Alabama Senate Bills

President of the United States, urged to address sextortion

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

Alabama Chapters of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Sons of the American revolution, commended

United States Postal Service, 250th anniversary, celebrated

Claudette Colvin, death mourned

Marshall County; custodian of voting tabulators, selection committee, salary increased, duties clarified

Walker County; senior property tax exemption authorized; constitutional amendment

Veteran license tags; certain veterans exposed to radiation added to those eligible for distinctive tag

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

County subdivisions; developer transfers to immediate family members, subdivision regulation exceptions limited to 24 months

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Walker County; constitutional amendment, age to qualify for election or appointment as judge of probate increased to age 75

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

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

Community development district; 2025 act repealed, which authorized annexation of certain district by a wet municipality

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Legislature, committee appointed to escort Governor to joint session

Committee appointed to notify Governor that the Legislature is in session

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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

Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Pedorthics; provider and facility certification by national entity required, continuing education administrative duties required of Alabama Prosthetics and Orthotics Association

Contract Review Permanent Legislative Oversight Committee, review of personal or professional services contracts, limitation that funds be issued on a state warrant removed, occupational and professional licensing boards included as state entities

Homeschooling Opportunities for Military Education (HOME) Act; active military to provide notice and comply with state law relating to home schooled students; local school systems to provide equal access to JROTC programs, facilities, special education services to certain nonenrolled students, and interscholastic activities

Criminal law; self-defense and defense of others; presumption of unlawful use of force under certain conditions

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Motor vehicles, distinctive license plates, issuance of "Invisible Disability" plates, authorized

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

Consumer protection; software applications, age appropriateness, rules established for app developers and app distribution providers, civil penalties established

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Minimum wage; established, small business exempted

John R. Lewis Voting Right Advancement Act, Freedom to Vote Act, supported

Criminal procedure; post-conviction DNA testing procedures of inmates, further provided

Public records; footage from law enforcement body-worn cameras or dashboard cameras, designated as public record

Firearms, Gun Violence, Protective Order Act, procedure for issuance of gun violence protective order, established

Supplemental appropriations from State General Fund to specified agencies for fiscal year ending September 30, 2026.

Court fees; allocating additional $10 docket fee to the State General Fund

Alabama Construction Zone Safety Act; automated photographic speed enforcement system in work zones, provided

Appropriations from Education Trust Fund for the support, maintenance, and development of public education for fiscal year ending September 30, 2027

Pretrial detention hearings; procedure revised

Notifying the House of Representatives of the Convening of the Senate

Military; graduate medical field courses added to educational benefits provided to eligible dependents of certain veterans, tuition cost limited

Rural health care; Alabama Health Command established to designate an AI-assisted health platform in rural communities

Certificate of need; to remove requirement for new or expanded health care facilities and services in rural area

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