# Alabama HB7: Crimes and offenses, credible threat defined; penalties for crimes of making a terrorist threat in the first or second degree provided further for; principal to immediately contact law enforcement of terrorist threat, suspension of student, readmittance, and restitution provided Alabama HB7, Crimes and offenses, credible threat defined; penalties for crimes of making a terrorist threat in the first or second degree provided further for; principal to immediately contact law enforcement of terrorist threat, suspension of student, readmittance, and restitution provided, is a 2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by James Lomax (Republican); status enacted, last action 2026-04-08 (Enacted); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-16). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-HB7-2026rs - As of: 2026-10-16 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Alabama HB7 - State: Alabama - Session: 2026 Regular Session - Title: Crimes and offenses, credible threat defined; penalties for crimes of making a terrorist threat in the first or second degree provided further for; principal to immediately contact law enforcement of terrorist threat, suspension of student, readmittance, and restitution provided - Status: enacted - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2026-01-13 - Last action: 2026-04-08, Enacted - Sponsor: James Lomax (Republican) - Cosponsors: 40 - Subjects: Crimes & Offenses - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 7 (416 yes, 7 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 7 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Students keep disability protections during discipline: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2026, students keep their applicable disability rights and procedural safeguards during school discipline and readmission. These protections come from the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. They take priority when they conflict w… - Threat offenders must repay response costs: cost, high. Beginning July 1, 2026, people convicted or adjudicated of either degree of terrorist threat must pay restitution. This repayment is in addition to other criminal penalties and is capped at $10,000 total per person under this rule. Eligible recipients include affected property owners, schools, chur… - Students face threat suspensions and expulsion: cost, high. Beginning July 1, 2026, public schools must immediately suspend students from regular classes when covered criminal charges are warranted, including terrorist-threat charges. Schools must promptly schedule a disciplinary hearing, no later than 30 calendar days after suspension or sooner under appli… - Parents face costs for student damage: cost, medium. Beginning July 1, 2026, public-school discipline plans must hold parents or guardians responsible for students’ destructive acts against school property or another person. This applies when the student is in their care or control; foster parents are excluded from financial responsibility. School-pr… - School return requires resolving criminal cases: cost, medium. Beginning July 1, 2026, covered school-policy violations restrict when students and school employees can return to Alabama public schools. These violations involve drugs, alcohol, weapons, physical harm, or threatened physical harm. Return requires resolution of any resulting criminal charges or of… - Tougher penalties for credible terrorist threats: cost, low. Beginning July 1, 2026, Alabama defines a credible threat as a knowing, willful statement or conduct that reasonably causes fear for anyone’s safety. Covered threats involve violence against people or property damage using bombs, explosives, weapons of mass destruction, firearms, deadly weapons, da… - Stricter school rules and educator protections: mixed, low. Beginning July 1, 2026, principals must immediately report covered drug, alcohol, weapon, and terrorist-threat conduct to law enforcement. This reporting duty applies to principals, not students or families. The State Board must set minimum safe-school and drug-free rules, procedures, and penalties… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: James Lomax (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Alan Baker (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Allen Treadaway (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Arnold Mooney (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Brett Easterbrook (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Chad Robertson (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Chip Brown (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Craig Lipscomb (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Danny Crawford (Republican), House - Cosponsor: David Faulkner (Republican), House - Cosponsor: David Standridge (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Ed Oliver (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: Kenneth Paschal (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Kerry (Bubba) Underwood (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Leigh Hulsey (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Mack Butler (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Margie Wilcox (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Mark Gidley (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Matthew Hammett (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Member 110857 - Cosponsor: Mike Kirkland (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Patrick Sellers (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Phillip Pettus (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Phillip Rigsby (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Rick Rehm (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Ritchie Whorton (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Ron Bolton (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Russell Bedsole (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Scott Stadthagen (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Shane Stringer (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Steve Hurst (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Thomas Jackson (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Tim Wadsworth (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Tracy Estes (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Troy Stubbs (Republican), House - Cosponsor: William Brock Colvin (Republican), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-03-31 | House | Lomax Concur In and Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1116 | pass | 66 | 0 | 32 | | 2026-03-19 | Senate | Woods motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 954 | pass | 32 | 0 | | | 2026-03-19 | Senate | Third Reading in Second House | pass | 29 | 3 | | | 2026-03-19 | Senate | Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 955 | pass | 29 | 3 | | | 2026-02-05 | House | Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 288 | pass | 87 | 0 | 15 | | 2026-02-05 | House | Third Reading in House of Origin | pass | 88 | 0 | 13 | | 2026-02-05 | House | Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 289 | pass | 85 | 1 | 15 | ## Actions (26) - 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: Lomax Concur In and Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1116 (House) - 2026-03-31: Ready to Enroll (House) - 2026-03-19: Third Reading in Second House (Senate) - 2026-03-19: Judiciary 1st Amendment Offered (Senate) - 2026-03-19: Woods motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 954 (Senate) - 2026-03-19: Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 955 (Senate) - 2026-02-19: Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Senate) - 2026-02-18: Judiciary 1st Amendment (Senate) - 2026-02-18: Reported Out of Committee Second House (Senate) - 2026-02-05: Third Reading in House of Origin (House) - 2026-02-05: Judiciary 1st Substitute Offered (House) - 2026-02-05: Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 288 (House) - 2026-02-05: Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 289 (House) - 2026-02-05: Ross intended to vote "Yea" (House) - 2026-02-05: Engrossed (House) - 2026-02-05: Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Judiciary (Senate) - 2026-02-05: Pending Committee Action in Second House (Senate) - 2026-01-29: Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (House) - 2026-01-28: Judiciary 1st Substitute (House) - 2026-01-28: Reported Out of Committee House of Origin (House) - 2026-01-13: Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Judiciary (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/HB7-int.pdf) - Engrossed: [PDF](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB7-eng.pdf) - Enrolled: [PDF](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB7-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/HB7-int.pdf) - [Engrossed (PDF)](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB7-eng.pdf) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB7-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-HB7-2026rs (as of 2026-10-16).