Hearing
Senate County and Municipal Government Hearing
Room 325 at 09:30:00
House Bill 181 Alabama 2026 Session
Updated Feb 5, 2026
Summary
- Primary Sponsor
Rhett MarquesRepresentativeRepublican- Session
- 2026 Regular Session
- Title
- Dredging; coastal areas, dredged materials required to be beneficially used by persons dredging certain amounts
- Description
Under existing law, the Alabama Department of Environmental Management and the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources jointly administer the Alabama Coastal Area Management Program under delegated federal authority to ensure consistency in balancing conservation, economic, and other interests with regard to coastal area projects.
This bill would require a person who annually dredges over 1 million cubic yards of material in a coastal area to cause at least 70 percent of that material to be beneficially used.
This bill would also require the Alabama Department of Environmental Management and the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to adopt rules to administer this act, including revising the Alabama Coastal Area Management Program as necessary.
- Subjects
- Conservation & Natural Resources
Bill Actions
S
Signature Requested
S
Delivered to Governor
S
Enrolled
H
Ready to Enroll
H
Marques Concur In and Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 271
S
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 210
S
Albritton motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 209 FKSY355-1
S
Albritton 1st Amendment Offered FKSY355-1
S
Third Reading in Second House
S
Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar
S
Reported Out of Committee Second House
S
Pending Senate County and Municipal Government
S
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on County and Municipal Government
H
Engrossed
H
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 176
H
Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 175 RBQCRMY-1
H
Ways and Means General Fund Engrossed Substitute Offered RBQCRMY-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 Ways and Means General Fund RBQCRMY-1
H
Re-referred to Committee in House of Origin to House Ways and Means General Fund
H
Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar
H
Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
H
Pending House Ports, Waterways and Intermodal Transit
H
Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Ports, Waterways and Intermodal Transit
Calendar
Hearing
House Ways and Means General Fund Hearing
Room 617 at 13:30:00
Hearing
House Ports, Waterways and Intermodal Transit Hearing
Room 206 at 16:00:00
Bill Text
Votes
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Roll Call 176
Yes
97
Abstained
6
Absent
1
Motion to Adopt - Roll Call 175 RBQCRMY-1
Yes
98
Abstained
4
Absent
2
Third Reading in House of Origin
Yes
99
Abstained
3
Absent
2
HBIR: Passed by House of Origin
Yes
99
Abstained
3
Absent
2
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Roll Call 210
Yes
33
Absent
2
Albritton motion to Adopt - Roll Call 209 FKSY355-1
Yes
33
Absent
2
Third Reading in Second House
Yes
33
Absent
2
SBIR: Passed by Second House
Yes
33
Absent
2
Marques Concur In and Adopt - Roll Call 271
Yes
100
Abstained
2
Absent
2
Documents
Bill Text (Engrossed)
House Bill 181 Alabama 2026 Session - Engrossed
Bill Text (Introduced)
House Bill 181 Alabama 2026 Session - Introduced
Bill Text (Enrolled)
House Bill 181 Alabama 2026 Session - Enrolled
Amendment
House Ways and Means General Fund Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
Amendment
Senate Albritton motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 209
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note - Introduced
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note - Introduced
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note - Passed First Chamber
Source: Alabama Legislature