Bills & Legislation

Alabama Space Authority, renamed Alabama Aerospace Authority; membership increased; duties and powers increased

Sam GivhanRepublican

Licensed health care providers; to permit the dispensing of ivermectin by pharmacists without an individual prescription

Phillip RigsbyRepublican

Crimes and offenses; motor vehicle accidents, penalties for violations and restitution, revised

Margie WilcoxRepublican

Midwives; administration of certain newborn screening tests authorized

Marilyn LandsDemocrat

Public assistance; Department of Human Resources required to request waiver to prohibit the purchase of soda, energy drinks, candy, and processed desserts with SNAP benefits, implementation of prohibition provided for

Reed IngramRepublican

Law enforcement; Attorney General and Governor authorized to appoint interim police chief, subject to conditions

Reed IngramRepublican

Solid waste collection fees; veterans' benefits sole income households exempted

Jeana RossRepublican

Crimes and offenses; manslaughter; further provided to include certain victims of sexual extortion

Ron BoltonRepublican

Crimes and offenses; rape in the first degree, sodomy in the first degree, and sexual torture, penalties further provided for

April WeaverRepublican

Contracts for public works; exemptions further provided

Steve LivingstonRepublican

Controlled substances; regulate sale of nonpsychoactive consumable hemp products by Agriculture Department; require sale of products only in pharmacies; add psychoactive derivatives of hemp as Schedule I drug

April WeaverRepublican

Taxation; Energy use in poultry houses, exempt from utility gross receipts and utility service use tax

Jack W. WilliamsRepublican

Alabama Memorial Preservation Act of 2017, memorial marker required, penalties revised

Gerald H. AllenRepublican

Religious instruction; elective credit for release time further provided for

Shay ShelnuttRepublican

Public K-12 schools, sex education (sex ed) curriculum further provided for, sexual risk avoidance established as sex ed curriculum, policies of local boards of education related to sex ed further provided for, parent or guardian notice of sex ed curriculum required, Attorney General authorized to enforce

Shay ShelnuttRepublican

Mountain Brook Police Officer Richard Knecht, recognized

David FaulknerRepublican

Liquified petroleum gas; filling, storing cylinders within certain distance of public places prohibited

April WeaverRepublican

Meg Gentry, commended

Curtis TravisDemocrat

Dr. Jaqueline W. Stewart and Huggs and Kisses, Incorporated, commended

Patrick SellersDemocrat

Donald Jones, death mourned

Patrick SellersDemocrat

U.S. Supreme Court and Congress to Safeguard Fairness and Safety in Women's Sports, urging

Susan DuBoseRepublican

Notifying the Senate of the convening of the House of Representatives

Chris PringleRepublican

Mountain Brook Police Officer Richard Knecht, recognized

David FaulknerRepublican

Sheriffs; appointment of special reserve deputies authorized

Allen TreadawayRepublican

Alabama Department of Environmental Management; water well drillers, licenses and fees revised

Matthew HammettRepublican

Community development district; Act 2025-294, which authorized annexation of certain district by a wet municipality, repealed

Cindy MyrexRepublican

Public high schools, required to designate time and space for military recruiters to administer the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery to students on campus on a voluntary basis

Matt SimpsonRepublican

Child custody; rebuttable presumption of joint custody provided, definitions relating to joint custody further provided for, joint custody model parenting plan required in certain divorce cases, penalties for certain unsupported motions provided

Kenneth PaschalRepublican

Alabama Improvement Districts; to limit interest charged on assessments, county tax, and judges of probate to aid in the collection of assessments

Margie WilcoxRepublican

Public K-12 schools; mobile emergency rapid response systems required, State Superintendent of Education required to approve vendors, funding sources provided for

Alan BakerRepublican

Vaccines; religious exemption for K-12 students further provided for, religious exemption for students at public institutions of higher education provided

Mack ButlerRepublican

Public preK-12 education; discussions of gender identity prohibited, employees prohibited from displaying flags or insignia relating to sexual orientation or gender identity and from referring to students by pronouns inconsistent with student's biological sex

Mack ButlerRepublican

Employees, annual leave to attend school related activities authorized

Patrick SellersDemocrat

Referendum measures; authorize general laws and constitutional amendments to be initiated through public petition process

Marilyn LandsDemocrat

Acknowledgement of paternity; certain rebuttable presumptions relating to the best interest of a child, created

Patrick SellersDemocrat

Health; discrimination by certain entities against individuals who refuse certain immunizations, drugs, or facial coverings for reasons of conscience prohibited; civil cause of action for violations provided; Attorney General authorized to defend an entity subject to related federal penalties

Ernie YarbroughRepublican

Service contracts; terms defined; certain disclosures in advertising required; disclosures of limitations of contracts further provided for

Artis 'A.J.' McCampbellDemocrat

Retirement Systems of Alabama, full retirement benefits for first responders permanently and totally disabled in the line of duty provided without regard to Tier or number of years of creditable service

April WeaverRepublican

Employees' Retirement System, all ALEA law enforcement officers, including State Police Tier II Plan members, to receive payment for up to 80 hours of accrued and unused annual leave per year

Phillip PettusRepublican

Education; broadcast of public K-12 school sporting events further provided for

Josh CarnleyRepublican

Public K-12 schools; membership in athletic associations with boards of certain composition, that enforce certain rules, prohibited; Legislative Council authorization of entities' rulemaking, permitted

Donnie ChesteenRepublican

Criminal and civil procedure; continuance of case when party, attorney, or witness is on active military duty, bail required to be set in such cases subject to conditions

Merika ColemanDemocrat

Criminal and civil procedure; continuance of case when party, attorney, or witness is on active military duty; bail required to be set in such cases subject to conditions

Merika ColemanDemocrat

Contraception; guaranteeing access to in the state

Merika ColemanDemocrat

Criminal procedure; use of taser, prohibited on restrained individual

Merika ColemanDemocrat

Crimes and offenses; use of taser prohibited on restrained individual, penalties for violations

Merika ColemanDemocrat

Child sexual abuse; statute of limitations extended and further provided for, certain time-barred civil claims revived

Merika ColemanDemocrat

Department of Archives and History; composition of board and method of filling board vacancies further provided for, retroactive effect

Chris ElliottRepublican

Law enforcement; four-point restraint, use prohibited

Merika ColemanDemocrat

Youthful offender status, to prohibit a judge from granting youthful offender status to any person who is 16 years of age and older and charged with capital murder or murder

April WeaverRepublican