HB363 Alabama 2019 Session

Updated Feb 24, 2026

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Chip BrownRepresentative
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2019
Title: 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.
Summary: HB 363 keeps Strengthen Alabama Homes grant documents confidential while allowing public disclosure of grant amounts and recipients.
What This Bill Does
The bill requires the Strengthen Alabama Homes Program to treat all documents submitted for grant applications as confidential. However, the amount of any grant and the grant recipient's name must be publicly disclosed. Grants must be used to retrofit insurable properties to resist hurricanes, tornadoes, and other major windstorms, and applicants must have an insurable property with a homestead exemption and meet the department's grant-type eligibility requirements. The program continues to operate within the Department of Insurance.

Who It Affects
Residential property owners and insurance companies applying for Strengthen Alabama Homes grants: their grant-related documents are confidential, while grant amounts and recipient names are public.
The general public and media: grant amounts and recipient names are publicly disclosed.

Key Provisions
Confidentiality: documents, materials, and information submitted for grant applications by property owners or insurers are confidential under the law.
Public disclosure exception: the amount of any grant awarded and the name of the grant recipient are publicly disclosed.
Grant use: funds must be used to retrofit insurable properties to resist hurricane, tornado, or other catastrophic windstorm events as defined by the program.
Eligibility: applicants must own an insurable property with a homestead exemption and meet the department's grant-type eligibility requirements.
Program administration: the Strengthen Alabama Homes Program remains within the Department of Insurance.
Effective date: the act becomes effective immediately after the governor's approval.

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Subjects: Insurance