Bills & Legislation

Income Tax; to exempt compensation earned by a student athlete for the use of their name, image, or likeness from income tax

Joe LovvornRepublican

Residential Home Construction, approval by licensed architect or professional engineer not required if construction under three stories in height

Brett EasterbrookRepublican

Medicaid, to require coverage of rapid whole genome sequencing

Phillip RigsbyRepublican

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

Mack ButlerRepublican

Crimes and offenses, controlled substances, prohibiting the use of butyl nitrite or any mixtures containing butyl nitrite, nitrous oxide, and amyl nitrite except under certain circumstances, providing penalties for violations

Chris PringleRepublican

Public schools, colleges, and universities; immunity provided to students and teachers who decline to use certain pronouns or names

Scott StadthagenRepublican

Gulf of Mexico, renamed, observation and implementation by state and local entities and state and local employees required where practicable

David StandridgeRepublican

Atmosphere; dispersion of items intended to affect weather, prohibited

Mack ButlerRepublican

Dogs and Cats; abandoning dogs or cats prohibited; criminal penalty for violating provided

William Brock ColvinRepublican

Alabama Veterans Resource Center, center and board created to assist veterans and families transition to civilian life; duties and powers of board provided

Ed OliverRepublican

Veterans Affairs, board membership revised, appointment and duties of commissioner provided for

Ed OliverRepublican

State holidays, observance of all federal holidays provided for

Laura HallDemocrat

Criminal procedure, out-of-state warrants further provided for

Paul W. LeeRepublican

Alabama Municipal Electric Authority; director compensation revised

Paul W. LeeRepublican

Building codes; standardization of certain non-residential building codes, provided; practice architecture and duties of local building code officials, further provided

Craig LipscombRepublican

Crimes and offenses; transporting of homeless by city or county prohibited; crime created; penalties provided for

Craig LipscombRepublican

Motor vehicles, unclaimed, towing, towing company may notify the Revenue Department on the Unclaimed/Abandoned Vehicle Portal immediately after towing

Allen TreadawayRepublican

Appropriations from Education Trust Fund for the support, maintenance, and development of public education for fiscal year ending September 30, 2026

Danny GarrettRepublican

Supplemental appropriations from Education Trust Fund for fiscal year ending September 30, 2025

Danny GarrettRepublican

Supplemental appropriations from the Education Trust Fund Advancement and Technology Fund to various school systems and colleges and universities, and other entities for fiscal year ending September 30, 2025

Danny GarrettRepublican

Supplemental appropriations from Education Opportunities Reserve Fund for fiscal year ending September 30, 2026

Danny GarrettRepublican

Tuskegee University, appropriation

Pebblin W. WarrenDemocrat

Talladega College, appropriation

Barbara BoydDemocrat

Southern Preparatory Academy, appropriation

Ed OliverRepublican

Medicaid; Requiring Employer-provided insurance as primary payor of eligible child's health care

Ben RobbinsRepublican

Ten Commandments; required to be displayed in the common area of public K-12 schools

Mark GidleyRepublican

Campus chaplains; public K-12 schools authorized to hire or accept as volunteers, local boards of education and governing bodies authorized to vote on whether to allow, limitations provided

Mark GidleyRepublican

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

Jeana RossRepublican

Court fees; use of funds allocated to sheriff's office expended

Jim HillRepublican

Public Works Contracts; authorize additional methods for advertising for sealed bids on public works contracts exceeding $100,000; authorize a safe harbor when using multiple methods and one method fails; authorize a safe harbor for the Department of Transportation under certain circumstances

Danny GarrettRepublican

Adoption, Minor Adoption Code and Adult Adoption Code revised, procedures related to investigations, service of notice, and revocation of consent further provided for, duties of Department of Human Resources further provided for

Ginny ShaverRepublican

International wire transfers; fee on wire transfers imposed with proceeds for ELL instructors; income tax credit for wire transfer fees paid, authorized; Securities Commission and Revenue Department to administer

Mark ShireyRepublican

Children with disabilities; provides certain procedures to attempt to remedy an allegation of a violation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act before an impartial due process hearing may be requested

David FaulknerRepublican

Beaches and coastal areas; to establish a public alert system when sharks are detected.

David FaulknerRepublican

Firearms; storage requirements provided; criminal penalty for violation resulting in possession by minor under certain circumstances, subject to exceptions

Barbara DrummondDemocrat

Sex-based terms, defined; vital statistics, report sex as male or female at birth required, legislative policy regarding sex and gender identity established

Susan DuBoseRepublican

Scottsboro, municipal elections for Mayor and City Council and City Board of Education extended for one additional year based on staggered terms

Mike KirklandRepublican

Board of Pardons and Paroles; electronic monitoring of delinquent children further provided for

Reed IngramRepublican

Retirement, deferred retirement option plan (DROP), options for Tier I and Tier II Teacher Retirement System members to participate, reopened

Terri CollinsRepublican

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

Discrimination, unlawful to deny an individual full and equal enjoyment of public accommodations based on protected classes; unlawful for a local school board to discriminate against individual based on protected classes; unlawful for employer or labor organization board to discriminate against employee or member based on protected classes; state cause of action created

Rolanda HollisDemocrat

Public utilities; private sewer or wastewater systems, authorized to come under the jurisdiction of the Public Service Commission

Arnold MooneyRepublican

Labor and employment, independent contractors, establishment of portable benefit accounts.

Neil RaffertyDemocrat

Fishing; Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources prohibited from adopting slot limit rule for tournaments on Coosa River under certain conditions

Ben RobbinsRepublican

Mechanics lien on aircraft; clarifies and establishes scope of lien of a provider of certain labor or materials to aircraft, authorizes recording lien with FAA and Secretary of State

Ben RobbinsRepublican

Class 2 municipalities, scrap tires, enforcement of Scrap Tire Environmental Quality Act, jurisdiction of municipality court, criminal penalties

Adline ClarkeDemocrat

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 murder

Phillip PettusRepublican