2024 Alabama House Bills

Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency, Department of Public Safety; salary adjustments provided to certain law enforcement officers

Real estate commission; real estate brokers, companies, salespersons; training, qualifications licensure; penalties for certain licensee conduct; required disclosures, prohibited conduct

State holidays; to add Juneteenth as a state holiday.

To create an Ebony Alert System to send an alert to assist in the recovery of a Black youth, including a young woman or girl, under certain circumstances.

Employment; to require employers to provide reasonable break time and location for employees to express breast milk.

Apartments; requires owners to perform background checks on certain players and enact certain policies regarding keys

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.

Face mask mandates; governmental entities and State Health Officer, prohibited from imposing; exceptions, provided

State agencies and occupational licensing boards, prohibited from preventing disclosure of misfeasance or malfeasance of employees and contractors

Absentee voting; to allow a disabled voter to designate an individual to deliver the voter's application for an absentee ballot to the absentee election manager; to allow a disabled voter to designate an individual to deliver the voter's absentee ballot to the absentee election manager.

Real estate professionals, licensing requirements, limitations and penalties related to duration of residential listing agreements, requirements and penalties related to disclosure of equitable interests in contracts, limits transactions with licensed out of state professionals.

Consumption of fishes, to provide for fish consumption advisories

Alabama Bail Reform Act of 1993, definition of cash bail revised to allow the court to accept less than the total sum ordered

Simplified sellers use tax, rate increased, distribution of proceeds.

To make it unlawful for a person to deny an individual full and equal enjoyment of public accommodations based upon the individual's weight or body size; to make it unlawful for an employer to discriminate against an applicant or employee based upon the applicant or employee's weight or body size; and to create a state cause of action against an employer who does so.

Firearms, penalty for failure to inform when in possession and questioned

Absentee ballot affidavit, reason for voting absentee removed

High School athletics, right to compensation for name, image, and likeness

Fire-protection personnel, pre-employment, pre-certification, and annual training related to individuals with sensory needs and certain disabilities, required

Death penalty, resentencing if not a unanimous verdict

Crimes and offenses; murder further provided for; exceptions provided, penalties revised

Sentencing, habitual felony offenders sentencing further provided for; resentence in certain circumstances

Pardons and Parole Board; Criminal Justice Policy Development Council created; provide for membership, duties; require use of parole release guidelines; parole proceedings revised; provide for appellate review

Abortion, rape and incest exceptions, provided

Crimes and offenses, to further provide for the crime of murder, create exception, penalties revised

Pardons and Paroles Board; allow inmates to participate in parole hearing virtually

Judicial compensation; uniform pay plan for justices & judges revised

Legislature; legislative sessions divided into two periods; deadline for passing budget bills imposed; Governor veto procedures revised; constitutional amendment

Firearms, to prohibit parts converting a firearm into a machine gun

Firearms, to provide for do-not-sell list

State government, created the Community-Based Violence Prevention Program within the Department of Economic and Community Affairs and provided for a pilot program to provide grants

Crimes & Offenses, creates the crime of virtual kidnapping & establishes penalties for violations

Body-worn and dashboard cameras; delay in disclosing certain recordings restricted

Taxation, High Socks for Hope, Inc., exempt from state, county, and municipal sales and use taxes

Criminal procedure; requires custodial agencies to contact a detained individual's emergency contacts in certain circumstances

Abortion, provision providing misdemeanor to induce abortion, repealed

Alabama State Missionary Baptist Convention, Inc., exempt from state, county, and municipal sales and use taxes.

Firearms, to prohibit parts converting a firearm into a machine gun, with exceptions

Red Flag Protective Order Act, established; to provide for the issuance of ex parte red flag protective orders and one-year red flag protective orders

Criminal procedure; criminal convictions sealed under certain circumstances; procedures established; exceptions provided; civil cause of action established

Board of Pharmacy, compounding pharmacies, number of pharmacy techs reg by board rule

Line of duty death benefit, expand to volunteer firefighters who die of cancer

Motor vehicles; prohibitions on the alteration of the height of the fender of a vehicle, provided

Crimes and offenses; authorizes law enforcement officer to demand suspect's date of birth in certain circumstances, criminalizes providing false date of birth to law enforcement

Local boards of education, minimum and maximum compensation of board members, increased, continuing education requirements as condition for compensation, required

Public preK-12 schools, chaplains; public schools, authorized to hire or accept as volunteers; local boards of education and governing bodies, required to vote on whether to allow; limitations, provided

Public contracts; ESG criteria prohibited in public contract.

Criminal procedure; split sentence authorized for 30 year sentence

Absentee election manager to allow elector who has submitted defective absentee ballot affidavit an opportunity to cure the defect.

Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, regulation of retail sale of certain tobacco products, electronic nicotine delivery

Contracts, competitive bidding, information technology contracts, further provided

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

Firearms, to prohibit possession and transfer of assault weapons under certain circumstances

Firearms, bump stocks prohibited

Crimes & offenses, provides that advertising access to sexual or labor servitude is a Class B felony

Abortion; authorized to preserve health of mother; father of unborn child required to pay for certain abortion costs; district judge authorized to excuse father from payment if father undergoes vasectomy

Local boards of education; maximum compensation of board members, increased; continuing education requirements as condition for compensation, required

Marion County, creates service of process fee

Voting, procedure when elector has changed domicile and has not updated voter registration record prior to election.

True School Choice for Alabama Act, established to provide education savings accounts (ESAs) for parents of children to use in providing education services for those children.

Abortion; authorized to preserve health of mother or if pregnancy result of rape or incest; man convicted of rape or incest required to pay for abortion and undergo vasectomy; mother of unborn child who undergoes abortion to preserve her health authorized to petition to require father of unborn child to pay for certain abortion costs; judge authorized to excuse father from payment if he undergoes vasectomy

Public K-12 schools; membership in certain athletic associations, competition against certain schools prohibited

Civil practice, asbestos actions; filing requirements, further provided

County commission; limitation of liability regarding use of public funds, provided

Fundamental rights of parents, provided for, Constitutional Amendment

Religious Organizations, Protect operations during a state of emergency

Child labor, to eliminate the eligibility to work form.

Crimes and offenses, further provides for the definition of "sexual conduct"

Transient occupancy tax, lodging tax, further exemptions for certain registered vehicles

Houston County, Houston County Health Care Authority, board members to be appointed by county commission

Sex-based terms, defined; vital statistics, report sex as male or female at birth required, legislative policy regarding sex and gender identity established

Animals; dog and cat sales tax, dog and cat fund created; animal control officer training, sterilizations of dogs and cats, disposition of seized dogs and cats further provided for.

Voting, requiring each county to provide at least one early voting center prior to election day

Voting, authorizing absentee voting without excuse

Establish income tax credit to recruited or remote workers

Income tax; credit for donation to food banks.

Competitive bidding, installation of certain purchased goods on property owned by a local board of education, exempted

St. Clair County, further provides for license tag fees

Teachers' Retirement System, reopened to allow purchase of credit in the system for prior service rendered to the St. Clair County DAY Program, Inc.

Taxation, exemption for agricultural fencing

Municipal historic preservation commissions; municipalities prohibited from designating place of worship as historic property; places of worship authorized to agree to historic designation; retroactive application, provided for

Education, instruction about gender identity and sexual orientation in public K-12 schools, prohibited

Baldwin County, constitutional amendment requiring the probate judge to be a licensed attorney and expanding the probate judge's jurisdiction

Supplemental appropriations from State General Fund to specified agencies for fiscal year ending September 30, 2024.

Appropriations from State General Fund for executive, legislative, and judicial agencies of the State, other functions of government, debt service, and capital outlay for fiscal year ending September 30, 2025.

Coalition Against Domestic Violence, appropriation, operations plan and audited financial statement required, quarterly and end-of-year reports required.

Juvenile court; add'l courts authorized to issue of emergency ex parte order for protection of juveniles; process provided for

Establishing the Board of Medical Scholarship Awards Fund

Insurance; motor vehicles; assigned risk plan, department of insurance to issue motor vehicle liability insurance policies; liability waived for the dept, its officers and employees, the state.

Insurance Dept, insurers required to be licensed, unauthorized insurers, exceptions for surplus line brokers, further provided for, authority for membership in the Surplus Line Insurance Multi-State Compliance Compact Act repealed.

State Health Officer; approval by Governor required before certain emergency rules, orders, or directives are effective

Proposed constitutional amendment; Alabama Gaming Commission, established to regulate, license, and tax certain limited forms of gaming activity and stop unlawful gaming activity; compact with PCI, authorized; local bingo provisions, repealed

Alabama Gaming Commission, established, duties provided for; casino-style games, sports wagering, and lottery games, regulated; gambling offenses, further provided

FY25 State Employees' COLA

Service contract providers, disclosures required in contracts and related marketing, limitation of liability, right to pay out cash value in lieu of repair or replacement, size and placement of disclosures.

Blount County, taxation of tobacco, vapor, and alternative nicotine products, constitutional amendment

Youthful Offender status, to prohibit a judge from granting youthful offender status to any person who is 16 years of age or older and charged with murder.

Face mask mandates; governmental entities and State Health Officer, prohibited from imposing to prevent spread of COVId-19; exceptions, provided

Alabama Coat of Arms; revised

State holidays, observance of all federal holidays provided for

Relating to Property Tax; Real Property Tax Assessment for motor vehicles

Vaccines, parental consent for minor to receive vaccine, required

Legislature; authority to set and alter compensation of county officers established

Consumer protection; filter requirements on Internet enabled devices, penalties for violation

Public K-12 Education, posting of curricula on school websites required, parents or guardians authorized to request further information, complaint process

Taxation, certain aircraft exempt from ad valorem taxation

Public K-12 education, use of three-cueing system prohibited

Crimes & offenses, further provides for the crime of discharging a firearm

Commerce Dept; secretary and deputy secretary salary revised

To exempt food pantries in Cullman County from sales and use tax

State Waters, Alabama Waters Task Force created

Crimes and offenses; transporting of homeless by city or county prohibited; crime created; penalties provided for

Lottery established, Alabama Lottery Corp. created, distribution of proceeds for education and general fund purposes, general laws to implement.

Municipalities, authorizes a municipality to resume collection of taxes in their police jurisdiction once in compliance with reporting requirements

Political parties; disqualifying candidate from ballot because of contributions from particular person or entity prohibited

Department of Transportation; Governor to authorized to create State Transportation Commission; Commission authorized to appoint Director of Transportation

Jefferson County, county commission, vacancies, local Act 2009-777 repealed, vacancies to be filled under general law

Regulating noise and heavy truck traffic in residential areas

State government; procurement code, further exceptions provided for volunteer fire departments and rescue squads

Public K-12 schools, sex education curriculum further provided for, sexual risk avoidance established as exclusive sex education curriculum, local boards of education prohibited from using services of org. that endorses other approaches to sex education, parent or guardian notice of sex ed curriculum required, cause of action for violations established

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

Pardons and Paroles; increased members on board

Medical Examiners; retention of a deceased person's organ unlawful; penalties established

RSA, procedure established for funding benefit increases of ERS and TRS retirees

Civil Procedure; attorney fees and damages authorized for protected class of workers assaulted while performing their official job duties

Elections, election officials, high school students authorized to work as precinct election officials

Birmingham Host Committee 2025 World Police and Fire Games tax exemptions

Retail establishments; banning cash as payment source prohibited, exceptions provided

Special disabled veteran license plate

Absentee voting; to allow a voter who is disabled, blind, or unable to read to designate an individual to deliver the voter's application for an absentee ballot and absentee ballot to the absentee election manager

Boating, increase maximum length vessel on certain water bodies

Postsecondary Education, circumstances under which unlawfully present aliens are prohibited from attending further provided

Traffic infractions, requires a citing agency to notify a minor's parent or guardian when the minor receives a traffic citation

Retirement benefits, revise circumstances when an individual's pension, annuity, or retirement allowance benefits are subject to certain recovery actions

Digital assets, regulates digital asset operations

Public school safety, silent panic alert technology required and provided for, Board of Education required to adopt rules

FY25 Children's First Trust Fund

Voting, procedure for improperly marked absentee and provisional ballots

Motor vehicles, requires proof of current registration and insurance to claim a vehicle from impound the first time or any subsequent time it is impounded.

Taxation; creates Tourism Tax Protection Act

Insurance, internal citations to the Code of Alabama corrected

Sex offenders; restricted employment and volunteer positions further provided for

State Firefighters, provide for additional occupational disabilities

Firearms, criminal penalty for unreasonably secured firearm stored by parent in possession of child

Definition of child; embryo outside a human uterus excluded from definition.

Municipalities, zoning board of adjustment, appeals, procedures

Ethics; laws pertaining to public officials and public employees revised

Alabama Business and Nonprofit Entities Code; amended to delete references to Alabama Nonprofit Corporation Law, clarify and streamline certain provisions in accordance with changes in Delaware law and the Model Business Corporation Act

State symbols; designate Little Bluestem as the official State Grass of Alabama.

Taxation, sales tax exemptions, sales and use tax exemption provided for certain purchases of diapers, baby supplies, baby formula, maternity clothing, and menstrual hygiene products

In vitro fertilization; civil and criminal immunity for death or damage to an embryo provided to persons when providing or receiving goods or services related to IVF

Pharmacy Benefits Managers; Providing more regulation

Constitutional Amendment; to vest school land located in Walker County in the Franklin County Board of Education

Extrauterine embryo not an unborn life and unborn child; Constitutional Amendment

Anti-discrimination against military.

Baldwin County, proposed local constitutional amendment to authorize and regulate certain charitable raffles, traditional paper bingo, and similar charitable games in the county.

State government, prohibits a state agency or other political subdivision of the state from taking certain actions in response to treaties

Legislature, authorized to request Secretary of State to poll members whether to convene special session and authorize Senate President Pro Tem and Speaker to call Legislature into special session in certain conditions

Consent to medical treatment; age of medical majority, established at 18; circumstances in which a minor may receive medical treatment, revised

Health care facilities and services, abolishing the certificate of need program

Death penalty; execution by nitrogen hypoxia prohibited

Income taxes, tax deduction for contributions to an ABLE savings account extended

Tax credits, authorizes ADEM to issue tax credits to persons using certain recyclable materials, sale and trade of recycle tax credits, civil penalties for fraud.

Homestead exemption; partially disabled veterans

Sheriffs, creates a service of process fee in every county and authorizes sheriffs to contract for service of process

Alabama Adventure Awaits sales tax holiday created; to exempt certain items from sales tax during the first weekends in March and August

Simplified Sellers Use Tax; to levy an additional amount based on current sales tax rates to be distributed to municipalities and counties.

Judge of probate of each county to conduct post-election audit.

Juveniles; provide for concurrent jurisdiction, criminal offenses committed

Right to repair agricultural equipment, equipment manufacturers to make documentation, software and other components available to equipment owners and independent service providers at fair and reasonable terms, trade secrets excepted.

Limestone County; rock quarries; certain blasting operations prohibited.

Limestone County; rock quarries; certain blasting operations prohibited.

Motor vehicles, child passenger restraint systems, use further provided

Assault weapons, to prohibit possession and transfer in certain circumstances, provide for registration

To provide further for the practice of landscape architecture

Taxation; exemption for certain air carriers

Baldwin County, raise per diem for Board of Equalization members

Establishing the Board of Medical Scholarship Awards Fund

Prisoners, increases the money paid by the state to counties to feed prisoners and the money deposited into the Emergency Prisoner Feeding Fund

Law enforcement, authorizes state colleges to employ retired law enforcement officers without officers losing retirement allowance

Mobile County; to remove any real property owned by the University of Mobile in the corporate limits of any municipality from the corporate limits of the municipality, Constitutional Amendment

Career and technical education in public K-12 schools; home school student participation, authorized; State Board of Education, required to adopt rules

Contraception; guaranteeing access

Taxation, sales tax exemptions, sales and use tax exemption provided for purchases of optical aids, including eyeglasses and contact lenses.

National guard and reserve; state income tax exemption

Junior Achievement of Alabama, Inc., exempt from state, county, and municipal ad valorem taxes, and sales and use taxes

Patient Transport, permit unlicensed vehicles in nonemergency situations

Physicians, rural physicians income tax credit, existing law repealed and replaced with new income tax credit after December 31, 2024, new credit increased to $10,000 per year for four years, transition provisions

Public K-12 education, remote early enrollment of transferring military children with special needs

Legislature; codification of certain regular and special session acts and Code Commissioner Technical Revisions into the Code of Alabama 1975

County officers, Omnibus Pay Act, cost-of-living increases, included in compensation of county officers under act

Day care centers; required to install and maintain video cameras; use of cameras and recordings, limited to certain circumstances; video recordings confidential except following incident of alleged abuse, neglect, harassment, or other inappropriate behavior; Dept. of Human Resources required to adopt rules

Retail Theft Crime Prevention Act; required payment of restitution, further provided to include housing and care costs incurred

Animals, disposal methods for dead further provided

Taxation, Lt General Victor "Brute" Krulak Detachment of Marine Corps League, exempt from sales and use tax

Pardons and Paroles, requirements for release on parole further provided for, apply for appellate relief when parole denied in certain circumstances, require medical parole hearing held within a certain time frame, allow an inmate released on medical furlough place of residence

Interstate compact; massage therapy

Interstate compact; dentists

Mobile County; to remove any real property owned by the University of Mobile in the corporate limits of any municipality from the corporate limits of the municipality, constitutional amendment

Gas districts formed by two or more municipalities, board of directors, fee for board meetings increased

911 districts, permit districts to cooperate in providing services

State employees, eight weeks paid parental leave provided for, State Personnel Department required to adopt rules

Rural Hospital Investment Program established, tax credits for donations to rural hospitals authorized

To provide further for the practice of midwifery

Dept of Conservation & Natural Resources, deer hunting with dogs further provided for, report of violations made by the commissioner

Distinctive license plate to include fire chaplains

Public preK-12 schools, campus chaplains, public schools authorized to hire or accept as volunteers, local boards of education and governing bodies required to vote on whether to allow, limitations provided

Interstate compact; dieticians

Interstate Compact -Social Work Examiners

Crimes and offenses, juveniles, prohibit release confidential information

Making all motor vehicle license plate designs valid for a 10 year period.

Alabama Film Office, director appointment process revised

Entertainment Industry Incentive Act of 2009 amended, music albums included as qualified production, minimum qualifications established

Municipalities; warrant procedures, certain digital, electronic, or telephonic means of obtaining a warrant authorized

Baldwin County, transfers certain licensing duties from revenue commissioner to new License Coordinator

Alabama Crime Victims Compensation Commission; restitution further provided for; members compensation further provided for

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

Public contracts, county public building authorities, exemption provided

Class IV municipalities, removes restriction on hiring same accountant for more than three consecutive years

Public school teacher salary schedule, experience credit provided to certain certified teachers for experience as paraprofessional or teacher's aide

Baldwin County, transfers certain licensing duties from revenue commissioner to new License Coordinator

Baldwin County, increases service of process fees

Baldwin County, further provides for compensation of the sheriff

Alabama Workforce Transformation Act FY24 Regular Session

Courts; Uniform Traffic Ticket and Complaint; disposition by law enforcement officer further provided

Emergency services; railroad crossings, prohibitions on the blocking of crossing under certain conditions

Innovation Districts; establishment of by counties and municipalities as public corporation authorized; provide for the powers of innovation districts.

Community development districts; proceeds from alcoholic beverage tax in certain districts, distribution provide for

Fire Protection Districts; Elections for Service Fees

Income tax, tax credit for voluntary cash contributions to pregnancy center or residential maternity facility

Volunteer Rescue Squad Tuition Reimbursement Program, authorize regional agencies of the Office of Emergency Medical Services to participate

Department of Mental Health; expand category for involuntary commitment to include individuals with co-occurring substance use disorder, authorize service of petition in county of respondent's location when original petition was filed, authorize judge to determine when to bring respondent before court for hearing on restriction of liberty pending final hearing, authorize judge of probate to petition district or municipal court for suspension of criminal confinement for commitment; bill does not require providers to expand services unless additional funding provided

Board of Medical Examiners; "expedited license" defined for purposes of criminal background check for physician licensure

Commercial driver licenses, updated to conform to Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration regulations

Municipal courts; reporting requirements of driving under the influence convictions established; penalties established

Crimes and offenses; murder and manslaughter further provided for

Public K-12 schools, each local board of education required to adopt an Internet safety policy for district-owned devices used in schools, prohibit use of certain platforms, provide social media instruction in certain grades

Municipal officials, requires participation in training

Consumer protection, further provides for data breaches

State holidays, adding Juneteenth as a state holiday, providing that state offices shall not close on Jefferson Davis' birthday and Juneteenth

Economic development; state law authorizing counties and municipalities to provide for innovation districts as public corporations authorized; innovation district use of public funds for public or private persons authorized; constitutional amendment

Alabama Growth Alliance Bill

Alabama Workforce Pathways Act, different pathways for high school diplomas based on future career plans

Additional fee, professional firefighter distinctive motor vehicle license plate

Illegal immigration; procedures for arrest, detention, transportation of illegal aliens provided for; reporting requirements established; penalties established

Spouses and Dependents of Law Enforcement Officers Tuition Scholarship Fund created, Alabama Commission on Higher Education required to administer and adopt rules

Abortion, harboring or transporting of minor girl in order to obtain abortion prohibited in certain circumstances, criminal penalties and affirmative defense provided, certain civil remedies authorized

Taxation, tax credit for childcare costs incurred by employers and for childcare facilities created

Competitive bidding; contract protest procedures revised.

Public institutions of higher education, Hunger-Free Campus designation created and provided for, Alabama Commission on Higher Education required to adopt rules

Crimes and offenses, provided that the use of any premises to distribute material that is harmful to minors is a public nuisance and further provided for the definition of "sexual conduct"

Jefferson County, sheriff, appointment of reserve deputies to execute writs of possession in unlawful detainer cases, training, fees by affected parties

Financial Institutions; to prohibit financial institutions from using a merchant category code to identify firearms transactions; to prohibit disclosure of financial information regarding firearms transactions

Workers' Compensation; allow health care providers to bill private insurance

Motor vehicles, Dept of Revenue, transfer of ownership interest in deceased individual's motor vehicle prohibited, except by order of a probate or circuit court, by a small estates distribution, by affidavit of all heirs, Class B misdemeanor for false affidavit.

Consumer protection; distributors of material harmful to children required to use age-verification procedures

FY24 Alabama Building Renovation Finance Authority Bill

Crimes & offenses, prohibits law enforcement from using the hog-tie position

District Attorneys; salary further provided for

District Attorneys; salary increased during term of office authorized; Constitutional Amendment

Prohibit "balance billing" by ground ambulances

Solid waste; to define the term mass balance attribution, further provide for recovered materials processing facilities

ATV parks, provides for permitting, inspection, operation, and fines for violations

Electronic Security Board of Licensure, requirements for licensing, procedures for operating provided

Municipal housing authorities, further provides for the powers of authorities and exempts from taxes

County housing authorities, further provides for the powers of authorities and exempts from taxes

International organizations; jurisdiction of certain international organizations not recognized by state.

District Attorneys; absolute immunity established; duties further provided for

Incarceration, supervised pre-incarceration probation for certain pregnant women provided for, self-surrender 12 weeks after birth required, criminal penalties for failure to surrender provided

Alabama Code of Military Justice

Guardianships, bill of rights for adults with guardians

Firearms, criminal penalty for unreasonably secured firearm stored by parent in possession of child

Repeal Act 2023-560, relating the the Distressed Institutions of Higher Education Revolving Loan Program.

Alabama Farm Center created, vested with powers and privileges, deemed economic development organization

Open house parties, owners of residences, prohibited from allowing persons under the age of 21 have alcohol or illegal drugs, requirement that owner be present deleted, enforcement further provided

Tort Reform, to regulate litigation financing agreements, vicarious liability of employers, proof of medical care expenses, and attorney advertising

Limestone County; quarries; certain blasting operations prohibited.

Prohibit the use of any ranked-choice voting method in elections except for electors who vote by absentee ballot pursuant to the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act

International organizations; jurisdiction of certain international organizations not recognized by state.

Provision of sexual content to minor, prohibited; libraries prohibited from purchasing certain sexual content; certain entities prohibited from affiliating with American Library Assn.; cause of action, created; exception to Anti-Obscenity Enforcement Act for libraries and library employees, repealed

State employees, salary deductions further provided for

State symbols; designate the Alabama shad as the official state migratory fish of Alabama.

Public officers and employees; further provide for the benefits of the office of coroner and other related persons.

Lauderdale County, Electric Utility Board, establishment, members, transfer of City of Florence Electric Department to board, board members appointed by City Council of Florence and Lauderdale County Commission, Constitutional Amendment.

Class 1 municipalities, (Birmingham), vacant property registration ordinance, city council may adopt, fees, liens for noncompliance

Tobacco products, heated tobacco product definition and tax provided for.

ERS, benefit increase for certain retirees of on October 1, 2024

Calhoun County, authorizes the co. commission and governing bodies of municipalities to regulate halfway houses

Childersburg, corporate limits altered to annex property from Bon Air.

Marengo County; coroner and deputy coroner, compensation and travel expense

Elections; revise dates for submissions to qualify on ballot

Macon County, Shorter, corporate limits altered

Location Monitoring, requires entities to share location monitoring data in certain circumstances

Sex offenders; to further provide for restrictions for certain sex offenders

Advancement and Technology Fund, interest earned to remain in fund

Jefferson County, additional residential building permit fee levied, distribution to the North Alabama Homebuilding Academy

Labor organizations, employer's eligibility for economic development incentives conditioned upon employer refraining from certain practices relating to labor organizations, oversight provided

Occupational and professional licensing boards, prohibited from purchasing or acquiring real property commencing on October 1, 2024

Department of Senior Services, Dementia Services Coordinator created within

Jefferson County, county employees, charged with enforcing ordinances, violations, authority as a peace officer to serve warrants

Greene County; county racing commission, further provided; simulcast racing, pari-mutuel wagering, further provided

Putative father registry, certain information deemed public record

Gulf Shores, corporate limits altered to annex property

Unemployment compensation, unemployed individual required to contact an increased number of prospective employers for each week of unemployment claimed; further providing for the meaning of failure to seek or accept suitable work

Voting precincts; require county commissions to redraw following redistricting.

District attorneys and retired district attorneys, calculation of retirement benefits, authorized to advise law enforcement; civil immunity provided; return to work after retirement without loss of benefits; rural recruitment and retention program established

Gulf Shores, corporate limits altered to annex property

Bail, further provides for the crime of bail jumping, the exoneration of sureties, and failure to appear

Employees of local boards of education; twelve weeks of paid parental leave following birth of child, placement of child for adoption, miscarriage, or stillbirth provided for; State Board of Education authorized to adopt rules

Public Health, to require hypodermic needles and syringes not be openly available when offered for sale

Jefferson County, Tax Assessor and the Tax Collector, salary

Wilcox County, further provides for mail order license decals and other mail order fees

State Auditor; powers and duties revised; Division of Investigations created

Morris; Corp. limits altered

Marshall County, taxes in-lieu-of-tax payments distribution

St. Clair County, county commission, authorized to provide cost-of-living increases to supernumerary sheriff and revenue commission

Wilcox County, authorizes county commission to increase ad valorem tax

Wilcox Co., tax assessor and tax collector, expense allowance paid under Act 2016-308, ratified and confirmed

Choctaw County, court cost in circuit court, district court, municipal court, district for county jail

Real estate professionals, licensing requirements, limitations and penalties related to duration of residential listing agreements, requirements and penalties related to disclosure of equitable interests in contracts, limits transactions with licensed out of state professionals.

Mechanics liens on aircraft, clarifies and establishes scope of lien of a contributor of certain labor or materials to aircraft, authorizes recording lien with FAA and with Secretary of state.

Medicaid; permit presumptive eligibility for pregnancy care benefit before approval

Residential home construction, not required to be engineered home when under three floors