Seafood, seafood dealer license fee increased; portion thereof directed for promoting state's seafood

Relating to Catastrophe Savings Accounts; expands allowable expenses

Vaccines, parental consent for minor to receive vaccine, required

Crimes and offenses; conviction of illegal alien; sentence enhanced

Fire protection fee; extend requirement to manufactured homes

Local water, sewer, and fire protection authorities; prohibition on officers serving on board of directors of authority removed

Alabama 21st Century Fund, further distribution of funds, one-time appropriation to the Department of Commerce

Taxation, to increase the market value threshold amount for which tangible personal property is exempt from state ad valorem taxation

Alabama Resilience Council

State Board of Pharmacy and Employers, prohibited from disciplining pharmacists who recommend off-label medical treatments

Crimes; human trafficking, further provided; amounts awarded as civil damages, further provided

State waters; Alabama Seagrass Restoration Task Force established to address seagrass loss

Alabama State Port Authority, increase monetary value threshold for property exempt from property inventory control

Promoting an increased trade relationship between the State of Alabama and the Port of Bar, Montenegro

Coach Wesley Porter, commended

Promoting an increased trade relationship between the State of Alabama and the Port of Bar, Montenegro

Rick Clark, commended

Robotics team The Super Novas from Peter F. Alba Middle School, commended

David Ames, commended

John Baxley Sanders, commended

Wesley Porter, commended

Vaccines, parental consent for minor to receive vaccine, required

Veterans, to establish and operate a statewide integrated health care system dedicated to Alabama veterans and their immediate family members.

Building codes; Alabama Home Builders Licensure Board; Alabama Residential Building Code, authorized to be established

Genetic Testing Companies, requiring consent to release customers' genetic data

State Port Authority; provide that authority is a body corporate and may employ non-merit system employees

Water, Sewer, and Fire Protection Authorities; change board member qualifications

Public contracts; ESG criteria prohibited in public contract.

Seafood products, country of origin notification, correct name, differentiate between farm-raised and wild fish; required for food service establishments

Contracts, competitive bidding, information technology contracts, further provided

State government, Office of Information Technology, cybersecurity requirements, provided

Property insurance, policy cancellation, nonrenewal, reduction of coverage, insurers required to provide prior written notice, circumstances under which policy cancellation, nonrenewal or coverage restriction by insurer deemed ineffective.

Airport Authorities; authorities authorized to participate in and form lawful business entities or ventures, and conduct activities incidental to operation of the authority.

George Hudson Place, commended

Delaney Zimlich, commending

Save Our Shrimpers Act, Supported

Relating to building codes; to authorize the use of certain refrigerants and refrigerant-equipped products that are in compliance with the National Clean Air Act.

Relating to public K-12 schools, to allow a parent or legal guardian to opt his or her child out of policies requiring a face covering at certain locations.

Relating to vaccines; to amend Section 22-8-4, Code of Alabama 1975; to require consent of a parent or legal guardian for any minor to receive a vaccination.

Relating to public contracts; to prohibit the consideration of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria when awarding a public contract; and to require a responsible bidder, as a condition of being awarded a public contract, to certify, under penalty of perjury, that its employees will not be subject to a personal ESG rating as a basis of hiring, firing, or evaluation.

Relating to coastal areas; to provide for permits for living shoreline restoration from the State Lands Division of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and the Department of Environmental Management and for the use of source sediment by riparian property owners.

Relating to criminal procedure; to require law enforcement agencies and the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences to submit an annual report containing certain data regarding sexual assault cases to the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency; and to require the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency to submit an annual report containing certain data regarding sexual assault cases to the Chairs of the House and Senate Judiciary Committees.

Relating to building codes; to amend Section 27-2-39, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide for a portion of fees and taxes collected by the Department of Insurance to the Alabama Residential Building Code Fund; to designate Sections 34-14A-1 through 34-14A-20 as Article 1 of Chapter 14A of Title 34, Code of Alabama 1975; to amend Sections 34-14A-1, 34-14A-2, 34-14A-7, 34-14A-12, 34-14A-20, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide for the establishment of the Alabama Residential Building Code and its authority; to further provide for the practice of residential home building; to further provide for the duties of the Home Builders Licensure Board; to add Article 2, commencing with Section 34-14A-41, to Chapter 14A of Title 34, Code of Alabama 1975, to establish the Alabama Residential Building Code Division within the Home Builders Licensure Board and provide for its duties; to establish the Alabama Residential Building Code Fund in the State Treasury and provide for its administration; to add Article 6A, commencing of Section 41-9-175, to Chapter 9 of Title 41, Code of Alabama 1975, to establish the Alabama Residential Building Code Advisory Council and provide for its membership and duties; to amend Sections 41-23-80, 41-23-81, 41-23-82, 41-23-84, 41-23-85, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide for the change of the name of the Alabama Energy and Residential Codes Board to the Alabama Commercial Energy Code Board and further provide for the membership of the board; and to provide requirements for certain local building codes adopted or amended after a date certain.

To authorize any municipality or governmental entity subject to a countywide civil service system to elect by a majority vote of the municipal governing body to opt out of the countywide civil service system; to require the municipality or governmental entity to adopt a human resources policy and procedures manual; and to require the municipality or governmental entity to notify the director of the countywide civil service system of its decision to withdraw from the system.

Relating to volunteer fire departments and volunteer rescue squads; to make legislative findings that volunteer fire departments and volunteer rescue squads fulfill a public purpose; to authorize volunteer fire departments and volunteer rescue squads to purchase kitchen equipment and supplies for their stations; to authorize a tax credit for mileage to firefighters and squad members; and to specify that county commissions are not responsible for the expenditures and activities of volunteer fire departments and volunteer rescue squads.

Relating to port credits; to amend Sections 40-18-401 and 40-18-403, Code of Alabama 1975, to expand the cap of the port credit and to expand tax incentives for businesses and enterprises who increase their cargo volume through Alabama public ports.

Relating to Mobile County; to amend Sections 45-49-181, 45-49-181.02, 45-49-181.03, 45-49-181.04, and 45-49-181.08, Code of Alabama 1975, to further provide for acceptance by the county of certain unimproved roads from private landowners; and to regulate the construction of certain other unimproved roads.

Relating to environmental protection; to amend Sections 22-30E-2, 22-30E-3, 22-30E-4, 22-30E-5, 22-30E-9, and 35-19-4, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide potentially responsible parties with limitations of liability with respect to a brownfield site; to create the Brownfield Remediation Reserve Fund; to add Sections 22-30E-14, 22-30E-15, and 22-30E-16 to the Code of Alabama 1975, to provide for the creation of brownfield redevelopment districts; and to make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style

DESIGNATING THE BRIDGE ON ALABAMA STATE ROUTE 193 THAT SPANS THE THEODORE INDUSTRIAL CANAL IN MOBILE COUNTY AS THE VICTOR BIRCH MEMORIAL BRIDGE.

CELEBRATING THE RETIREMENT OF CHIEF JIMMIE FLANAGAN.

Taxation, commercial fishing, ad valorem tax exemption for vessels and equipment, sales and use taxes exemption for bait, levy of excise tax at a rate differential of one and one-half percent on purchase and storage of vessels and machinery used for commercial fishing, Secs. 40-9-1, 40-23-1, 40-23-4, 40-23-37, 40-23-60, 40-23-63 am'd.

Public K-12 schools, allow parents of students to opt out of student masking requirements

Medical services, consent for health services, prohibit consent by minors to vaccines, Sec. 22-8-4 am'd.

Volunteer fire departments, expenditure of funds for equipment and supplies, payment of mileage for volunteer fire depts to and from fire calls

Criminal justice agencies, required to submit reports concerning reported and unreported sexual assault cases

Elections, voters and voting, providing procedures for an elector to vote when he or she has changed domicile, Sec. 17-9-10 am'd.

Insurance Department, transfer of certain funds from Insurance Dept. Fund to Strengthen Alabama Homes Fund by Commissioner of Insurance, authorized

Gambling device, crime of possession of a gambling device, slot machine manufactured before 1960 exempt from under certain limited circumstances, Sec. 13A-12-27 am'd.

Mobile Co., civil service system and personnel bd., City of Semmes and Town of Dauphin Island, optional personnel procedures, unclassified positions, lay-offs, Sec. 45-49-120.36 added; Secs. 45-49-120 to 45-49-120.35, 45-49-120.01, 45-49-120.20 am'd.

COVID-19, occupational licensing boards prohibited to take adverse action based on physician's recommended COVID-19 treatment, health care facilities and pharmacies required to fulfill patient's COVID-19 treatment request, cause of action provided

Public K-12 schools, allow parents of students to opt out of student masking requirements

Gaming, official state lottery, established, Alabama Education Lottery Commission established, distribution of lottery proceeds, provided, const. amend.

Lotteries; Alabama Education Lottery Commission, further provided; Alabama Education Lottery Trust Fund established, administration and distribution of funds, provided; licensing of lottery reatilers, provided; state tax on lottery revenues, provided; education scholarship program, created.

March, Jeremy, commended

Bail, to provide for an additional offense under which an individual can be denied bail, pretrial detention hearing under certain circumstances provided, Secs. 15-13-2, 15-13-3, 15-13-7, 15-13-104, 15-13-105, 15-13-106 am'd.

Bail, criminal cases, creates Aniah's law, const. amend

Insurance, certain rate filings and other acturial information for insurance coverage to be made public information, Sec. 27-1-25 am'd.

Crimes and offenses, crimes of riot and inciting to riot, further provided, assault against a first responder and damaging a public monument, created, crime of violence, definition further provided, harassment and harassing communications further provided, exceptions to sovereign immunity, further provided to include defunded jurisdictions, entitlement to bail, exceptions further provided, prohibitions on receipt of state grants and aid, established under certain conditions, Secs. 13A-11-3.1, 13A-11-8.1 added; Secs. 12-25-32, 13A-6-21, 13A-6-132, 13A-11-1, 13A-11-3, 13A-11-4, 13A-11-8, 13A-11-70, 15-13-2, 36-1-12, 36-2-1 am'd.

State of Emergency, religious organizations exemption provided under certain circumstances

Gambling device, crime of possession of a gambling device, slot machine manufactured before 1960 exempt from under certain limited circumstances, Sec. 13A-12-27 am'd.

Dauphin Island Sea Lab, official Aquarium of Alabama

Sexual assault, provide for victim notification, provide for certain rights to victims, Sexual Assault Task Force, created, Sexual Assault Survivors Bill of Rights

Secretary of State, authorized to provide digital copies of all bills, resolutions, and memorials electronically to the Legislature, eliminate binding requirements, Sec. 36-14-1 am'd.

Department of Insurance, transfer of certain funds from Insurance Dept. Fund to Strengthen Alabama Homes Fund by Commissioner of Insurance authorized

Park and beach bds., organized un Ch. 22 Title 11, CA 1975, and originally organized under Ch, 18, CA 1975, dissolution and transfer to mun., alternate procedure, approval of co. and mun., Sec11-22-16 am'd.

Education, Public School and College Authority, may use bond proceeds for Dauphin Island Sea Lab

Tax incentives, prohibits censorship of posts or comments on websites receiving state or local tax incentives, provides exceptions, remedies

Health, coronavirus vaccine, prohibit employers from taking adverse actions against an employee based on immunization status

Taxation, ad valorem tax, sales and use taxes, commercial fishing vessels and equipment exempt from ad valorem taxation, levy a rate differential of one and one-half percent on purchase and storage of vessels and machinery used for commercial fishing, Secs. 40-9-1, 40-23-1, 40-23-4, 40-23-37, 40-23-60, 40-23-63 am'd.

Professions and Businesses, design professional, contracts for professional services of, provided

Ames, Mae Hackney, death mourned

Dr. Wilson Fallin, Jr. Lecture Series, establishment of, commended

Schjott, Samuel D., death mourned

Schjott, Samuel D., death mourned

Dauphin Island Sea Lab, official Aquarium of Alabama

Donated foods, extend immunity to donated meat from game animals, this immunity not to apply to intentional acts, Sec. 20-1-6 am'd.

Fireworks, State Fire Marshal, fees for manufacturing, sale, display, increased, common fireworks, redesignated consumer fireworks, authorized to be sold at retail, preemption of co. and mun ordinances or laws, fees increased based on increases in Consumer Price Index (CPI), transfer of funds to Firefighter Annunity and Benefit Fund, Sec. 36-19-31 added; Secs. 8-17-210, 8-17-211, 8-17-216.1, 8-17-217, 8-17-218, 8-17-219, 8-17-220, 8-17-225, 8-17-226, 8-17-255, 34-33-11, 34-33A-12 am'd.

Bail, to provide for an additional offense under which you can be denied bail, Secs. 15-13-2, 15-13-3 am'd.

Crimes and offenses, criminal trespass, unauthorized entry of a critical infrastructure, further provided to include unmanned aircraft systems, Sec. 13A-7-4.3 am'd.

Bail, in criminal cases, Section 16, Constitution of Alabama of 1901, am'd, const. amend.

Gambling device, crime of possession of a gambling device, slot machine manufactured before 1960 exempt from under certain limited circumstances, Sec. 13A-12-27 am'd.

Class 2 municipalities, to provide that a municipality may not levy business license in its police jurisdiction unless they offer police and fire services to that area, Sec. 11-51-91 am'd.

Mobile Co., tobacco taxes levied by local law or by county, procedure for collection, enforcement

Sales and use tax, exemption for items used in harvesting and processing commercial seafood, Sec. 40-23-4 am'd.

Insurance, Commissioner of Insurance authorized to create educational and informational programs, hurricanes and nonhurricane wind and hail added to list of perils insurers required to provide in writing homeowners insurance, Secs. 27-2-7, 27-22-21 am'd.

Oysters, recreational permit by Dept. of Public Health, requirement for contact for health notices, income tax credit

Entertainment districts, Dauphin Island in Mobile Co., authorize the governing body of the town to establish three entertainment districts, Sec. 28-3A-17.1 am'd.

Mobile Co., roads, unimproved, acceptance by county, Act 87-663, 1987 Reg. Sess., am'd.

Bail, in criminal cases, Section 16, Constitution of Alabama of 1901, am'd, const. amend.

Homeowner's Insurance, companies writing to offer fortified bronze roof endorsement upgrading home to fortified standard when roof damage requires roof to be replaced, Sec. 27-31D-4 added.

Structural pest control work, providers of pest control work must give notice before raising prices on consumer's contracts

Insurance, Dept. of Insurance, Strengthen Alabama Homes Program, to maintain confidential documents, materials, and other information submitted by property owners, Sec. 27-31E-3 am'd.

Beer suppliers and wholesalers, regulation of contracts governing, revised, Sec. 28-9-5.1 added; Sec. 28-9-4 am'd.

Dauphin Island Sea Lab, designated as the official aquarium of Alabama

Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission, electing a legislative representative to

Curtis, Terry, commended