# Alabama SB49: Employment practice, unlawful to inquire from job applicant information relating to arrests or conviction of crimes, criminal record, with exceptions

Alabama SB49, Employment practice, unlawful to inquire from job applicant information relating to arrests or conviction of crimes, criminal record, with exceptions, is a 2025 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Bobby D. Singleton (Democratic); status failed, last action 2025-05-06 (Currently Indefinitely Postponed) (as of 2026-10-16).

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## Facts
- Bill: Alabama SB49
- State: Alabama
- Session: 2025 Regular Session
- Title: Employment practice, unlawful to inquire from job applicant information relating to arrests or conviction of crimes, criminal record, with exceptions
- Status: failed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-02-04
- Last action: 2025-05-06, Currently Indefinitely Postponed
- Sponsor: Bobby D. Singleton (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 3
- Subjects: Labor & Employment
- Touches household money: no
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Bobby D. Singleton (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Linda Coleman-Madison (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Merika Coleman (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Robert Stewart (Democratic), Senate

## Actions (7)

- 2025-05-06: Currently Indefinitely Postponed (Senate)
- 2025-02-20: Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Senate)
- 2025-02-19: State Governmental Affairs 1st Amendment (Senate)
- 2025-02-19: State Governmental Affairs 2nd Amendment (Senate)
- 2025-02-19: Reported Out of Committee House of Origin (Senate)
- 2025-02-04: Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on State Governmental Affairs (Senate)
- 2025-02-04: Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Senate)

## Bill text

- As Introduced: [PDF](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/SB49-int.pdf)

## Related bills

- HB52: Income Taxes; to make technical changes to the funding provisions of the CHOOSE Act credits and increase funding, and to extend the sunset date for deductions… (enacted)
- SB331: Barbour County, compensation of the judge of probate further provided for (enacted)
- SB102: Medicaid; providing presumptive eligibility to pregnant women (enacted)
- HB445: Cannabinoids found in hemp; licensure and regulation of sale of consumable cannabinoid products by Alcoholic Beverage Control Board imposed (enacted)
- HB357: Tobacco products, heated tobacco product definition and tax provided for (enacted)
- HB349: Russell County; sheriff, salary further provided (enacted)

## Sources
- [As Introduced (PDF)](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/SB49-int.pdf)

## Related
- [HB52: Income Taxes; to make technical changes to the funding provisions of the CHOOSE…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-HB52-2025rs)
- [SB331: Barbour County, compensation of the judge of probate further provided for](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-SB331-2025rs)
- [SB102: Medicaid; providing presumptive eligibility to pregnant women](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-SB102-2025rs)
- [HB445: Cannabinoids found in hemp; licensure and regulation of sale of consumable cann…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-HB445-2025rs)
- [HB357: Tobacco products, heated tobacco product definition and tax provided for](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-HB357-2025rs)
- [HB349: Russell County; sheriff, salary further provided](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-HB349-2025rs)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-SB49-2025rs (as of 2026-10-16).