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Hospitals, additional licensing requirements provided, emergency department physician on site at all times required

Education; broadcast of public K-12 school sporting events further provided for

Public K-12 schools; membership in athletic associations with boards of certain composition, that enforce certain rules, prohibited; Legislative Council authorization of entities' rulemaking, permitted

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

Alabama Memorial Preservation Act of 2017, memorial marker required, penalties revised

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

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

Contraception; guaranteeing access to in the state

Criminal procedure; use of taser, prohibited on restrained individual

Crimes and offenses; use of taser prohibited on restrained individual, penalties for violations

Law enforcement; four-point restraint, use prohibited

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

Religious instruction; elective credit for release time further provided for

Local sales and use taxes, exemption for nonresident Alabama taxpayers established

Local sales and use taxes, municipal sales and use taxes collected from nonresident Alabama taxpayers refunded

Imagination Library of Alabama Program, Department of Early Childhood Education to administer through Dolly Parton's Imagination Library

Public K-12 schools, sex education (sex ed) curriculum further provided for, sexual risk avoidance established as sex ed curriculum, policies of local boards of education related to sex ed further provided for, parent or guardian notice of sex ed curriculum required, Attorney General authorized to enforce

Chiropractic board; board service and licensure qualifications revised

Department of Archives and History; composition of board and method of filling board vacancies further provided for, retroactive effect

Youthful offender status, to prohibit a judge from granting youthful offender status to any person who is 16 years of age and older and charged with capital murder or murder

Liquified petroleum gas; filling, storing cylinders within certain distance of public places prohibited

Taxation; state privilege tax on revenues of pari-mutuel wagering activities, levied

Crimes and offenses; rape in the first degree, sodomy in the first degree, and sexual torture, penalties further provided for

Contracts for public works; exemptions further provided

Private sector employers and employees; to create the Alabama Retirement Savings Program for the purpose of promoting greater retirement savings for private sector employees

Taxation; Energy use in poultry houses, exempt from utility gross receipts and utility service use tax

Artificial intelligence; disclosure of artificial intelligence-generated content required, enforcement provided

Condominiums; consents and waivers, arbitration and mediation

Law enforcement; vehicular pursuits, creating a standard for pursuit policies

Dredging; coastal areas, dredged materials required to be beneficially used by persons dredging certain amounts

Retirement benefits, circuit clerks authorized to participate in supernumerary program and Employees' Retirement System based on separate years of service

Sunset law; Alabama Massage Therapy Licensing Board continued with modification until October 1, 2027

Prepare Alabama Investment Program established, tax credits for donations to trade schools and trade programs authorized

Nurses; endorsement by certain certified nurses deemed endorsement by physician for K-12 school athletic participation physicals; schools prohibited from being member of athletic association that refuses to comply

Controlled substances; regulate sale of nonpsychoactive consumable hemp products by Agriculture Department; require sale of products only in pharmacies; add psychoactive derivatives of hemp as Schedule I drug

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