# Alabama HB214: Fair Campaign Practices Act; prohibit campaign contributions and expenditures from foreign nationals

Alabama HB214, Fair Campaign Practices Act; prohibit campaign contributions and expenditures from foreign nationals, is a 2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by James Lomax (Republican); status enacted, last action 2026-03-17 (Enacted) (as of 2026-10-16).

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## Facts
- Bill: Alabama HB214
- State: Alabama
- Session: 2026 Regular Session
- Title: Fair Campaign Practices Act; prohibit campaign contributions and expenditures from foreign nationals
- Status: enacted
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2026-01-14
- Last action: 2026-03-17, Enacted
- Sponsor: James Lomax (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Subjects: Elections, Voting, & Campaigns
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 4 (256 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 2

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Alabama campaigns face federal funds cap: cost, medium. Beginning October 1, 2026, Alabama state and local candidate campaign committees cannot receive or spend more than $1,000 raised by a federal candidate’s principal campaign committee. The cap also covers people authorized to spend money for the state or local committee. A person convicted of knowin…
- Foreign election funding banned in Alabama: mixed, medium. Beginning October 1, 2026, foreign nationals cannot give, promise, or spend money or valuable support in Alabama state or local elections. This covers candidate races, referendums, constitutional amendments, party committees, and political action committees, including independent spending and elect…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: James Lomax (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Susan DuBose (Republican), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-03-05 | Senate | Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 721 | pass | 30 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-05 | Senate | Third Reading in Second House | pass | 29 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-03 | House | Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 253 | pass | 94 | 0 | 9 |
| 2026-02-03 | House | Third Reading in House of Origin | pass | 103 | 0 |   |

## Actions (17)

- 2026-03-17: Enacted (House)
- 2026-03-10: Delivered to Governor (House)
- 2026-03-10: Signature Requested (Senate)
- 2026-03-05: Third Reading in Second House (Senate)
- 2026-03-05: Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 721 (Senate)
- 2026-03-05: Ready to Enroll (House)
- 2026-03-05: Enrolled (House)
- 2026-02-10: Reported Out of Committee Second House (Senate)
- 2026-02-10: Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Senate)
- 2026-02-05: Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on County and Municipal Government (Senate)
- 2026-02-05: Pending Committee Action in Second House (Senate)
- 2026-02-03: Third Reading in House of Origin (House)
- 2026-02-03: Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 253 (House)
- 2026-01-29: Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (House)
- 2026-01-28: Reported Out of Committee House of Origin (House)
- 2026-01-14: Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Ethics and Campaign Finance (House)
- 2026-01-14: Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (House)

## Bill text

- As Introduced: [PDF](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB214-int.pdf)
- Enrolled: [PDF](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB214-enr.pdf)

## Related bills

- HB67: Voter Information; limit cost of reproducing voter registration list; crime for misuse of personal voter information; created (enacted)
- SB154: State employees, cost-of-living increase for fiscal year beginning October 1, 2026 (enacted)
- SB165: Elections; municipal elections, to set qualification fee amounts, to require indigent candidates to submit documentation for fee exemption (enacted)
- HB317: Firefighter distinctive license plate; fire chaplains included, penalty for violations provided for (enacted)
- SB272: Open Records; use of public records relating to schools for certain solicitation purposes prohibited; redaction of certain information relating to financial tr… (enacted)
- SB190: Sales Tax; to exempt Precision Ocular (enacted)

## Sources
- [As Introduced (PDF)](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB214-int.pdf)
- [Enrolled (PDF)](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB214-enr.pdf)

## Related
- [HB67: Voter Information; limit cost of reproducing voter registration list; crime for…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-HB67-2026rs)
- [SB154: State employees, cost-of-living increase for fiscal year beginning October 1, 2…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-SB154-2026rs)
- [SB165: Elections; municipal elections, to set qualification fee amounts, to require in…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-SB165-2026rs)
- [HB317: Firefighter distinctive license plate; fire chaplains included, penalty for vio…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-HB317-2026rs)
- [SB272: Open Records; use of public records relating to schools for certain solicitatio…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-SB272-2026rs)
- [SB190: Sales Tax; to exempt Precision Ocular](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-SB190-2026rs)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-HB214-2026rs (as of 2026-10-16).