# Alabama HB363: Fair Campaign Practices Act; prohibit campaign contributions and expenditures from foreign nationals

Alabama HB363, Fair Campaign Practices Act; prohibit campaign contributions and expenditures from foreign nationals, is a 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by James Lomax (Republican); status failed, last action 2025-04-29 (Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar) (as of 2026-10-16).

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## Facts
- Bill: Alabama HB363
- State: Alabama
- Session: 2025 Regular Session
- Title: Fair Campaign Practices Act; prohibit campaign contributions and expenditures from foreign nationals
- Status: failed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-02-27
- Last action: 2025-04-29, Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar
- Sponsor: James Lomax (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Subjects: Elections, Voting, & Campaigns
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 2 (202 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: James Lomax (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Matt Woods (Republican), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-03-20 | House | Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 501 | pass | 100 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-20 | House | Third Reading in House of Origin | pass | 102 | 0 |   |

## Actions (11)

- 2025-04-29: County and Municipal Government 1st Substitute (Senate)
- 2025-04-29: Reported Out of Committee Second House (Senate)
- 2025-04-29: Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Senate)
- 2025-04-01: Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on County and Municipal Government (Senate)
- 2025-04-01: Pending Committee Action in Second House (Senate)
- 2025-03-20: Third Reading in House of Origin (House)
- 2025-03-20: Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 501 (House)
- 2025-03-05: Reported Out of Committee House of Origin (House)
- 2025-03-05: Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (House)
- 2025-02-27: Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Ethics and Campaign Finance (House)
- 2025-02-27: Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (House)

## Bill text

- As Introduced: [PDF](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/HB363-int.pdf)

## Related bills

- HB52: Income Taxes; to make technical changes to the funding provisions of the CHOOSE Act credits and increase funding, and to extend the sunset date for deductions… (enacted)
- SB331: Barbour County, compensation of the judge of probate further provided for (enacted)
- SB102: Medicaid; providing presumptive eligibility to pregnant women (enacted)
- HB445: Cannabinoids found in hemp; licensure and regulation of sale of consumable cannabinoid products by Alcoholic Beverage Control Board imposed (enacted)
- HB357: Tobacco products, heated tobacco product definition and tax provided for (enacted)
- HB349: Russell County; sheriff, salary further provided (enacted)

## Sources
- [As Introduced (PDF)](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/HB363-int.pdf)

## Related
- [HB52: Income Taxes; to make technical changes to the funding provisions of the CHOOSE…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-HB52-2025rs)
- [SB331: Barbour County, compensation of the judge of probate further provided for](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-SB331-2025rs)
- [SB102: Medicaid; providing presumptive eligibility to pregnant women](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-SB102-2025rs)
- [HB445: Cannabinoids found in hemp; licensure and regulation of sale of consumable cann…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-HB445-2025rs)
- [HB357: Tobacco products, heated tobacco product definition and tax provided for](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-HB357-2025rs)
- [HB349: Russell County; sheriff, salary further provided](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-HB349-2025rs)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-HB363-2025rs (as of 2026-10-16).