Bills & Legislation

Public school grading system, revised to include and weight specific indicators for schools that include a 12th grade class and schools that do not include a 12th grade class; Alabama Workforce Development Board and State Department of Education to develop system to analyze student performance data, Accountability Council created

Terri CollinsRepublican

Local land bank authorities; shorten tax sale redemption period; restrictions on geographic scope; creation of multijurisdictional land banks by agreement; Governor's emergency authorization to create land bank

Kelvin DatcherDemocrat

Jefferson County; sheriff compensation revised

Rodger M. SmithermanDemocrat

Relating to Alabama Housing Trust Fund; mortgage recording fee increase

Kelvin DatcherDemocrat

Taxation; to increase the adjusted cap and allow the unremarried widow or widower of certain individuals to claim the homestead exemption

Danny CrawfordRepublican

Municipalities; annexation, all municipalities authorized to extend corporate limits by resolution and special election

Jack W. WilliamsRepublican

Underground Damage Prevention Program; One-Call Notification System, further provided for complex or large projects, sunset extended

Steve ClouseRepublican

Crimes and procedure; crime of authority figure sexual abuse, established; crimes of indecent exposure and other sex crimes further provided to include additional victims; crime of inpatient custodial sexual misconduct, established; domestic violence offenses, further provided to include additional victims and criminal penalties

Donna GivensRepublican

Public Service Commission; provide for appointment of commissioners by Governor, commission duties revised

Bobby D. SingletonDemocrat

Firearms; permit to carry pistol, criminal penalties, exempt persons, established; carrying pistol on employer's property revised; nonsubstantive conforming changes to code

Bobby D. SingletonDemocrat

School report card, students who receive a nonstandard high school diploma upon graduation not considered in assigning grade

Marcus ParamoreRepublican

Alabama Board of Cosmetology and Barbering; adoption of Esthetics Licensure Compact

Kenyatté HassellDemocrat

Crimes and offenses; crimes of unlawful use of DNA created, criminal penalties provided

Ben RobbinsRepublican

County voter lists; authorize alternative methods of publication under certain circumstances

Jim CarnsRepublican

Juries; special venire in capital felony cases allowed, voire dire procedures and alternate juror procedures further provided for, procedures when there are not enough qualified jurors present established

Bryan BrinyarkRepublican

Frank Poole, Jr., death mourned

Kenyatté HassellDemocrat

Cathy Waller McGowin, commended

Terri CollinsRepublican

Kris Sullivan, commended

Bill LambRepublican

Barbara Ann Coleman Sharp, death mourned

Barbara DrummondDemocrat

Russell Davis, commended

Scott StadthagenRepublican

Alabama Lottery, established; Alabama Lottery Corporation, established to operate and regulate lottery games; revenue distribution, provided; criminal penalties for gambling offenses, increased

Phillip EnslerDemocrat

Deloris Ann Foreman Cable, commended

Anthony DanielsDemocrat

Underground wells; carbon dioxide storage prohibited unless local governing body approves, approval procedures provided

Matthew HammettRepublican

Alabama Lottery established; Alabama Lottery Corporation established to administer lottery; Tribal-State compact authorized; constitutional amendment

Phillip EnslerDemocrat

Class 1 municipalities; authorization to establish community land trusts, affordable housing

Merika ColemanDemocrat

Legislature; codification of 2025 Regular Session acts and Code Commissioner technical revisions into Code of Alabama 1975

Chris PringleRepublican

Firearms; possession without identification prohibited in certain municipalities

Kenyatté HassellDemocrat

Simplified sellers use tax, distribution of proceeds revised

Chris EnglandDemocrat

Article V Convention; process for appointing commissioners and alternate commissioners to represent the State of Alabama at Article V Convention established

Ed OliverRepublican

Marion Military Institute; program to grant APOSTC certification to graduates, established

Sam GivhanRepublican

Relating to gross income; to amend Section 40-18-14, Code of Alabama 1975; to exclude difficulty of care payments from gross income

Mike ShawRepublican

Joseph William Jones, Jr., death mourned

Thomas JacksonDemocrat

McGill-Toolen Catholic High School Volleyball Team, commended

Adline ClarkeDemocrat

Breast cancer; to require coverage of breast reconstruction surgery

Jennifer FidlerRepublican

Coal-Impacted Communities Economic and Workforce Development Grant program established, new fund created, distribution of rent and royalties of federal coal lease sales

Bryan BrinyarkRepublican

Cathy Mitchell, celebrated

Mike KirklandRepublican

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, Day at the Capitol, celebrated

Patrice McClammyDemocrat

Class 1 municipalities; vacant property registration authorized

Merika ColemanDemocrat

Air pollution; dispersion of items intended to affect weather prohibited; pollution reduction fund created; environmental management department required to administer

Mack ButlerRepublican

Insurance; to allow reorganization of a nonprofit health care service corporation under the control of a nonprofit holding company

Chris PringleRepublican

Hospitals; required to report certain staffing information to Alabama Department of Public Health and publicly indicate whether physicians are physically present in emergency department

Larry StuttsRepublican

Incarceration; supervised pre-incarceration probation for certain pregnant women provided for, self-surrender 12 weeks after birth required, criminal penalties for failure to surrender provided

Rolanda HollisDemocrat

Mental health; Alabama Department of Mental Health, Division of Developmental Disabilities Community Incident Prevention and Management System provided, incident types and reporting requirements established, implementation required, adoption of more stringent reporting requirements in certain circumstances prohibited

Brett EasterbrookRepublican

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

Reed IngramRepublican

Davie Thomas Gallaher, death mourned

Laura HallDemocrat

February 24, 2026, Crime Survivors Speak Alabama Day, recognized

Russell BedsoleRepublican

Pastor Chauncey Ballard, commended

Patrice McClammyDemocrat

Catfish; transfer out of state of those harvested in public waters prohibited; criminal penalties for violations established

Chris SellsRepublican

Sheryl Threadgill, commended

Kelvin LawrenceDemocrat

Alabama Student Grant Program; independent postsecondary online institution located in Orange Beach, Alabama added to approved institutions for which students may receive grants to attend

Alan BakerRepublican