptions

Tax incentives; reimbursement for violation of labor and trafficking laws provided for

Volunteer fire departments; authorized to deposit funds with financial institutions

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

Amend the Sweet Home Alabama Tourism Investment Act; increase supplemental tax rebate; require certification of project costs

Captive insurers, additional requirements, certain minimum paid in capital amounts increased

High School athletics, right to compensation for name, image, and likeness

Retirement Systems of Alabama; to provide a benefit increase for certain retirees of the Teachers Retirement System

Employees' Retirement System; state and local retirees four percent cost-of-living benefit increase

Sales and use tax; to exempt food from sales and use taxes

Teachers' Retirement System of Alabama, future Alabama High School Athletic Association employees prohibited from participation

Public schools; athletic associations required to adjust schools' athletic classification to relfect English language learners who do not participate in athletics

Offices of Governor; Lieutenant Governor; Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court; judge of the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals or Court of Criminal Appeals; judge of a circuit court or district court; member of the Legislature; Attorney General; State Auditor; Secretary of State; State Treasurer; Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries; member of the State Board of Education; and local sheriff, district attorney, circuit clerk, or constable required to be held by a natural born citizen of the United States, Constitutional Amendment

Civil procedure, provisions of agreements that prohibit disclosure of certain acts of sexual abuse rendered unenforceable

Legislature, committee appointed to escort Governor to joint session

Committee appointed to notify Governor that the Legislature is in session

Matthew Caleb Hess, recognized

AI chatbots; unfair or deceptive trade practice for failing to notify consumer about AI chatbot; private right of action and enforcement provided for

Artificial intelligence; age verification systems required for chatbots, safeguard protocols required, therapy chatbot requirements established, private right of action and enforcement provided for

Marshall County; volunteer fire districts, annexation of new areas, application of fire service fee, enforcement

County law library fund and judicial administration fund; to require separate funds to be maintained in the county treasury

Firearms; storage requirements provided; criminal penalty for violation resulting in possession by minor under certain circumstances, subject to exceptions

Motor vehicles; county and municipal prosecutors, dark tint on personal vehicles authorized