2024 Alabama Senate Bills

Absentee voting; prohibit assistance in preparation of; exceptions provided

Class 1 Municipalities, enforcement of state regulations and municipal code liens, judicial in rem foreclosure, court-ordered sale of property, recovery of unpaid liens and cost of enforcement, not applicable to owner-occupied real property.

RSA, certain conditions removed for retired elected official under TRS or ERS to serve in another elected public office for compensation without suspension of benefits

Board of Pharmacy, compounding pharmacies, number of pharmacy technicians regulated by board rule

Commencement of actions, Scouts' Honor Bill, exception to statute of limitations for sex offense against minor, provided in actions against a bankruptcy estate

Food Products, manufacture and distribution of meat from cultured animal cells prohibited

Board of Nursing, authorized by rule to clarify scope of practice of certified nursing support technicians, disciplinary actions clarified

Board of Nursing, technical change of term "nurse educator" to "advanced practice nurse" in the Alabama Loan-Repayment Program for Advanced Practice Nursing

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

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

Public K-12 education, employment of assistant superintendents, assistant chief school finance officers, and assistant principals by contract provided for local boards of education

Crimes and offenses; additional activity added to making a terrorist threat in the first degree

Dam safety, elective procedures provided for state-owned dams

Insurance Department 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further provided for, authority for membership in the Surplus Line Insurance Multi-State Compliance Compact Act repealed.

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

Public K-12 Education, posting of curricula on school websites required, parents or guardians authorized to examine materials upon request

Appliances, prohibits a governmental entity from restricting acquisition of appliances based solely on the type of energy used

Child labor, eliminating the eligibility to work form.

State Textbook Review Committee, review of periodicals, required

Personnel Department, to require director to regularly assess job requirements and remove college degree when practicable

Teachers and school employees, state retirement benefits terminated upon conviction of certain sex crimes involving minor.

Public k-12 education; hands on instruction in CPR and the use of AEDs, required in health classes; State Board of Education, authorized to adopt rules

Ports, inland facilities; create inland port and intermodal grant fund in ADECA.

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

Insurance Department, insurance fraud, statute of limitations increased, investigators of Department of Insurance Fraud Unit, power of arrest to include other state laws

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.

State employees, cost-of-living increase for fiscal year beginning October 1, 2024

Children First Trust Fund, appropriations from for fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, use of allocation pursuant to Section 41-15B-2.2 and this act, tobacco settlement revenues deposited in fund within 30 days of receipt.

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

Off-label medical treatment; adverse action by occupational licensing board because of recommendation, prohibited; patient informed consent, required; cause of action, provided

Taxation, exemption for agricultural fencing

Filing fees, not required for certain qualified domestic relations orders

Tuscaloosa County; Tuscaloosa City Board of Education, jurisdiction to include only territory within city limits, territory outside of City of Tuscaloosa city limits, included in jurisdiction of county board of education, ad valorem taxes redistributed, Constitutional Amendment.

Alabama Fire College; Add new seat to commission.

Crimes & offenses, provides that it is unlawful to loiter within 30 feet of an interchange involving a controlled-access or limited access highway

Taxation; exempting the gross proceeds of honeybees and their byproducts from sales tax

Tobacco products; electronic nicotine delivery systems, use or possession of device, prohibited without regard to particular substance used therein

Public K-12 school security; School Security Program, established to require school security inspections and grading; School Security and Fire Safety Fund, established to provide grants; School Mapping Data Program, established to provide criteria for school maps; Department of Education and ALEA, authorized to adopt rules

Establishing the Board of Medical Scholarship Awards Fund

Board of Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Contractors, remove provisions related to apprentices

Civil practice, asbestos actions; filing requirements, further provided

Relating to civil liability; to amend Section 6-5-332, Code of Alabama 1975, to limit the liability of members of any community emergency response team who perform emergency care at the scene of an accident or disaster.

Commerce Department; secretary and deputy secretary salary revised

Sunset law; Board of Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Contractors is continued until October 1, 2028

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

Sunset law; Alcoholic Beverage Control Board continued until October 1, 2028

Alabama Real Estate Appraisers Board, continued until October 1, 2028, without modification, pursuant to the Sunset Law

State Licensing Board for General Contractors, continued until October 1, 2027, without modification, pursuant to the Sunset Law

Alabama Onsite Wastewater Board, continued until October 1, 2025, with modification to allow an organizational meeting to be considered a regular meeting of the board, pursuant to the Sunset Law

Sunset law, Alabama Electronic Security Board of Licensure is continued until October 1, 2028

Sunset law, Alabama Private Investigation Board continued until October 1, 2026

Child labor, increasing civil and criminal penalties for employers who violate child labor laws

Sunset law, Alabama Board of Funeral Services is continued until October 1, 2028

Sunset law, Alabama Real Estate Commission is continued until October 1, 2028

Alabama Board of Electrical Contractors, continued until October 1, 2026, with modification to provide for a provisional license, pursuant to the Sunset Law.

State Board of Auctioneers, continued until October 1, 2028, pursuant to the Sunset Law

Alabama Security Regulatory Board, continued until October 1, 2027, without modification, pursuant to the Sunset Law

State Board of Public Accountancy, continued until October 1, 2028, without modification, pursuant to the Sunset Law

Sunset law, Alabama Liquified Petroleum Gas Board continued until October 1, 2028

Alabama Athletic Commission, continued until October 1, 2027, without modification, pursuant to the Sunset Law

Public Health Department State Board of Health, entity abolished and duties transferred to State Committee of Public Health; membership of committee revised; State Health Officer duties and qualifications revised

Diversity, equity, and inclusion; certain public entities prohibited from maintaining office that promotes diversity, equity, and inclusion programs; certain programs related to divisive concepts or diversity, equity, and inclusion, prohibited; promotion and endorsement of certain divisive concepts in certain public settings prohibited; exceptions provided; public institution of higher education, required to designate multioccupancy restrooms based on biological sex

Sunset law, Alabama Board of Court Reporting is continued until October 1, 2028

Alabama Behavior Analyst Licensing Board, continued pursuant to Sunset Law until October 1, 2026; Department of Mental Health required to provide certain services and personnel for operation of board

Alabama Board of Social Work Examiners, continued until October 1, 2028, without modification, pursuant to the Sunset Law

Alabama Securities Commission, continued until October 1, 2028, without modification, pursuant to the Sunset Law

Department of Insurance, continued until October 1, 2028, without modification, pursuant to the Sunset Law

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

Statewide 911 Board, continued until October 1, 2026, without modification, pursuant to the Sunset Law

Alabama Board of Massage Therapy, terminated pursuant to the Sunset law and replaced by the Alabama Massage Therapy Licensing Board

Plumbers and Gas Fitters Examining Board, continued until October 1, 2028, without modification, pursuant to the Sunset Law

Sunset law, Alabama Board of Cosmetology and Barbering is continued until October 1, 2028

Alabama Professional Bail Bonding Board, continued until October 1, 2025, without modification, pursuant to the Sunset Law

St. Clair County, specifying qualified electors for county superintendent and board of education and changing Pell City Board of Education from an elected to appointed board and specifying residential qualifications for members of city board local constitutional amendment

Pell City, St. Clair County, repealing acts providing for the election of the Pell City Board of Education, contingent upon ratification of a constitutional amendment providing for an appointed board of education

Sunset law; Alabama Board of Examiners in Psychology continued until October 1, 2028

Sunset law; Alabama Board of Examiners in Counseling continued until October 1, 2026

Sunset law, Board of Examiners of Assisted Living Administrators is continued until October 1, 2026

Public Service Commission, continued until October 1, 2028, without modification, pursuant to the Sunset Law

Sunset Law; Alabama State Board of Respiratory Therapy continued until October 1, 2028, with modification to delete nonexistent nominating entities.

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

Taxation; creates Tourism Tax Protection Act

State Pilotage Commission as Class 2 municipality, commission may regulate maritime data used in Mobile Bay.

Expungement , to provide that a person adjudged youthful offender for a misdemeanor offense, violation, traffic violation, or municipal ordinance violation may file a petition to have records expunged.

Joint Transportation Committee, transfer of responsibility for annual report on local motor fuels excise tax revenues to Department of Revenue

Autauga County, board of education authorized to use private insurance company to insure school buildings and property

Public education employees; exclusion of students from classroom, provided for; principal authorized to suspend, expel, or recommend for alternative school certain students excluded from classroom; civil and criminal immunity provided to education employees; local boards of education authorized to reimburse or compensate employees for certain legal fees; rebuttable presumption, created; Board of Education, required to adopt rules

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

Study Commission on Interagency Cooperation and Collaboration on the Rehabilitation and Reintegration of Formerly Incarcerated Individuals; dissolution date extended; members added; retroactive effect

Mobile County; firefighting and emergency medical districts, board of trustees fills vacancies

Animals, limitations of liability for activities of bovines provided to owners

Municipalities, commercial development authorities, project defined to include single commercial enterprises

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

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

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

Alcoholic Beverages Control Board; ability to own its warehouses authorized

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

Mobile Co., sheriff, salary and expense allowance.

Animals, disposal methods for dead further provided

Interstate compact; dieticians

Interstate Compact -Social Work Examiners

National guard and reserve; state income tax exemption

Juveniles; provide for concurrent jurisdiction, criminal offenses committed

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

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

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

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

Motor vehicles, use of motor vehicles equipped with an automated driving system

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

Public contracts, county public building authorities, exemption provided

Crimes and offenses, juveniles, prohibit release confidential information

Home Buyers Initiative Act; alternative housing programs, funding mechanism further provided

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

Alabama Workforce Transformation Act FY24 Regular Session SENATE

Corrections Department; rename Investigation and Intelligence Division; add correctional canine classifications to state law enforcement

Alabama Growth Alliance Bill

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

Pardons and Paroles; time frame for parole court extended

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

Etowah County, constitutional amendment, authorizes legislature to fix court costs by local law

Etowah County, provides for service of process

Motor vehicles, maximum weights on state roads further provided

Marshall County; employees requiring training clarified

Mobile County, sheriff, qualifications

Semmes, corporate limits altered

Public records, procedures established to request and obtain copies of records from state

Counties, agriculture authorities, authorized to establish and promote agriculture businesses, economic development, and other purposes, power further specified to develop commercial facilities and use revenue for authority's mission

Relating to child care and workforce development; to establish the employer tax credit, childcare facility tax credit, and nonprofit childcare provider grant program; to make legislative findings

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

Motor vehicles and traffic; first responders operating upon roadways, distinguished from pedestrians

Alabama Film Office, director appointment process revised

Alabama Code of Military Justice

Notaries Public, recognize that licensed professionals may notarize documents as part of their profession

Municipal officials, requires officials to participate in training

Precious Metal Bullion, exchange excludes net gain from gross income, grants net capital loss deduction from gross income

Legislature; expenditure of funds further provided for; certain employee reimbursement authorized; access to buildings and roads further provided for

Relating to sales taxes; to provide for the additional state sales tax rate in ABC retail stores.

City of Jacksonville, Board of Education, election date revised

Alabama Rural, Agribusiness, and Opportunity Zone Jobs Act; certain state matching capital loans authorized, subject to appropriation

Montgomery County; sheriff's office, authorize the use of credit cards

Department of Corrections; Deputy Commissioner for Prison Rehabilitation renamed; number of Deputy Commissioners further provided for; additional exempt and unclassified employees created; additional Joint Prison Oversight Committee duties created

Taxation, counties prohibited from distributing proceeds from certain taxes to certain entities

Elections; revise dates for submissions to qualify on ballot

Capital Improvement Cooperative Districts under Chapter 99B, Title 11, Code of Alabama 1975, amendment of articles of incorporation for new areas, use of funds for construction costs, approval of certain rates and fees

Community development districts, additional criteria for establishment of district on impounded reservoir created by river from wilderness area, sale of alcoholic beverages authorized

Research and Development Corridors; establishment of by counties and Class 1 municipalities as public corporation authorized; provide for the powers of research and development corridors.