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AlabamaHB5282025 Regular SessionHouseWALLET

Consumer protection, prohibition on unconscionable pricing during a declared emergency further provided for

Sponsored By: Frances Holk-Jones (Republican)

Enacted

Consumer Protection

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

Consumers gain stronger emergency price protections

Beginning October 1, 2025, Alabama law bans people and businesses from charging unconscionable prices during declared emergencies. The ban covers goods sold or rented, facility rentals, and services. It applies only during the times and in the areas named in a Governor’s proclamation or Legislature’s joint resolution. Violations fall under the state’s existing consumer protection law. The amendment does not set a specific price limit.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Frances Holk-Jones

    Republican • House

Cosponsors

  • Chip Brown

    Republican • House

  • David Faulkner

    Republican • House

  • Donna Givens

    Republican • House

  • Jennifer Fidler

    Republican • House

  • Paul W. Lee

    Republican • House

  • Rhett Marques

    Republican • House

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 223 • No: 2

Senate vote • 5/7/2025

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 1014

Yes: 28 • No: 0

House vote • 4/29/2025

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 1052

Yes: 96 • No: 1 • Other: 5

House vote • 4/29/2025

Third Reading in House of Origin

Yes: 99 • No: 1 • Other: 2

Actions Timeline

  1. Enacted

    5/14/2025House

  2. Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 1014

    5/7/2025Senate

  3. Ready to Enroll

    5/7/2025House

  4. Enrolled

    5/7/2025House

  5. Signature Requested

    5/7/2025Senate

  6. Delivered to Governor

    5/7/2025House

  7. Reported Out of Committee Second House

    5/6/2025Senate

  8. Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar

    5/6/2025Senate

  9. Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development

    5/1/2025Senate

  10. Pending Committee Action in Second House

    5/1/2025Senate

  11. Third Reading in House of Origin

    4/29/2025House

  12. Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 1052

    4/29/2025House

  13. Reported Out of Committee House of Origin

    4/9/2025House

  14. Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar

    4/9/2025House

  15. Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Commerce and Small Business

    4/3/2025House

  16. Pending Committee Action in House of Origin

    4/3/2025House

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