# Alabama HB381: Camp safety; to set safety and emergency preparedness requirements for camps, including a licensure requirement Alabama HB381, Camp safety; to set safety and emergency preparedness requirements for camps, including a licensure requirement, is a 2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by David Faulkner (Republican); status enacted, last action 2026-04-08 (Enacted) (as of 2026-10-19). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-HB381-2026rs - As of: 2026-10-19 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Alabama HB381 - State: Alabama - Session: 2026 Regular Session - Title: Camp safety; to set safety and emergency preparedness requirements for camps, including a licensure requirement - Status: enacted - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2026-02-03 - Last action: 2026-04-08, Enacted - Sponsor: David Faulkner (Republican) - Cosponsors: 71 - Subjects: Public Safety & Emergencies - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 10 (704 yes, 7 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 7 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Parents can request camp safety information: benefit, low. Beginning January 1, 2027, parents and legal guardians of registered or prospective campers can request the camp's current emergency-preparedness license. Parents and guardians of registered campers can also request a short written summary of emergency procedures. Both groups can ask whether any ca… - Camp staff face criminal history checks: benefit, low. Beginning January 1, 2027, camps must obtain criminal-history checks for staff. Operators cannot retain staff whose sexual or violent crime convictions are disclosed by state law enforcement or a qualifying background-check contractor. Contractors must be recognized as reliable by professional camp… - Camp operators need five-year safety licenses: cost, medium. Beginning January 1, 2027, Alabama overnight camps serving children age 16 or younger need an emergency-preparedness license before operating. Each site needs its own license, valid for five years. Applications must include a valid state health permit for food and lodging sanitation, proof of liabi… - Camp safety training covers leased operations: mixed, low. Beginning January 1, 2027, camps must give staff and campers safety orientation within 24 hours after a session starts. Camper instruction must be age-appropriate and cover boundaries, hazards, and emergency actions, including evacuation under the camp plan. Staff must review the latest approved pl… - Camps need backup alerts and shelters: mixed, low. Beginning January 1, 2027, covered camps must operate a NOAA all-hazards weather radio and backup staff alerts independent of texts or cellular service. Emergency alarms must be audible indoors and outdoors and work without Internet. Shelters must hold the maximum number of overnight campers and st… - Floodplain cabins face limits and safeguards: mixed, low. Beginning January 1, 2027, camps cannot build or expand cabins in floodplains. Existing floodplain cabins need agency approval and must meet all required flood safeguards. Their lowest finished floors must be at least two feet above the applicable base flood elevation, using the best available floo… - State checks camps with oversight limits: mixed, low. Beginning January 1, 2027, the Alabama Emergency Management Agency may inspect required camp documents, staff training records, and on-site approved plans. Inspection times require the operator's agreement, except during emergencies or after specific, credible complaints about unsafe conditions or… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: David Faulkner (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Adline Clarke (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Alan Baker (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Allen Treadaway (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Andy Whitt (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Artis 'A.J.' McCampbell (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Barbara Boyd (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Barbara Drummond (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Berry Forte (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Bill Lamb (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Bob Fincher (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Brett Easterbrook (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Bryan Brinyark (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Chip Brown (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Chris England (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Chris Pringle (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Chris Sells (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Curtis Travis (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Danny Crawford (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Danny Garrett (Republican), House - Cosponsor: David Standridge (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Donna Givens (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Ernie Yarbrough (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Frances Holk-Jones (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Heath Allbright (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Ivan Smith (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Jeana Ross (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Jeff Sorrells (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Jeremy Gray (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Jerry Starnes (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Jim Carns (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Jim Hill (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Joe Lovvorn (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Kelvin Datcher (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Kelvin Lawrence (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Kerry (Bubba) Underwood (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Leigh Hulsey (Republican), House - Cosponsor: M. Moore (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Marcus Paramore (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Margie Wilcox (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Marilyn Lands (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Mark Gidley (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Mark Shirey (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Mike Kirkland (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Napoleon Bracy (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Nathaniel Ledbetter (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Neil Rafferty (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Norman Crow (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Ontario Tillman (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Parker Moore (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Patrice McClammy (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Patrick Sellers (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Paul W. Lee (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Pebblin W. Warren (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Phillip Ensler (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Phillip Pettus (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Prince Chestnut (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Reed Ingram (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Rex Reynolds (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Rhett Marques (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Rick Rehm (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Ron Bolton (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Russell Bedsole (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Scott Stadthagen (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Shane Stringer (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Steve Clouse (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Susan DuBose (Republican), House - Cosponsor: TaShina Morris (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Thomas Jackson (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Tracy Estes (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Travis Hendrix (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: William Brock Colvin (Republican), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-03-31 | House | Faulkner Concur In and Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1118 | pass | 66 | 0 | 32 | | 2026-03-31 | Senate | Petition To Close Debate- Adopted Roll Call 985 | pass | 27 | 6 | | | 2026-03-31 | Senate | Third Reading in Second House | pass | 32 | 0 | | | 2026-03-31 | Senate | Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 987 | pass | 33 | 1 | | | 2026-03-31 | Senate | Roberts motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 986 | pass | 32 | 0 | 1 | | 2026-02-17 | House | Add Cosponsor - Adopted Roll Call 441 | pass | 101 | 0 | 1 | | 2026-02-17 | House | Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 440 | pass | 104 | 0 | | | 2026-02-17 | House | Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 438 | pass | 103 | 0 | | | 2026-02-17 | House | Third Reading in House of Origin | pass | 103 | 0 | | | 2026-02-17 | House | Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 439 | pass | 103 | 0 | | ## Actions (30) - 2026-04-08: Enacted (House) - 2026-04-01: Enrolled (House) - 2026-04-01: Signature Requested (Senate) - 2026-04-01: Delivered to Governor (House) - 2026-03-31: Third Reading in Second House (Senate) - 2026-03-31: Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development 1st Substitute Offered (Senate) - 2026-03-31: Roberts motion to Table - Adopted Voice Vote (Senate) - 2026-03-31: Roberts Substitute Offered (Senate) - 2026-03-31: Petition To Close Debate- Adopted Roll Call 985 (Senate) - 2026-03-31: Roberts motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 986 (Senate) - 2026-03-31: Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 987 (Senate) - 2026-03-31: Faulkner Concur In and Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1118 (House) - 2026-03-31: Ready to Enroll (House) - 2026-03-17: Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development 1st Substitute (Senate) - 2026-03-17: Reported Out of Committee Second House (Senate) - 2026-03-17: Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Senate) - 2026-02-18: Pending Committee Action in Second House (Senate) - 2026-02-17: Third Reading in House of Origin (House) - 2026-02-17: State Government Engrossed Substitute Offered (House) - 2026-02-17: Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 438 (House) - 2026-02-17: Faulkner 1st Amendment Offered (House) - 2026-02-17: Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 439 (House) - 2026-02-17: Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 440 (House) - 2026-02-17: Add Cosponsor - Adopted Roll Call 441 (House) - 2026-02-17: Engrossed (House) - 2026-02-17: Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development (Senate) - 2026-02-12: Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (House) - 2026-02-11: Reported Out of Committee House of Origin (House) - 2026-02-03: Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on State Government (House) - 2026-02-03: Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (House) ## Bill text - As Introduced: [PDF](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB381-int.pdf) - Engrossed: [PDF](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB381-eng.pdf) - Enrolled: [PDF](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB381-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/HB381-int.pdf) - [Engrossed (PDF)](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB381-eng.pdf) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB381-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) - [Alabama bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/alabama/bills) - [Alabama state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/alabama) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-HB381-2026rs (as of 2026-10-19).