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44 new bills introduced on February 5, 2026
School report card, students who receive a nonstandard high school diploma upon graduation not considered in assigning grade
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
Relating to Alabama Housing Trust Fund; mortgage recording fee increase
Ground ambulance services; to prohibit balance billing and set minimum minimum reimbursement rates by health care insurers to emergency medical service providers
Liquor; mark up fee charged by Alcoholic Beverage Control Board further provided for
Lieutenant Governor, vacancy in office, require the office be filled by election in certain circumstances, constitutional amendment
Electric Utilities; review by Public Service Commission of certain contracts with large load data centers further provided for
Ground ambulance services; to prohibit balance billing and set minimum reimbursement rates by health care insurers to emergency medical service providers
Public Service Commission; provide for appointment of commissioners by Governor, commission duties revised
Firearms; permit to carry pistol, criminal penalties, exempt persons, established; carrying pistol on employer's property revised; nonsubstantive conforming changes to code
Covington County; underground carbon dioxide prohibited; constitutional amendment
Frank Poole, Jr., death mourned
Crimes and offenses; bail jumping in the third degree, established
Class 1 municipalities; authorization to establish community land trusts, affordable housing
Electric Utilities; review by Public Service Commission of certain contracts with large load data centers further provided for
Tax abatements for data processing centers, exemption period limited, collection of certain taxes on purchases required, sunset date extended
Taxation; to exempt High Socks for Hope from payment of state, county, and municipal sales and use taxes
Taxation; to increase the adjusted cap and allow the unremarried widow or widower of certain individuals to claim the homestead exemption
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
Taxation; Freedom Quilting Bee Legacy exempt from sales and use taxes
Tax abatement and tax incentive programs, NAICS Code references and definitions updated to latest terms
Public Service Commission; provide for appointment of commissioners by Governor, commission duties revised
Insurance; to allow reorganization of a nonprofit health care service corporation under the control of a nonprofit holding company
Relating to workforce development, to extend the employer tax credit to include adult daycare.
Crimes and procedure; domestic violence crimes, substantially revised; temporary holding periods and bond requirements, established; criminal penalties increased under certain conditions
Taxation; to exempt certain community foundations from sales and use taxes
Boards of water and sewer commissions; prohibited from restricting public recreational uses of controlled water bodies subject to exceptions
Elmore County; pistol permit fee, revised
Tuscaloosa County; electronic filing of business personal property tax returns in the offices of the tax assessor and tax collector provided for
Tuscaloosa County; service of process fee for personal service amended
Tuscaloosa County; county employees, probationary period required for new employees, part-time employees authorized
Public institutions of higher education; accreditation standards further provided for; adverse actions taken by accrediting agencies against public institutions of higher education for compliance with state law, prohibited; civil actions against accrediting agencies for violations, authorized
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Tax abatements for data processing centers, exemption period limited, collection of certain taxes on purchases required, sunset date extended
Municipalities; annexation, all municipalities authorized to extend corporate limits by resolution and special election
Animal abandonment; criminal penalties, authority to seize, disposition procedures; established
Jefferson County; sheriff compensation revised
Child custody; modification of order authorized if material change of circumstances and modification is in best interest of the child, factors provided
Self-Service Storage Facilities Act; rights of of self-storage facility operators further provided for, publication requirements for notice of sale of certain property revised
Kris Sullivan, commended
Barbara Ann Coleman Sharp, death mourned
Russell Davis, commended
Cathy Waller McGowin, commended
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