Alabama House Bills

Social media content; trust required for certain minors who are performers or featured in social media content, calculation of compensation and designation of trustee for trust provided for, procedure for adult to request removal of social media content featuring themselves as a minor required for social media companies, cause of action created against certain individuals who fail to comply with trust and social media content requirements

Relating to Property Tax; amending the cap on the assessed value of real property

Administrative rules; adopting environmental protection criteria stricter than federal requirements prohibited

Alabama Improvement Districts; to limit interest charged on assessments, county tax, and judges of probate to aid in the collection of assessments

Child custody; rebuttable presumption of joint custody provided, definitions relating to joint custody further provided for, joint custody model parenting plan required in certain divorce cases, penalties for certain unsupported motions provided

Licensed health care providers; to permit the dispensing of ivermectin by pharmacists without an individual prescription

Crimes and offenses; motor vehicle accidents, penalties for violations and restitution, revised

Referendum measures; authorize general laws and constitutional amendments to be initiated through public petition process

Midwives; administration of certain newborn screening tests authorized

Pharmaceuticals; prohibiting the Board of Pharmacy from disciplining pharmacists who recommend off-label use of a drug; allowing over-the-counter sale of Ivermectin and Hydroxychloroquine.

Bail; pretrial detention hearing, required without exception for certain crimes resulting in death

Child sexual abuse; Legislature authorized to revive certain time-barred civil claims, constitutional amendment

Child sexual abuse; statute of limitations extended and further provided for, certain time-barred civil claims revived

Health; discrimination by certain entities against individuals who refuse certain immunizations, drugs, or facial coverings for reasons of conscience prohibited; civil cause of action for violations provided; Attorney General authorized to defend an entity subject to related federal penalties

Abortion-inducing drugs; manufacture, distribution, and transport prohibited, exceptions provided, qui tam suit against certain persons who violate prohibition authorized and provided for, remedies provided

Physicians, rural physicians income tax credit, replace existing credit

Firearm sales; acceptance of returned firearms with faulty conditions by dealers required

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

Youth Athlete Protection Act; Department of Human Resources (DHR) required to develop model Youth Athlete Protection Policy to prevent child abuse in youth sports; local sports organizations, including local governments, required to implement similar policy and register compliance with DHR, youth sports coaches required to undergo criminal background check and mandatory reporter training, DHR required to adopt rules

Joint Interim Commission on Utility Relocation Costs, established

Recognizing the 250th anniversaries of the United States Army, Navy, and Marine Corps and encouraging commemorative activities throughout the state

Study Commission on Protecting Minors from Online and Technological Threats created

Alabama Legislative Study Commission on Hemp and Cannabinoid Regulation, created

Temporary release program; to revise periods for distributing monies and the effective date for opt-in by municipalities

Talladega County, service of process fee for service by sheriff established, collection and disposition provided for

Montgomery County, sheriff, expense allowance and salary

Danne Howard, commended

Mobile County Sheriff's Department TAPS and Honor Guard, honored

Lott Middle School 7th Grade Social Studies Champions, celebrated

Morgan County Education Retirees Association (MCERA), commended

Dr. Leslie N. Pollard, commended

Sheriff Joe Patterson, honored

The Alabama Holocaust Commission, 2025 State Yom HaShoah Commemoration on April 22, 2025, honored

Miss Prestley Skelton, congratulated

Coach Luke Hutcheson, commended

Winston County, lodging tax levied, collection and distribution provided for

Tobin Roth, commended

Alabama K-12 Mental Health Task Force, established

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

Henry County; Henry County Sheriff's Office and Henry County Task Force, authorized to sell, use, and destroy certain abandoned, stolen, and unclaimed property

Henry County, coroner and deputy coroner, expenses further provided for

Montgomery County, probate judge compensation further provided for

Crimes and offenses; crime of loitering, exceptions further provided; mask usage policies on school campuses, authorized

Civil liability, liability limited for certain entities operating off-roading parks

City of Loxley in Baldwin County, corporate limits altered

Property; provide additional procedures; clarify jurisdiction under which local law enforcement may remove unauthorized individuals from an owner's premises

Crimes and offenses; crimes of unlawful use of DNA in the first, second, and third degree created, criminal penalties provided

Baldwin County, annexation the City of Daphne

Economic development, references to outdated economic development plan and North American Industry Classification System Codes updated

Crimes and offenses; human cloning prohibited, criminal penalties provided

Sheriff Joe Patterson, honored

Promoting an increased trade relationship between the State of Alabama and the Port of Bar, Montenegro

Relating to the Tax Incentive Reform Act; to authorize a public industrial authority to grant abatements for international headquarters of publicly traded companies

Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia; Alabama Department of Public Health required to incorporate related data into public outreach, education programming, and service delivery

Criminal procedure, provides that an Aniah's Law hearing satisfies the right to a preliminary hearing

Child custody; rebuttable presumption of joint legal custody and substantial parenting time for both parents created

State employees, travel meal allowance further provided for

Physicians, rural physicians income tax credit, replace existing credit

Municipalities, municipal audits further provided for

Public schools; athletic associations required to adjust athletic classification under certain circumstances