{"id":248782,"date":"2025-05-20T08:47:29","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T08:47:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/alabama\/final-alabama-2025-legislative-report\/"},"modified":"2025-05-20T08:47:29","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T08:47:29","slug":"final-alabama-2025-legislative-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=248782","title":{"rendered":"Final Alabama 2025 Legislative Report"},"content":{"rendered":"


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The Alabama Legislature convened for Day 30 of its annual Regular Session on Wednesday, May 14 and adjourned Sine Die shortly before midnight.\u00a0<\/span>Absent a Special Session, the Legislature will next convene for the 2026 Regular Session on Tuesday, January 13, 2026.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Governor has 10 days from adjournment to sign the bills passed in the last 5 days of the Session or they receive pocket vetoes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

968 bills were introduced during the Session.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

NOTABLE BILLS ENACTED\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

SB79, Sen. Weaver: To define man, woman, boy, girl, father, mother, male, female and sex for purposes of state law, to provide <\/span>policy of the differences between sexes, to provide that\u00a0<\/span>state and local public entities may establish separate\u00a0<\/span>single-sex spaces or environments in certain\u00a0<\/span>circumstances, and to require the state or political\u00a0<\/span>subdivisions that collect vital statistics related to sex as\u00a0<\/span>male or female for certain purposes to identify each\u00a0<\/span>individual as either male or female at birth.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

SB70, Sen. Jones: To create the Alabama Veterans Resource Center, provide for a board of directors to manage the center <\/span>as a comprehensive, coordinated system of support for\u00a0<\/span>veterans and their families.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

SB36, Sen. Kitchens: To provide further for who is subject to state competitive bid laws, to provide further for electronic <\/span>bid submissions, to provide further for the procedures\u00a0<\/span>for protesting certain competitive bid contracts, and to\u00a0<\/span>revise requirements for disclosure statement forms.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

SB67, Sen. Jones: To authorize the Governor to appoint the Commissioner of the Department of Veterans Affairs to <\/span>serve at the pleasure of the Governor, and to revise\u00a0<\/span>membership and powers of the board.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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SB4, Sen. Elliott: To authorize certain public entities to contract with a nonpublic K-12 school to provide school resource <\/span>officers in certain circumstances, and to require public\u00a0<\/span>entities to charge the nonpublic school for the full cost\u00a0<\/span>of employing any school resource officer.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

SB64, Sen. Livingston: To require persons engaging in the business of cutting or uprooting aquatic plants in public waters to use <\/span>certain methods to remove this plant matter.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

SB116, Sen. Barfoot: To prohibit persons from possessing a part or combination of parts designed or intended to convert <\/span>a pistol into a machine gun.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

SB115, Sen. Chambliss: To include additional activity that would constitute the crime of impersonating a peace officer.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

SB54, Sen. Roberts: To further provide for the term \u201ccritical infrastructure facility\u201d to include communications service infrastructure <\/span>and facilities, and further provide for the crimes of\u00a0<\/span>unauthorized entry of a critical infrastructure facility and\u00a0<\/span>criminal tampering in the first and second degrees.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

SB78, Sen. Weaver: To prohibit the possession, use, or sale of butyl nitrite or any mixtures containing butyl nitrite, commonly <\/span>known as \u201cwhippets,\u201d except under certain\u00a0<\/span>circumstances, and to prohibit the possession, use, or\u00a0<\/span>sale of nitrous oxide, commonly known as \u201claughing\u00a0<\/span>gas,\u201d and amyl nitrite, commonly known as \u201cpoppers\u201d\u00a0<\/span>or \u201csnappers,\u201d except under certain circumstances.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

HB93, Rep. Brown: To exempt all property used by the Alabama State Port Authority from the state personal property inventory and <\/span>audit requirements.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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HB159, Rep. Lovvorn: To rename the Alabama Space Science Exhibit Commission as the U. S. Space and Rocket Center <\/span>Commission, to provide that the Governor serve as an\u00a0<\/span>ex officio nonvoting member of the commission, to\u00a0<\/span>authorize interested public and private partners to\u00a0<\/span>provide facilities for U. S. Space and Rocket Center\u00a0<\/span>exhibits, and to specify that the commission operates\u00a0<\/span>outside of the State Treasury.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

SB199, Sen. Figures: To provide for paid parental leave for eligible employees following the birth, stillbirth, or miscarriage <\/span>of a child or the placement of a child for adoption.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

HB243, Rep. Whitt: To unabate a portion of state noneducational ad valorem taxes and state abated construction related <\/span>transaction taxes pursuant to abatements granted on or\u00a0<\/span>after June 1, 2026, and require the local tax collecting\u00a0<\/span>official and the Department of Revenue to collect the\u00a0<\/span>unabated portion and deposit the revenue into the\u00a0<\/span>Alabama Development Fund.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

HB101, Rep. Shirey: To authorize the Sheriff of Mobile County to establish procedures for using a credit or debit card to make <\/span>purchases.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

HB104, Rep. Drummond: To provide that a Class 2 municipality (Mobile) may declare certain abandoned or discarded debris a <\/span>nuisance and require its abatement or removal at the\u00a0<\/span>expense of the owner of the property.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

SB40, Sen. Kelley: To provide for the recognition of firearm hold agreements between a federal firearm licensee or a <\/span>municipal or county law enforcement officer and in\u00a0<\/span>individual firearm owner where the licensee or law\u00a0<\/span>enforcement officer agrees to hold a lawfully possessed\u00a0<\/span>firearm for a specified period of time.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

SB60, Sen. Albritton: To allow the Alabama Corrections Institution Finance Authority to increase the amount of bonds issued to <\/span>implement the existing prison modernization plan from\u00a0<\/span>$785,000,000 to a total of $1,285,000,000.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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SB130, Sen. Melson: To provide that refined gold and silver bullion, specie, or certain coins may be recognized as legal tender.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

SB252, Sen. Beasley: To further provide for the regulation of pharmacy benefits managers by the Commissioner of Insurance,\u00a0<\/span>to provide a civil action to person injured by pharmacy\u00a0<\/span>benefit managers, to provide a minimum\u00a0<\/span>reimbursement amount for independent pharmacies,\u00a0<\/span>and to regulate rebates from drug manufacturers to\u00a0<\/span>pharmacy benefits managers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

SB91, Sen. Kelley: To require a person seeking to construct a tall structure within a minimum distance of a military installation to <\/span>receive approval from the local government before\u00a0<\/span>construction may begin, and authorize a local\u00a0<\/span>government to seek enjoinment of the construction of\u00a0<\/span>a tall structure if prior approval was not granted.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

SB83, Sen. Orr: To require public entities to install and maintain powered, height-adjustable, adult-size changing tables <\/span>accessible to both males and females in newly\u00a0<\/span>constructed or renovated public buildings, to provide\u00a0<\/span>for grant award payments to public entities with\u00a0<\/span>preexisting public restrooms subject to appropriation,\u00a0<\/span>and to encourage the installation and maintenance of\u00a0<\/span>adult-size changing tables in private sector facilities\u00a0<\/span>across the state.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

SB224, Sen. Sessions: To further provide for the electronic monitoring of certain individuals in Mobile County.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

SB200, Sen. Jones: To rename \u201cdrug courts\u201d to \u201caccountability courts\u201d and to expand the scope of whom accountability courts <\/span>would serve to include offenders with mental illness and\u00a0<\/span>offenders who are veterans.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

SB221, Sen. Williams: To further provide for the compensation of the Mobile County Judge of Probate.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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SB46, Sen. Sessions: To authorize the governing body of a Class 2 municipality (Mobile) to establish a delegation <\/span>agreement with the Alabama Department of\u00a0<\/span>Environmental Management to enforce the Alabama\u00a0<\/span>Scrap Tire Environmental Quality Act.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

SB102, Sen. Coleman-Madison: To extend the existing pregnant women benefit under the state Medicaid plan for up to 60 days to women <\/span>who have not been formally approved for Medicaid\u00a0<\/span>coverage but who submit proof of pregnancy and\u00a0<\/span>household income information to a qualified provider\u00a0<\/span>of ambulatory prenatal care.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

SB118, Sen. Barfoot: A proposed Constitutional Amendment to provide for additional offenses that would allow a judge to deny <\/span>bail under certain circumstances.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

HB253, Rep. Colvin: To exempt the gross receipts from the sale of certain aircraft and aircraft parts from state sales and use tax, <\/span>to provide conditions regarding the application of\u00a0<\/span>rental or lease taxes to the rental or lease transactions\u00a0<\/span>of commercial aircraft, to authorize county or municipal\u00a0<\/span>governing bodies to adopt a local sales and use tax\u00a0<\/span>exemption by resolution or ordinance, and to provide\u00a0<\/span>for effective dates from September 1, 2025 to August\u00a0<\/span>31, 2030.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

SB305, Sen. Orr: To create the Renewing Alabama\u2019s Investment in Student Excellence (RAISE) Act to establish a process to <\/span>provide additional funding for public K-12 schools for\u00a0<\/span>the purpose of addressing the educational needs of the\u00a0<\/span>student population and improving educational\u00a0<\/span>outcomes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

SB110, Sen. Williams: To add certain trucks to those that are excepted from certain weight limits, to further provide for an operator <\/span>of a vehicle to verify the accuracy of portable scales,\u00a0<\/span>and to remove the authority of certain individuals to\u00a0<\/span>require vehicle operators to drive to stationary weigh\u00a0<\/span>scales to enforce those weight limits.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

SB119, Sen. Barfoot: To further provide for the list of persons prohibited from possessing a firearm, to prohibit firearm possession by <\/span>a person charged with certain felony offenses when the\u00a0<\/span>person has been released pending or during trial, and\u00a0<\/span>to increase the penalty for the offense of discharging a\u00a0<\/span>firearm into an occupied dwelling, building or other\u00a0<\/span>designated space.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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HB191, Rep. Baker: To establish conditions for exemption of county or municipal sales and use tax.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

HB258, Rep. Carns: To change the primary election in off-presidential years to second Tuesday in May preceding Memorial Day.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

HB354, Rep. Hill: A proposed Constitutional Amendment to provide that the compensation received by a district attorney may <\/span>not be diminished during his or her term of office.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

HB437, Rep. Faulkner: To establish a shark alert system for Baldwin and Mobile Counties, to provide for the development, <\/span>implementation and operation of the alert system by\u00a0<\/span>the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources\u00a0<\/span>with assistance from other agencies of the state and\u00a0<\/span>political subdivisions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

SB322, Sen. Waggoner: To authorize the annexation of a certain type of community development district by a wet municipality <\/span>in the county where the district is situated, and to\u00a0<\/span>further provide for the establishment of a certain type\u00a0<\/span>of community development district.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

HB477, Rep. Faulkner: To authorize a nonprofit agricultural organization to offer health benefits to its members and their families, <\/span>to specify that the nonprofit agricultural organization\u00a0<\/span>would not be engaged in the business of health\u00a0<\/span>insurance, and would specify health care benefits that\u00a0<\/span>must by offered, to require a nonprofit agricultural\u00a0<\/span>organization to create a complaint system for members\u00a0<\/span>receiving health benefits, and to impose a tax\u00a0<\/span>measured by premiums received by a nonprofit\u00a0<\/span>agricultural organization.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

SB330, Sen. Roberts: To further provide for the composition, manner of appointment, and length of terms of members of <\/span>certain municipal water works boards, to provide\u00a0<\/span>qualifications for and place limits on the employment\u00a0<\/span>of board members, to provide for conversion of these\u00a0<\/span>boards to regional boards, to further provide for these\u00a0<\/span>boards to amend their articles of incorporation, to\u00a0<\/span>subject these boards to the ethics laws of Alabama and\u00a0<\/span>require training on the subject, to provide duties and\u00a0<\/span>unlawful actions of these boards, to require a\u00a0<\/span>consulting engineer be retained by a board, and to\u00a0<\/span>require these boards to produce certain financial and\u00a0<\/span>statistical records.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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SB140, Sen. Waggoner: To require the Alabama Department of Public Health to notify youth athletic associations of noncompliance with <\/span>the Coach Safely Act, to levy a fine if noncompliance\u00a0<\/span>is not remedied, and prohibit a youth athletic\u00a0<\/span>association that is noncompliant for 4 consecutive\u00a0<\/span>years from administering or conducting youth athletic\u00a0<\/span>activities on state property.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

SB194, Sen. Melson: To authorize an agriculture authority to terminate or move easements on authority owned property using the <\/span>power of eminent domain in the same manner as the\u00a0<\/span>state.<\/span><\/p>\n

HB165, Rep. Rehm: To add Juneteenth as a state holiday.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

HB152, Rep. Rafferty: To provide for a state sales and use tax exemption for purchases of certain baby supplies, baby formula, <\/span>maternity clothing, and menstrual hygiene products,\u00a0<\/span>and to allow local governments to adopt exemptions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

HB386, Rep. Garrett: To reduce the state sales and use tax rate on food to 2% on September 1, 2025, and to revise the provisions <\/span>authorizing a county or municipal governing body to\u00a0<\/span>reduce their sales and use tax on food to eliminate the\u00a0<\/span>restriction on the amount of the rate cut and remove\u00a0<\/span>the growth requirement.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

SB63, Sen. Bell: To require law enforcement agencies to collect fingerprints and DNA from any illegal alien in the <\/span>agency\u2019s custody and submit the fingerprints and DNA\u00a0<\/span>for testing or cataloging.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

SB158, Sen. Barfoot: To provide that a foreign national driver license may not be used as photo identification for voting purposes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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HB315, Rep. Lovvorn: To require the Department of Revenue to adjust the dollar value of \u201ccovered items\u201d that are exempt from <\/span>sales tax during certain weekends based on changes in\u00a0<\/span>the Consumer Price Index, and to increase the number\u00a0<\/span>of days prior to which a local government must pass a\u00a0<\/span>resolution or ordinance to adopt such exemptions for\u00a0<\/span>local sales tax.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

HB407, Rep. Ingram: To authorize local redevelopment authorities to require payment in lieu of taxes for transient occupancy tax, <\/span>and to require these authorities to report certain\u00a0<\/span>payments in lieu of taxes to the Department of\u00a0<\/span>Revenue.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

HB196, Rep. Wilcox: To further provide for the management of county juvenile detention facilities.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

HB366, Rep. Rehm: To authorize emergency medical services personnel to transport a police dog that is injured in the line of duty <\/span>to a veterinary clinic or hospital, and authorize\u00a0<\/span>emergency medical services personnel to provide\u00a0<\/span>emergency medical care to a police dog that is injured\u00a0<\/span>in the line of duty while at the scene of the injury or\u00a0<\/span>during transport.<\/span><\/p>\n

HB281, Rep. Almond: To further provide for the procedures for an aggrieved party to file an appeal of the final decision of a <\/span>municipal zoning board of adjustment in the circuit\u00a0<\/span>court, and to provide for the decision of the board to\u00a0<\/span>remain in effect during the appeal unless the circuit\u00a0<\/span>court grants a stay.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

HB379, Rep. Garrett: To exclude certain nonresident, remote workers from state income tax in certain circumstances.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

HB158, Rep. Clouse: To provide for an annualized benefit increase procedure for the funding of future benefit increases to <\/span>state and education retirees of the Employees\u2019\u00a0<\/span>Retirement System and the Teachers\u2019 Retirement System\u00a0<\/span>in a manner that does not increase the unfunded\u00a0<\/span>liability of either system.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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HB90, Rep. Clarke: To further provide for a municipal housing authority\u2019s power to manage housing projects and community <\/span>facilities, participate in lawful forms of business\u00a0<\/span>organizations, make loans, create subsidiaries or other\u00a0<\/span>lawful business organizations, and enter into contracts,\u00a0<\/span>to ratify the creation of any wholly-owned subsidiary of\u00a0<\/span>a municipal housing authority, to further provide for a\u00a0<\/span>municipal housing authority\u2019s power to evaluate and\u00a0<\/span>award contracts, and to exempt public housing\u00a0<\/span>authorities from all taxes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

HB506, Rep. Lovvorn: To provide that if an off-road vehicle is publicly owned by a state, county, or municipal law enforcement <\/span>agency, fire department, volunteer fire department, or\u00a0<\/span>rescue squad and meets certain requirements, the\u00a0<\/span>vehicle may be designated as an authorized emergency\u00a0<\/span>vehicle and may be operated on public streets and\u00a0<\/span>highways to perform emergency services.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

HB543, Rep. Brown: To increase the market value threshold amount for which tangible personal property is exempt from the <\/span>state ad valorem tax.<\/span><\/p>\n

SB256, Sen. Sessions: To authorize a Class 2 municipality to enter property on which it holds a tax lien certificate to make repairs, <\/span>to clarify that the Class 2 municipality holds a lien for\u00a0<\/span>the cost of its repair that is not extinguished by a tax\u00a0<\/span>lien certificate, and to provide for the sale by the tax\u00a0<\/span>collecting official of a tax lien certificate that remains\u00a0<\/span>unsold for a period of time for the price to certain\u00a0<\/span>entities.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

SB279, Sen. Givhan: To authorize the Legislative Council to contract for the demolition of the building designated as the current <\/span>Alabama State House, upon completion of the new\u00a0<\/span>Alabama State House, to provide for the disposition of\u00a0<\/span>certain property and materials affixed to the building,\u00a0<\/span>and to provide for the sale of items in the chambers\u00a0<\/span>that will not be relocated to the new Alabama State\u00a0<\/span>House.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

SB236, Sen. Barfoot: To require each executive committee delegated by a regional mental health authority board to include at <\/span>least one active sheriff and one active judge of\u00a0<\/span>probate, prohibit a board of directors from creating\u00a0<\/span>additional qualifications for directors through the\u00a0<\/span>corporation\u2019s constitution and bylaws, and to provide\u00a0<\/span>for a quorum.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

HB94, Rep. Givan: To provide that knowingly advertising, either online or in print, access to the sexual or labor servitude of <\/span>another is human trafficking in the second degree.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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HB333, Rep. Faulkner: To allow two or more municipalities to establish a regional law enforcement training facility authority to <\/span>maintain and operate a regional law enforcement\u00a0<\/span>training facility, and to provide for the composition,\u00a0<\/span>terms, and powers of the board of directors of the\u00a0<\/span>regional law enforcement training facility authority.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

HB529, Rep. Faulkner: To levy a tax on consumable vapor products and provide for the reporting, collection and distribution of <\/span>the proceeds, and to provide for the permitting of\u00a0<\/span>retailers of these products.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

HB320, Rep. Pringle: To provide certain additional methods of publication that would serve as a safe harbor for the award of a <\/span>contract for public works in the event a publication by\u00a0<\/span>newspaper fails to be completed, and to establish the\u00a0<\/span>Study Commission on Public Notice of Title 39\u00a0<\/span>Advertisements to study and make recommendations\u00a0<\/span>regarding the establishment of a centralized website for\u00a0<\/span>notice of advertisements for certain public bids.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

HB353, Rep. Hill: To remove restrictions on district attorney salary increases, and to provide for the compensation of <\/span>newly appointed district attorneys.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

HB445, Rep. Whitt: To impose testing and labeling requirements on all consumable hemp products sold in this state, to <\/span>authorize the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board to\u00a0<\/span>license retailers of these products, to establish\u00a0<\/span>restrictions on retail establishments, to prohibit the sale\u00a0<\/span>of consumable hemp products to minors, to prohibit\u00a0<\/span>the sale of smokable hemp products, to prohibit online\u00a0<\/span>sales and direct delivery of consumable hemp products,\u00a0<\/span>to impose an excise tax on consumable hemp products\u00a0<\/span>and provide for the distribution of tax proceeds, and to\u00a0<\/span>authorize the board to seize unlawful consumable\u00a0<\/span>hemp products.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

HB166, Rep. Hulsey: To prohibit the use, operation, and possession of wireless communication devices on certain public <\/span>school properties, to require local boards of education\u00a0<\/span>to adopt an Internet safety policy, and to require\u00a0<\/span>students to complete a social media safety course prior\u00a0<\/span>to entering the eighth grade.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

SB241, Sen. Bell: To provide for the establishment, development, management, and maintenance of the Alabama <\/span>Criminal Enterprise Database.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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SB304, Sen. Orr: To establish the Alabama Energy Infrastructure Bank as a division within the State Industrial Development <\/span>Authority for the purpose of selecting and assisting in\u00a0<\/span>the financing of qualified energy infrastructure projects\u00a0<\/span>necessary to meet the energy demands of economic\u00a0<\/span>development and industrial recruitment projects\u00a0<\/span>throughout the State of Alabama.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

SB271, Sen. Allen: To prohibit municipalities from imposing certain fees or charges on natural or manufactured gas utilities in <\/span>connection with the granting of consent to use public\u00a0<\/span>streets and places.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

HB52, Rep. Garrett: To make technical changes to the funding provisions of the CHOOSE Act credits and increase the amount of <\/span>funding, and to extend the sunset date for the existing\u00a0<\/span>income tax deduction for contributions to an Alabama\u00a0<\/span>Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) savings\u00a0<\/span>account to December 31, 2030.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

HB8, Rep. Drummond: To further provide restrictions on the sale of tobacco and other related products, to prohibit the distribution <\/span>of tobacco, tobacco products, electronic nicotine\u00a0<\/span>delivery systems, e-liquids, and alternative nicotine\u00a0<\/span>products through a vending machine, to require a\u00a0<\/span>license for the retail sale of certain tobacco, synthetic\u00a0<\/span>tobacco, electronic nicotine delivery systems, e-liquids,\u00a0<\/span>and alternative nicotine products and provide for\u00a0<\/span>license fees, to provide restrictions on the sale of\u00a0<\/span>electronic nicotine delivery systems and e-liquids, to\u00a0<\/span>further provide for the authorized penalties for certain\u00a0<\/span>violations, to provide for the sale of electronic nicotine\u00a0<\/span>delivery systems and to require vaping products to be\u00a0<\/span>manufactured in the United States, and to require the\u00a0<\/span>State Board of Education to establish a model vaping\u00a0<\/span>awareness, education, and prevention program and\u00a0<\/span>require each local board of education to adopt a\u00a0<\/span>policy based on the model policy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

SB312, Sen. Smitherman: To create a new alcoholic beverage license category that would allow businesses that sell and dispense <\/span>alcoholic beverages at special events under an existing\u00a0<\/span>special event license to obtain an event storage license,\u00a0<\/span>and to create a new alcoholic beverage license\u00a0<\/span>category for businesses to sell and dispense alcoholic\u00a0<\/span>beverages at a special event held on state, county, or\u00a0<\/span>municipal owned property, such as concert venues,\u00a0<\/span>exhibition halls, historic properties, and parks.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

SB186, Sen. Chambliss: To require manufacturers of certain Internet-enabled devices, including smartphones and tablets, to require <\/span>the devices to contain a filter that is enabled during the\u00a0<\/span>activation of the device if the user is a minor, and only\u00a0<\/span>allow a user with a password to deactivate or reactivate\u00a0<\/span>the filter, to subject a manufacturer of a device in\u00a0<\/span>violation of this act to civil liability and provide for\u00a0<\/span>penalties.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

SB174, Sen. Chambliss: To require counties and municipalities to provide certain annual reports on business license taxes and <\/span>business privilege taxes, and to expand the jurisdiction\u00a0<\/span>of the Alabama Tax Tribunal to include appeals of\u00a0<\/span>business license tax determinations made by counties\u00a0<\/span>or municipalities.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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SB196, Sen. Orr: To establish a program allowing eligible 11th and 12th grade students to take all courses at an eligible public <\/span>institution of higher education and receive high school\u00a0<\/span>credit for the coursework, to create the Move on When\u00a0<\/span>Ready Fund, and to authorize payment from the fund\u00a0<\/span>to a public institution of higher education for courses\u00a0<\/span>taken pursuant to the program.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

SB316, Sen. Singleton: To require the Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) Board to issue an educational tourism distillery license, to <\/span>regulate retail sales of alcoholic beverages by the\u00a0<\/span>licensee, to levy a tax on liquor manufactured by the\u00a0<\/span>licensee, and to provide for storage of liquor\u00a0<\/span>manufactured by the licensee.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

SB177, Sen. Bell: To rename the Alabama Film Office as the Alabama Entertainment Office, to include music albums as a <\/span>qualified production, increase the maximum\u00a0<\/span>expenditure threshold eligible for a rebate, establish a\u00a0<\/span>minimum spend threshold for musical albums to\u00a0<\/span>qualify, and increase the annual cap for incentives.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

HB199, Rep. Hendrix: To authorize the Board of Pardons and Paroles or other state agency to provide electronic monitoring to <\/span>children released from custody in certain\u00a0<\/span>circumstances.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

HB202, Rep. Reynolds: To establish immunity for law enforcement officers from civil liability and from criminal prosecution, to provide <\/span>exceptions, and to provide procedures for asserting\u00a0<\/span>such immunities.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

BUDGETS\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

HB186, Rep. Reynolds: $3.7 Billion General Fund Budget Enacted; Act No. 2025-251 <\/span><\/p>\n

SB112, Sen. Orr: $9.9 Billion Education Trust Fund Budget Enacted; Act No. 2025-270\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

HB185, Rep. Reynolds: Supplemental from the General Fund ($67,906,065) Enacted; Act No. 2025-254<\/span><\/p>\n

SB113, Sen. Orr: Supplemental from the Education Trust Fund ($524,276,588) Enacted; Act No. 2025-268\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

NOTABLE BILLS THAT FAILED TO RECEIVE FINAL PASSAGE\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

HB2 by Rep. Brown: To require written consent of a parent or legal guardian for any minor to receive a vaccination, with exceptions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

HB7 by Rep. Yarbrough: To allow state and local law enforcement agencies to enter into memorandums of understanding and agreements with federal agencies <\/span>to enforce federal immigration laws.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

HB17 by Rep. Bolton: To create the Alabama Squat Truck Law; to prohibit the alteration of a motor vehicle in such a manner that the height of the front fender is <\/span>raised four or more inches greater that the height of the accompanying\u00a0<\/span>rear fender.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

HB30 by Rep. Wood: To require the judge of probate of each county to conduct a post-election audit after every county and statewide general election to\u00a0<\/span>determine the accuracy of the originally reported results of the election.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

HB67 by Rep. Stadthagan: To prohibit public K-12 schools and public libraries from knowingly presenting or sponsoring drag performances in the presence of a minor <\/span>without the consent of the minor\u2019s parent or legal guardian, and to\u00a0<\/span>prohibit certain state entities from allowing minors to share certain\u00a0<\/span>facilities with members of the opposite sex during overnight programs\u00a0<\/span>operated or sponsored by the state entity, unless the other individuals are\u00a0<\/span>family members of the minor and the minor\u2019s parent consents.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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HB92 by Rep. Brown: To create the Alabama Seagrass Restoration Task Force and to provide for its membership and duties.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

HB161 by Rep. Lipscomb: To require the Division of Construction Management to periodically update the state building code in accordance with the most recent model <\/span>building code published, to expand the state building code to include all\u00a0<\/span>nonresidential buildings, to provide that the expanded applicability of the\u00a0<\/span>building code to such nonresidential buildings would not supersede any\u00a0<\/span>rules, regulations, or building codes of a Class 1, Class 2, or Class 3\u00a0<\/span>municipality unless the municipality gave its consent, to allow the\u00a0<\/span>governing body of a county or municipality to adopt a local amendment\u00a0<\/span>or modification to the state building code to authorize increased\u00a0<\/span>protections within the applicable county or municipality, and to allow a\u00a0<\/span>local governing body to request the Division of Construction\u00a0<\/span>Management to amend or modify the state building code to be less\u00a0<\/span>stringent and would authorize the amendment, if adopted, to be applied\u00a0<\/span>statewide or only locally.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

HB176 by Rep. Shirey: To exempt the gross proceeds from the sale of optical aids, including eyeglasses and contact lenses, from sales and use tax.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

HB187 by Rep. Hill: To allow funds allocated to the Sheriff\u2019s Office for exclusive use of the jail to be expended to support the functions the office of the Sheriff.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

HB188 by Rep. Treadaway: To establish a program to grant tuition money to dependents of law enforcement officers for use in participating public or private institutions\u00a0<\/span>of higher education in the State.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

HB244 by Rep. Butler: To prohibit classroom instruction in public school preK-12 related to gender identity or sexual orientation, prohibit education employees from <\/span>displaying certain flags and insignia in public preK-12 schools, and to\u00a0<\/span>prohibit education employees from referring to a student by pronouns\u00a0<\/span>inconsistent with the student\u2019s biological sex.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

HB247 by Rep. Standridge: To rename the Gulf of Mexico as the \u201cGulf of America,\u201d and to require all state and local entities and all employees of those entities to observe <\/span>and implement the name change, where practicable.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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HB280 by Rep. Almond: To authorize a county or public institution of higher education to commence an action to abate or enjoin a public nuisance, and to <\/span>authorize a county, municipality, or public institution of higher education\u00a0<\/span>to seek reimbursement for expenses incurred related to an improperly\u00a0<\/span>permitted event.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

HB302 by Rep. Robbins: To require labor brokers who recruit a certain number of foreign workers for employment in the State to register with the Department of <\/span>Workforce, and to require labor brokers and nonprofit organizations to\u00a0<\/span>inform the Department if they directly sponsor a foreign worker or identify\u00a0<\/span>individuals or organizations they may be using to act as sponsors.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

HB319 by Rep. Collins: To create the Imagination Library of Alabama Program to provide free age-appropriate books to children through Dolly Parton\u2019s Imagination <\/span>Library.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

HB323 by Rep. Givens: To exempt all electric utility commodities and equipment from the requirement of obtaining a permit for movement on the state\u2019s highway <\/span>system.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

HB324 by Rep. Sells: To provide that a sheriff\u2019s term of office begins at noon on the first day of the term.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

HB360 by Rep. Robertson: To rename \u201cdrug courts\u201d to \u201caccountability courts\u201d and to expand the scope of accountability courts to include offenders with mental illness <\/span>and offenders who are veterans.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

HB363 by Rep. Lomax: To prohibit foreign nationals from contributing to campaigns, ballot measures, political parties, or political action committees and prohibit <\/span>political parties, political action committees, principal campaign\u00a0<\/span>committees, and others from soliciting campaign contributions from\u00a0<\/span>foreign nationals, and to impose penalties for violations.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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HB380 by Rep. Rigsby: To create the crime of human cloning and provide criminal penalties.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

HB388 by Rep. Garrett: To phase in an increase in the income tax exemption amount for taxable retirement income of individuals who are 65 years of age or older from <\/span>$6,000 to $12,000 over a 3 year period.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

HB389 by Rep. Garrett: To increase the optional standard income tax deduction and expand the adjusted gross income range allowable for the maximum optional <\/span>standard income tax deduction, and to expand the adjusted gross\u00a0<\/span>income range allowable for the maximum income tax dependent\u00a0<\/span>exemption.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

HB440 by Rep. Brown: To further provide for the collection of fire service fees in Mobile County to maintain firefighting districts in by providing a definition for <\/span>\u201cresidence.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

HB449 by Rep. Robbins: To prohibit certain intentional collection, use, retention, or disclosure of a person\u2019s DNA sample or genetic information without that person\u2019s <\/span>express consent, to provide for penalties, and to provide for exceptions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

HB521 by Rep. Lipscomb: To define a new category of ready to drink mixed liquor beverages containing no more than seven percent alcohol by volume, called \u201cmixed <\/span>spirit beverages,\u201d to institute a licensing structure in Alabama for mixed\u00a0<\/span>spirit beverages, which would require all mixed spirit beverages, other\u00a0<\/span>than those sold in Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board stores, to\u00a0<\/span>be distributed through licensed wholesalers to licensed retailers for\u00a0<\/span>on-premises and off-premises consumption, and to provide for the levy\u00a0<\/span>of a privilege or excise tax on mixed spirit beverages.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

HB567 by Rep. Wilcox: To increase the percent of total value of equalized taxable property, within a Class 2 (Mobile) municipality, that may be included in tax <\/span>increment districts created by the municipality.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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SB5 by Sen. Elliott: To further provide for the number and composition of the Board of Trustees of the Department of Archives and History and to further provide <\/span>for the manner in which the members are appointed.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

SB13 by Sen. Allen: A proposed Constitutional Amendment to require local boards of education to adopt policies requiring each K-12 public school to <\/span>broadcast or sanction the performance of the first stanza of The Star\u00a0<\/span>Spangled Banner at least once per week during school hours.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

SB22 by Sen. Coleman: To provide that any incentives awarded to an incentivized company may be recaptured by the state if the company engaged in human trafficking <\/span>violations or violated the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

SB32 by Sen. Smitherman: To create the definition of machine gun, and to provide for mandatory enhanced sentences for a person who causes the death of another by <\/span>means of a machine gun or causes an injury by means of a machine gun.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

SB34 by Sen. Smitherman: To require instruction in violence prevention, conflict resolution, and mediation before graduation from high school.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

SB55 by Sen. Elliott: To invalidate the use of certain classes of driver licenses, and to prevent certain individuals from qualifying for certain driver license exemptions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

SB85 by Sen. Orr: To specify that a parent or guardian\u2019s written declaration is sufficient documentation to his or her child from a vaccine requirement for <\/span>religious reasons, and to provide that if a public institution of higher\u00a0<\/span>education requires students to be vaccinated, a student may exempt\u00a0<\/span>because he or she objects for religious reasons.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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SB117 by Sen. Barfoot: To authorize certain municipalities to enter into memorandums of understanding with sheriffs regarding traffic enforcement.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

SB265 by Sen Elliott: To authorize peer-to-peer car sharing programs, which are business platforms that connect vehicle owners with drivers, to enable the sharing <\/span>of vehicles for financial consideration in this state, and to provide\u00a0<\/span>requirements for the operation of a peer-to-peer car sharing program,\u00a0<\/span>including insurance requirements, notification requirements, tax\u00a0<\/span>requirements, record keeping and reporting requirements, liability\u00a0<\/span>requirements, consumer protection disclosure requirements, and safety\u00a0<\/span>recall requirements.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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