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HB139 Alabama 2026 Session

Updated Apr 15, 2026
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Summary

Session
2026 Regular Session
Title
Food enrichment; corn masa folic acid requirements, corn masa flour added, exempt products revised
Description

Existing law prohibits the manufacture or sale of corn masa food products that are not enriched with a minimum amount of folic acid.

Existing law also exempts certain types of corn masa products from this requirement.

This bill would add corn masa flour to the products that must be enriched.

This bill would revise the corn masa products that are exempt from this requirement to include certified organic corn masa flour and products.

This bill would also make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style.

Subjects
Health

Bill Actions

H

Enacted

H

Enacted

H

Delivered to Governor

S

Signature Requested

H

Enrolled

H

Ready to Enroll

H

Crawford motion to Concur In and Adopt Senate Amendment - Adopted Roll Call 1346

S

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 1291

S

Bell motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1290 TBL2459-1

S

Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development 1st Amendment Offered TBL2459-1

S

Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar

S

Reported Out of Committee Second House

S

Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development 1st Amendment TBL2459-1

S

Pending Senate Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development

S

Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development

H

Engrossed

H

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 315

H

Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 314 11SQ63Z-1

H

Crawford 1st Amendment Offered 11SQ63Z-1

H

Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 313 JPXS4NF-1

H

Health Engrossed Substitute Offered JPXS4NF-1

H

Third Reading in House of Origin

H

Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar

H

Reported Out of Committee House of Origin from House Health JPXS4NF-1

H

Pending House Health

H

Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Health

H

Prefiled

Calendar

Hearing

Senate Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development Hearing

Finance and Taxation at 15:00:00

Hearing

House Health Hearing

Room 206 at 10:30:00

Bill Text

Votes

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Roll Call 315

February 5, 2026 House Passed
Yes 80
No 14
Abstained 9
Absent 1

Third Reading in House of Origin

February 5, 2026 House Passed
Yes 101
No 1
Abstained 1
Absent 1

HBIR: Passed by House of Origin

February 5, 2026 House Passed
Yes 101
No 1
Abstained 1
Absent 1

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Roll Call 1291

April 8, 2026 Senate Passed
Yes 30
Absent 5

Crawford motion to Concur In and Adopt Senate Amendment - Roll Call 1346

April 9, 2026 House Passed
Yes 101
No 1
Abstained 2
Absent 1

Documents

Source: Alabama Legislature