Alabama House Bills

Class 2 municipalities, tax increment districts further provided for

Alabama Justice Information Commission; collection, dissemination, and use of biometric identifiers by certain entities provided for; Alabama Background Check Service established, types, uses, and fees for certain background checks for noncriminal justice purposes authorized; Alabama Rap Back Program established, penalties provided for; existing law relating to release of criminal history information repealed

Jefferson County, compensation of tax collector and tax assessor further provided for

Juvenile offenders, delinquent acts for purposes of juvenile proceedings further provided for

Driver licenses; use of foreign national driver licenses as photo identification for voting prohibited

Crimes and offenses; crime of tampering with a legislative record, established

School buses, law requiring the transportation of community college and trade school students on, repealed

Regional Mental Health Authority Boards; to revise membership and qualifications

Crimes and offenses, establishment, development, management, and maintenance of Alabama Criminal Enterprise Database provided for

Income tax, optional standard deduction increased, adjusted gross income range allowed for maximum dependent exemption increased

Income tax, exemption for taxable retirement income increased

Sales tax on food, limit on local rate reduction and growth requirement removed

Jefferson County, pistol permits further provided for

Education, public K-12 schools, completion of approved computer science course required

Traffic infractions, requires law enforcement to contact parent or guardian when citing minor for traffic violation

Hunger-Free Campus Act administered by the Alabama Commission on Higher Education, provides for the designation of qualified public two-year and four-year institutions of higher education as hunger free campuses

Gulf of Mexico, renamed, observation and implementation by state and local entities and state and local employees required where practicable

Public K-12 education, discussions of gender identity prohibited in grades preK-12, employees prohibited from displaying flags or insignia relating to sexual orientation or gender identity, employees prohibited from referring to student by pronouns inconsistent with student's biological sex

Taxation, sales tax exemptions, sales and use tax exemption with local option provided for purchases of optical aids, including eyeglasses and contact lenses

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 murder

Law enforcement officers, retirement benefits further provided for

Dr. William McKinley Norwood, Sr., death mourned

Maurine W. Brewer, 100th Birthday, celebrated

Wesley Porter, commended

John Baxley Sanders, commended

David Ames, commended

Robotics team The Super Novas from Peter F. Alba Middle School, commended

Rick Clark, commended

Hoover Fire Chief Clay Bentley, commended

Sheriff Joe Patterson, honored

Park Crossing High School Girls Basketball Team, commended

Lauderdale County, sheriff, authorized to conduct fundraising events, including rodeos

Parental rights, prohibits public K-12 schools and public libraries from presenting or sponsoring drag performances in certain circumstances and state entities from allowing minors to share facilities with members of the opposite sex in certain circumstances during overnight programs

Jefferson County, authority of the county building commissioner further provided for

Voting, statewide voter registration database, identifying voter address changes, Electronic Registration Information Center removed as verification database

Fair Campaign Practices Act; prohibit campaign contributions and expenditures from foreign nationals

Building codes; standardization of certain non-residential building codes, provided; practice architecture and duties of local building code officials, further provided

23rd Street Missionary Baptist Church, celebrated

Judge Williams, honored

Gail Chaffin Kelley, retirement, commended

Steve Swofford, commended

Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church, celebrated

Forte Family Reunion, recognized

Alabama 21st Century Fund, further distribution of funds, one-time appropriation to the Department of Commerce

Alabama Emergency Management Agency; authorize to spend public funds on promotional materials

Alabama Department of Public Health; to qualify military training and education for emergency medical services personnel licensure

Public utilities; Underground Damage Prevention Program; certain statutory sunset clauses deleted

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

Alabama Commission on Higher Education and ReEngage Alabama Grant Program, minimum age of an adult learner decreased from 25 to 22; definition of eligible student expanded

Crimes and offenses, resisting arrest further provided for, enhanced penalties provided for in certain circumstances

Volunteer Rescue Squad Tuition Reimbursement Program; to permit regional EMS agencies to participate in education instruction

Crimes and offenses; making a terrorist threat in the second degree, elements revised, criminal penalties further provided for

Homestead exemptions, extending to unremarried widow or widower

Gospel Music Workshop of America, Inc., recognized

Consul General Anat Sultan-Dadon, commended

Montgomery County Street Cleanup Event, celebrated

June Poindexter, death mourned

Declaring April 22, 2025, as Alabama Links Day at the Capitol

Travis Javon Jackson, death mourned

Stephanie Lofton Streeter, commended