# Alabama HB38: State waters; Alabama Seagrass Restoration Task Force established to remediate seagrass loss within state marine waters Alabama HB38, State waters; Alabama Seagrass Restoration Task Force established to remediate seagrass loss within state marine waters, is a 2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Chip Brown (Republican); status enacted, last action 2026-03-09 (Enacted) (as of 2026-10-16). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-HB38-2026rs - As of: 2026-10-16 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Alabama HB38 - State: Alabama - Session: 2026 Regular Session - Title: State waters; Alabama Seagrass Restoration Task Force established to remediate seagrass loss within state marine waters - Status: enacted - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2026-01-13 - Last action: 2026-03-09, Enacted - Sponsor: Chip Brown (Republican) - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: Conservation & Natural Resources - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 7 (492 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 1 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Alabama creates coastal seagrass restoration task force: benefit, low. Beginning October 1, 2026, the law creates a task force to address seagrass loss in Alabama's marine waters. It develops and tests restoration methods that are cost-effective and environmentally sustainable, drawing on public and private research. It must prepare a 10-year Alabama Seagrass and Sea… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Chip Brown (Republican), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-02-25 | House | Brown Concur In and Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 594 | pass | 91 | 0 | 9 | | 2026-02-12 | Senate | Third Reading in Second House | pass | 31 | 0 | | | 2026-02-12 | Senate | Sessions motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 385 | pass | 32 | 0 | | | 2026-02-12 | Senate | Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 386 | pass | 32 | 0 | | | 2026-01-22 | House | Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 140 | pass | 103 | 0 | | | 2026-01-22 | House | Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 141 | pass | 102 | 0 | 2 | | 2026-01-22 | House | Third Reading in House of Origin | pass | 101 | 0 | 3 | ## Actions (25) - 2026-03-09: Enacted (House) - 2026-02-25: Brown Concur In and Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 594 (House) - 2026-02-25: Ready to Enroll (House) - 2026-02-25: Enrolled (House) - 2026-02-25: Signature Requested (Senate) - 2026-02-25: Delivered to Governor (House) - 2026-02-12: Third Reading in Second House (Senate) - 2026-02-12: Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry 1st Amendment Offered (Senate) - 2026-02-12: Sessions motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 385 (Senate) - 2026-02-12: Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 386 (Senate) - 2026-01-29: Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Senate) - 2026-01-28: Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry 1st Amendment (Senate) - 2026-01-28: Reported Out of Committee Second House (Senate) - 2026-01-27: Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry (Senate) - 2026-01-27: Pending Committee Action in Second House (Senate) - 2026-01-22: Third Reading in House of Origin (House) - 2026-01-22: Ports, Waterways and Intermodal Transit Engrossed Substitute Offered (House) - 2026-01-22: Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 140 (House) - 2026-01-22: Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 141 (House) - 2026-01-22: Engrossed (House) - 2026-01-14: Reported Out Committee House of Origin-- Committee Amendment (House) - 2026-01-14: Reported Out of Committee House of Origin (House) - 2026-01-14: Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (House) - 2026-01-13: Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Ports, Waterways and Intermodal Transit (House) - 2026-01-13: Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (House) ## Bill text - As Introduced: [PDF](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB38-int.pdf) - Engrossed: [PDF](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB38-eng.pdf) - Enrolled: [PDF](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB38-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/HB38-int.pdf) - [Engrossed (PDF)](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB38-eng.pdf) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB38-enr.pdf) ## Related - [HB67: Voter Information; 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