State employees, cost-of-living increase for fiscal year beginning October 1, 2026
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Uniform Assignment for Benefit of Creditors Act; creates a voluntary state law process for distressed organizations to liquidate assets and distribute proceeds to creditors
Enacted
Municipalities; mayor in municipality with even number of council members required to break tie vote
Enacted
State Board of Adjustment, provide death benefit to survivors of volunteer firefighters who die of cancer
Enacted
Alabama Commission on the Evaluation of Services recreated as a legislative department, duties revised and clarified, Legislative Committee on the Evaluation of Services created
Enacted
Health care plans; to regulate the use of artificial intelligence in determinations of coverage
Enacted
Department of Commerce; Alabama Industrial Development Training Institute; references to applicable comprehensive statewide economic development strategic plan, revised; exemptions from state procurement law and contract review, provided
Enacted
Taxation; Energy use in commercial greenhouses, pivot irrigation systems, and poultry houses, exempt from utility gross receipts and utility service use tax
Enacted
Crimes and offenses; discharging a firearm into an occupied school bus or building, penalty increased
Enacted
Tax abatement and tax incentive programs, NAICS Code references and definitions updated to latest terms
Enacted
Multi-member boards; Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Speaker, and President Pro Tempore authorized to replace any board member whom the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Speaker, and President Pro Tempore has appointing authority over
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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
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Elections; municipal elections, to set qualification fee amounts, to require indigent candidates to submit documentation for fee exemption
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Campaign contributions; contributions made with credit card with billing address outside U.S. prohibited, exceptions provided
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State government; Miss Alabama designated as an Official State Ambassador
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Campaign finance; require preservation of campaign records for specified period of time
Enacted
Restoration of Voting Rights; Pardons and Paroles Board required to post application for individuals seeking restoration; board required to notify individuals and Secretary of State when voting rights restored
Enacted
Alabama Workforce Board; number of board members increased, quorum for executive committee established, participation in executive committee meeting by electronic means allowed, number of board members for regional workforce board increased
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Crimes and offenses; violation of domestic violence protection order, jurisdiction amended
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Mortgages; authorize lenders to mortgagors to make additional mortgage payments
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Municipal audits, expenditure thresholds for municipal audits revised
Enacted
Real property; creation of the Alabama Property Protection Act of 2026, title fraud prevention
Enacted
Crimes and offenses; arson in the first degree, elements of crime further provided to include arson in connection to a theft; minimum penalties provided
Enacted
Motor vehicles, license plates, issuance of "Invisible Disability" decals, authorized
Enacted
Department of Insurance; additional requirements for captive insurers specified
Enacted
Disabled parking; unauthorized use of designated disabled parking places further provided for, notification of death in certain circumstances required, electronic scanning system authorized
Enacted
Class IV municipalities; audits, restrictions on hiring accountant removed
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Habitual offender law; pleas of nolo contendere treated as a plea of guilty
Enacted
Mobile County, City of Semmes annexation
Enacted
Veterinary medicine; veterinarian-client-patient relationship further specified; scope of practice inside and outside veterinarian-client-patient relationship further defined
Enacted
Solid waste collection fees; veterans' benefits sole income households exempted
Enacted
Agriculture authorities; directors on board required to appoint own successor, make purchases through national or regional governmental cooperative purchasing program authorized
Enacted
Alabama Clean Indoor Air Act, renamed Vivian Davis Figures Clean Indoor Air Act; vaping included as prohibited smoking in public places.
Enacted
Criminal law; self-defense and defense of others; presumption of unlawful use of force under certain conditions
Enacted
Dam Safety Program; Emergency Management Agency required to administer, agency approval of participating dam construction, modification, or removal required
Enacted
Alabama Work Zone Safety Act; pilot program to establish photographic speed enforcement system in a work zone on interstate highway, provided; civil penalties for violations, provided
Enacted
Alabama Business and Nonprofit Entities Code; revisions made to clarify procedures, make technical corrections, and codify common law
Enacted
Dogs; tethering and confinement requirements provided; persons and activities exempted; criminal penalties for, animal control officer enforcement of, violations established
Enacted
Constables; county commission, authorized to revise number of constables and geographic area served in county
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Food trucks and other mobile food vendors; require one health inspection and fire inspection to apply statewide
Enacted
Board of Pardons and Paroles; commencement date changed to March 1
Enacted
General Contractor Licensing Board; practice of general contracting, exemption expanded
Enacted
Crimes and offenses; crime of reckless endangerment expanded, criminal penalties provided
Enacted
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
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Parole; criteria for parole consideration revised
Enacted
Gulf of Mexico, renamed, observation and implementation by state and local entities and state and local employees required where practicable
Enacted
Class 2 municipalities; industrial development boards, powers amended
Enacted
Boards and commissions; appointment of members revised
Enacted
Alabama Space Authority, renamed Alabama Aerospace Authority; membership increased; duties and powers increased
Enacted
Unincorporated nonprofit associations; decentralized associations provided for
Enacted
Alabama Administrative Procedure Act; standard of judicial review revised regarding agency's interpretation of law
Enacted
Juvenile proceedings; court required to notify local superintendent of education or private K-12 school principal of charging or adjudicating an enrolled student delinquent for committing certain criminal offenses
Enacted
Crimes and offenses; unmanned aircraft systems, operation near ticketed entertainment events prohibited
Enacted
Health insurance, safe harbor created
Enacted
Crimes and offenses; bail jumping in the third degree, established
Enacted
Insurance; to allow reorganization of a nonprofit health care service corporation under the control of a nonprofit holding company
Enacted
Fair Campaign Practices Act; prohibit campaign contributions and expenditures from foreign nationals
Enacted
Security; security provided at new Alabama State House, parking deck, and adjacent park
Enacted
Seafood; oyster aquaculture, licensees authorized to serve oysters at facility
Enacted
Counties and municipalities; compensation of local officials, revised
Enacted
Campaign contributions; using contributions on certain security expenses to protect candidate, elected official, family members, and staff authorized
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Department of Corrections; mitigation of unmanned aircraft systems authorized, exemptions on prohibition further provided for
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Vessels; stopping and boarding for safety or sanitation equipment inspections prohibited
Enacted
Seafood dealer license; license fee for applicants holding other seafood licenses revised; retroactive effect provided
Enacted
Coal-Impacted Communities Economic and Workforce Development Grant program established, new fund created, distribution of rent and royalties of federal coal lease sales
Enacted
Boards and Commissions; training by Department of Examiners for certain members required
Enacted
Sunset law; Alabama Sickle Cell Oversight and Regulatory Commission continued with modification until October 1, 2030
Enacted
Sunset law; Alabama Private Investigation Board continued until October 1, 2028
Enacted
Sunset law; State Board of Registration for Foresters continued until October 1, 2030
Enacted
Unauthorized entry of a critical infrastructure facility; reservoirs removed from list of facilities
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development
Administrative rules; adopting environmental protection criteria stricter than federal requirements prohibited
Enacted
Board of Commissioners of the Alabama State Bar, designated as an entity within the Judicial Branch of State Government
Enacted
Competitive bidding; repairs of vehicles under $15,000 for certain awarding authorities exempt
Enacted
Consumer protection, app store providers and developers required to take certain actions related to age verification and parental consent, Attorney General authorized to bring action for violations as deceptive trade practice, parents authorized to bring civil action
Enacted
Taxation; tobacco interstate warehouser permits required, penalties imposed for violations
Enacted
Crimes and offenses; rape in the first degree, sodomy in the first degree, and sexual torture, penalties further provided for
Enacted
Naming the bridge on United States Highway 98 that spans Big Creek Lake in Wilmer, Alabama, the Lamar Harrison Memorial Bridge
Enacted
Taxation; Energy use in poultry houses, exempt from utility gross receipts and utility service use tax
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Finance and Taxation Education