HB442 Alabama 2025 Session

Updated Feb 23, 2026

Low Interest

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Chris PringleRepresentative
Republican
Session: 2025 Regular Session
Title: Legislature; codification of 2024 Regular Session Acts and Code Commissioner technical revisions into the Code of Alabama 1975
Summary: HB442 would officially adopt and incorporate 2024 and 2025 code changes and local laws into the Code of Alabama 1975, creating a continuous codification.
What This Bill Does
It would adopt and incorporate the general and permanent laws enacted during the 2024 Regular Session as shown in the 2024 Cumulative Supplements and the 2025 Replacement Volumes 16A, 18, and 18A into the Code of Alabama 1975. It would adopt and incorporate the 2024 supplements to local law volumes, starting with Volume 22N Revised Local Laws for Pickens through Russell Counties. It would make certain corrections to the replacement volumes and cumulative supplements to fix errors and align references. It would declare that the adoption creates a continuous systematic codification of the entire Code and would specify that it does not affect 2025 session statutes; it also outlines duties for the Secretary of State regarding custody and certification of the volumes.

Who It Affects
State government agencies and the Code Publisher (Thomson Reuters) responsible for editing and publishing the Code, as well as the Secretary of State who will receive and certify the volumes.
Local governments and officials in Pickens through Russell Counties whose local laws are included in Volume 22N Revised Local Laws.
General public and legal users who rely on the official Code of Alabama 1975 for laws and references.

Key Provisions
Provision 1: Adoption and incorporation of the 2024 general and permanent laws enacted during the 2024 Regular Session as listed in the 2024 Cumulative Supplements and the 2025 Replacement Volumes 16A, 18, and 18A, including editorial changes by the Code Commissioner for publication by Thomson Reuters.
Provision 2: Adoption and incorporation of the 2024 supplements to local law volumes, including initial inclusion of Volume 22N Revised Local Laws for Pickens through Russell Counties.
Provision 3: Corrections to specific sections and volumes in the cumulative supplements and replacement volumes to fix typographical and other errors.
Provision 4: Declaration that the act creates a continuous systematic codification of the entire Code and that it does not repeal or modify 2025 session statutes; outlines certain duties of the Secretary of State and Code Publisher.
Provision 5: Requirements for transmitting the authenticated volumes to the Secretary of State and allowing certification of parts upon proper request and payment of fees.

AI-generated summary using openai/gpt-5-nano on Feb 22, 2026. May contain errors — refer to the official bill text for accuracy.
Subjects: Legislature