State employees, cost-of-living increase for fiscal year beginning October 1, 2026
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Uniform Assignment for Benefit of Creditors Act; creates a voluntary state law process for distressed organizations to liquidate assets and distribute proceeds to creditors
Enacted
Municipalities; mayor in municipality with even number of council members required to break tie vote
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State Board of Adjustment, provide death benefit to survivors of volunteer firefighters who die of cancer
Enacted
Department of Commerce; Alabama Industrial Development Training Institute; references to applicable comprehensive statewide economic development strategic plan, revised; exemptions from state procurement law and contract review, provided
Enacted
Taxation; Energy use in commercial greenhouses, pivot irrigation systems, and poultry houses, exempt from utility gross receipts and utility service use tax
Enacted
Crimes and offenses; discharging a firearm into an occupied school bus or building, penalty increased
Enacted
Tax abatement and tax incentive programs, NAICS Code references and definitions updated to latest terms
Enacted
Multi-member boards; Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Speaker, and President Pro Tempore authorized to replace any board member whom the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Speaker, and President Pro Tempore has appointing authority over
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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
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Elections; municipal elections, to set qualification fee amounts, to require indigent candidates to submit documentation for fee exemption
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Campaign contributions; contributions made with credit card with billing address outside U.S. prohibited, exceptions provided
Enacted
State government; Miss Alabama designated as an Official State Ambassador
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Campaign finance; require preservation of campaign records for specified period of time
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Alabama Workforce Board; number of board members increased, quorum for executive committee established, participation in executive committee meeting by electronic means allowed, number of board members for regional workforce board increased
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Mortgages; authorize lenders to mortgagors to make additional mortgage payments
Enacted
Municipal audits, expenditure thresholds for municipal audits revised
Enacted
Crimes and offenses; arson in the first degree, elements of crime further provided to include arson in connection to a theft; minimum penalties provided
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Motor vehicles, license plates, issuance of "Invisible Disability" decals, authorized
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Department of Insurance; additional requirements for captive insurers specified
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Disabled parking; unauthorized use of designated disabled parking places further provided for, notification of death in certain circumstances required, electronic scanning system authorized
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Class IV municipalities; audits, restrictions on hiring accountant removed
Enacted
Habitual offender law; pleas of nolo contendere treated as a plea of guilty
Enacted
Mobile County, City of Semmes annexation
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Solid waste collection fees; veterans' benefits sole income households exempted
Enacted
Alabama Clean Indoor Air Act, renamed Vivian Davis Figures Clean Indoor Air Act; vaping included as prohibited smoking in public places.
Enacted
Criminal law; self-defense and defense of others; presumption of unlawful use of force under certain conditions
Enacted
Alabama Business and Nonprofit Entities Code; revisions made to clarify procedures, make technical corrections, and codify common law
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Constables; county commission, authorized to revise number of constables and geographic area served in county
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Board of Pardons and Paroles; commencement date changed to March 1
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General Contractor Licensing Board; practice of general contracting, exemption expanded
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Crimes and offenses; crime of reckless endangerment expanded, criminal penalties provided
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Parole; criteria for parole consideration revised
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Gulf of Mexico, renamed, observation and implementation by state and local entities and state and local employees required where practicable
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Alabama Space Authority, renamed Alabama Aerospace Authority; membership increased; duties and powers increased
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Alabama Administrative Procedure Act; standard of judicial review revised regarding agency's interpretation of law
Enacted
Juvenile proceedings; court required to notify local superintendent of education or private K-12 school principal of charging or adjudicating an enrolled student delinquent for committing certain criminal offenses
Enacted
Crimes and offenses; unmanned aircraft systems, operation near ticketed entertainment events prohibited
Enacted
Health insurance, safe harbor created
Enacted
Crimes and offenses; bail jumping in the third degree, established
Enacted
Insurance; to allow reorganization of a nonprofit health care service corporation under the control of a nonprofit holding company
Enacted
Fair Campaign Practices Act; prohibit campaign contributions and expenditures from foreign nationals
Enacted
Seafood; oyster aquaculture, licensees authorized to serve oysters at facility
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Campaign contributions; using contributions on certain security expenses to protect candidate, elected official, family members, and staff authorized
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Department of Corrections; mitigation of unmanned aircraft systems authorized, exemptions on prohibition further provided for
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Vessels; stopping and boarding for safety or sanitation equipment inspections prohibited
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Seafood dealer license; license fee for applicants holding other seafood licenses revised; retroactive effect provided
Enacted
Boards and Commissions; training by Department of Examiners for certain members required
Enacted
Sunset law; Alabama Private Investigation Board continued until October 1, 2028
Enacted
Sunset law; State Board of Registration for Foresters continued until October 1, 2030
Enacted
Unauthorized entry of a critical infrastructure facility; reservoirs removed from list of facilities
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development
Administrative rules; adopting environmental protection criteria stricter than federal requirements prohibited
Enacted
Board of Commissioners of the Alabama State Bar, designated as an entity within the Judicial Branch of State Government
Enacted
Competitive bidding; repairs of vehicles under $15,000 for certain awarding authorities exempt
Enacted
Consumer protection, app store providers and developers required to take certain actions related to age verification and parental consent, Attorney General authorized to bring action for violations as deceptive trade practice, parents authorized to bring civil action
Enacted
Crimes and offenses; rape in the first degree, sodomy in the first degree, and sexual torture, penalties further provided for
Enacted
Naming the bridge on United States Highway 98 that spans Big Creek Lake in Wilmer, Alabama, the Lamar Harrison Memorial Bridge
Enacted
Taxation; Energy use in poultry houses, exempt from utility gross receipts and utility service use tax
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Finance and Taxation Education