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Alabama Chapters of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Sons of the American revolution, commended

United States Postal Service, 250th anniversary, celebrated

Claudette Colvin, death mourned

Samuel Alan Harper, death mourned

John R. Lewis Voting Right Advancement Act, Freedom to Vote Act, supported

Former Representative Bryant Melton Jr., Death Mourned

Pineywoods Cattle, recognized

Dorothy Lee Hatcher, death mourned

Legislature, committee appointed to escort Governor to joint session

Committee appointed to notify Governor that the Legislature is in session

Jake Harper, commended

Jake Harper of Alabama Famers Federation, Commended

Mountain Brook Police Officer Richard Knecht, Recognized

McKenzie Fuller, Miss Jacksonville State University 2025, recognized

Booker T. Washington Day, recognized

Booker T. Washington Day, Recognized

Alabama Chapters of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Sons of the American Revolution, commended

Alabama Community College Football Study Commission, created

Mountain Brook Police Officer Richard Knecht, recognized

Mountain Brook Police Officer Richard Knecht, Recognized

Ella Cobbs Cook, death mourned

Recognizing November as Diabetes Month in the State of Alabama

Booker T. Washington Day, recognized

Booker T. Washington Day, Recognized

Samuel Alan Harper, death mourned

Howard Sanderford; death mourned

Legislature, committee appointed to escort Governor to joint session

Committee appointed to notify Governor that the Legislature is in Session

SPECIAL ORDER CALENDAR

Notifying the House of Representatives of the Convening of the Senate

Minimum wage; established, small business exempted

Health insurance, safe harbor created

Crimes and offenses; manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide, and other motor vehicle crimes amended, restitution amended

Public K-12 education; to prohibit the three-cueing system of reading instruction

Alabama Administrative Procedure Act; standard of judicial review revised regarding agency's interpretation of law

Campaign finance; require preservation of campaign records for specified period of time

Elections; municipal elections, to set qualification fee amounts, to require indigent candidates to submit documentation for fee exemption

Class IV municipalities; audits, restrictions on hiring accountant removed

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

Coalition against domestic violence, appropriation, operations plan and audited financial statement required, quarterly and end-of-year reports required

Alabama Coalition Against Domestic Violence, appropriations

Criminal procedure; post-conviction DNA testing procedures of inmates, further provided

Athletic Trainers; interstate licensure compact, established

Taxation; Energy use in commercial greenhouses, pivot irrigation systems, and poultry houses, exempt from utility gross receipts and utility service use tax

Taxation; Energy use in commercial greenhouses, pivot irrigation systems, and poultry houses, exempt from utility gross receipts and utility service...

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

Public high schools, required to designate time and space for military recruiters to administer the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery...

Public records; footage from law enforcement body-worn cameras or dashboard cameras, designated as public record

Firearms, Gun Violence, Protective Order Act, procedure for issuance of gun violence protective order, established

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

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

State employees, cost-of-living increase for fiscal year beginning October 1, 2026

State Employees' cost-of-living allowance provided for

Children First Trust Fund, appropriations from for fiscal year ending September 30, 2027, use of allocation pursuant to Section 41-15B-2.2, Code of Alabama 1975 and this act, tobacco settlement revenues deposited in fund within 30 days of receipt

Children's First Trust Fund, appropriations

Children's Health Insurance Program and Department of Human Resources, tax funds distributed

Supplemental appropriations from State General Fund to specified agencies for fiscal year ending September 30, 2026.

General fund supplemental appropriations

Court fees; allocating additional $10 docket fee to the State General Fund

Teacher certification; Military Veteran Temporary Teaching Certificate established

Municipalities; imposition of new or increased taxes or fees, ordinance required

360 new bills introduced on January 16, 2026