HB385 Alabama 2025 Session

Updated Jan 14, 2026

House Bill

Expired

Current Status

2025 Regular Session

Session

Sponsor

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Ben Robbins Representative
Republican
Session: 2025 Regular Session
Title: Occupational and professional licensing boards; prohibited from purchasing or acquiring real property under the power of eminent domain
Description: Under existing law, certain governmental agencies and quasi-governmental entities are permitted to condemn private land for a public purpose under the power of eminent domain.
This bill would prohibit any enumerated agency, unenumerated agency, or other governmental entity statutorily subject to the Alabama Sunset Law of 1981 from acquiring property rights through condemnation under its power of eminent domain.
This bill would also delete the specific statutory authority to purchase or acquire real property under the power of eminent domain in the future of the following agencies and entities: the Alabama Surface Mining Reclamation Commission, Bear Creek Development Authority, Alabama State Board of Pharmacy, Historical Commission, and the Alabama Construction Recruitment Institute.
Subjects: Authorities, Boards, & Commissions