HR325 Alabama 2026 Session

Summary

Session

2026 Regular Session

Title

SPECIAL ORDER CALENDAR

Summary

HR325 creates a Special Order Calendar that prioritizes a list of bills for the 27th legislative day.

What This Bill Does

If enacted, the House would adopt a resolution making the listed bills the special and paramount order of business for the 27th legislative day, giving them precedence over regular business. That means those bills would be considered and voted on before other pending matters on that day. The included bills touch topics like K-12 education accountability, energy development, licensing, taxes, penalties, health and safety inspections, and various regulatory changes.

Who It Affects

• Group 1: Members and staff of the Alabama House of Representatives, since the resolution changes the order of business and which bills take precedence.
• Group 2: Alabama residents and various stakeholders who would be affected if the listed bills become law (e.g., students and families in education, energy and construction sectors, taxpayers, workers, law enforcement, health and safety regulators, and local governments).

Key Provisions

• HB604 w/sub Public K-12 education; creates Accountability Council and tasks state education entities to develop a system to analyze student performance data.
• SB174 Allows conversion of oil and gas wells into alternative energy facilities and expands lease authority for state lands by the Commissioner of Conservation.
• SB279 Expands practice exemptions for the General Contractor Licensing Board.
• HB579 w/sub Taxation; provides sales and use tax exemption for Tigers for Tomorrow Exotic Animal Preserve, Inc.
• SB219 Requires service contract provider registration fees to go into the Special Examination Revolving Fund.
• SB233 Increases penalties for eluding a law enforcement officer.
• SB32 w/sub Exempts certain households with veterans' benefits from solid waste collection fees.
• SB197 Requires one health inspection and one fire inspection for statewide applicability for food trucks and mobile vendors.
• SB288 Requires board members of agriculture authorities to appoint successors and allows purchases through cooperative purchasing programs.
• SB254 Paroles; adjusts parole grant/denial discretion and parole-violation penalties, with updated review standards.
• SB94 Enhances penalties and procedures for unauthorized use of disabled parking spots and allows electronic scanning; requires death notification in certain cases.
• SB183 Exempts natural hairstyling from regulation by the Board of Cosmetology and Barbering.
• SB211 Modifies sick leave rules for education employees, including donations, banks, and policy requirements.
• SB300 Expands design options for Helping Schools license plates and allows certain individuals to receive at no cost.
• SB240 Allows remote participation in parole hearings with defined conditions.
• SB337 Requires certain deeds for school lands to be issued upon request.
• SB209 Expands sex education rules in K-12 schools, including sex education content, parental notice, and enforcement.
• SB304 Creates a building-trade business license for municipalities.
• SB280 Allows purchase of certain federal service credits in public retirement systems.
• SB194 Eliminates or relaxes some candidate ethics notification requirements when in compliance.

AI-generated summary using openai/gpt-5-nano-2025-08-07 on Apr 2, 2026. May contain errors — refer to the official bill text for accuracy.