# Alabama HB496: Class 2 municipalities, foreclosure bidding preference and notice for adjoining owners

Alabama HB496, Class 2 municipalities, foreclosure bidding preference and notice for adjoining owners, is a 2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Barbara Drummond (Democratic); status enacted, last action 2026-04-09 (Enacted); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-16).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-HB496-2026rs
- As of: 2026-10-16
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## Facts
- Bill: Alabama HB496
- State: Alabama
- Session: 2026 Regular Session
- Title: Class 2 municipalities, foreclosure bidding preference and notice for adjoining owners
- Status: enacted
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2026-02-24
- Last action: 2026-04-09, Enacted
- Sponsor: Barbara Drummond (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Subjects: Counties & Municipalities
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 5 (189 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 2

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Qualifying neighbors get first chance at foreclosures: benefit, medium. Beginning October 1, 2026, qualifying adjoining homeowners receive municipal lien foreclosure notices in Alabama’s Class 2 municipalities. Their principal residence must share a boundary with the property and meet the law’s owner-occupied definition. To bid before the public auction, they must subm…
- Foreclosure bids must cover liens and taxes: cost, medium. Beginning October 1, 2026, Class 2 municipal lien foreclosure bids must cover the full redemption amount. That amount includes each municipal code lien payoff plus the property’s tax payoff. Code liens cover unpaid housing and building enforcement fines, penalties, abatement costs, and enforcement…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Barbara Drummond (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Adline Clarke (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Sam Jones (Democratic), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-04-02 | Senate | Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 1062 | pass | 30 | 0 |   |
| 2026-04-02 | Senate | Third Reading in Second House | pass | 30 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-17 | House | Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 903 | pass | 15 | 0 | 89 |
| 2026-03-17 | House | Third Reading in House of Origin | pass | 64 | 0 | 41 |
| 2026-03-17 | House | Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 902 | pass | 50 | 0 | 55 |

## Actions (20)

- 2026-04-09: Enacted (House)
- 2026-04-02: Third Reading in Second House (Senate)
- 2026-04-02: Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 1062 (Senate)
- 2026-04-02: Ready to Enroll (House)
- 2026-04-02: Enrolled (House)
- 2026-04-02: Signature Requested (Senate)
- 2026-04-02: Delivered to Governor (House)
- 2026-04-01: Reported Out of Committee Second House (Senate)
- 2026-04-01: Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Senate)
- 2026-03-31: Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Mobile County Legislation (Senate)
- 2026-03-31: Pending Committee Action in Second House (Senate)
- 2026-03-17: Third Reading in House of Origin (House)
- 2026-03-17: Mobile County Legislation Engrossed Substitute Offered (House)
- 2026-03-17: Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 902 (House)
- 2026-03-17: Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 903 (House)
- 2026-03-17: Engrossed (House)
- 2026-03-11: Reported Out of Committee House of Origin (House)
- 2026-03-11: Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (House)
- 2026-02-24: Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Mobile County Legislation (House)
- 2026-02-24: Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (House)

## Bill text

- As Introduced: [PDF](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB496-int.pdf)
- Engrossed: [PDF](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB496-eng.pdf)
- Enrolled: [PDF](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB496-enr.pdf)

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## Sources
- [As Introduced (PDF)](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB496-int.pdf)
- [Engrossed (PDF)](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB496-eng.pdf)
- [Enrolled (PDF)](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB496-enr.pdf)

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- [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)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-HB496-2026rs (as of 2026-10-16).