Senate Bill 137 Alabama 2026 Session

Updated Feb 17, 2026

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Steve LivingstonSenator
Republican
Session: 2026 Regular Session
Title: Alabama Resilience Council created
Summary: SB137 would permanently establish the Alabama Resilience Council as an executive advisory group, create a Chief Resilience Officer, and require a statewide resilience plan to reduce risks to communities and infrastructure.
What This Bill Does
The bill would permanently establish the Alabama Resilience Council as an appointed advisory group within the executive branch to coordinate resilience activities across state government, local governments, and the private sector. It would authorize the appointment of a Chief Resilience Officer to lead the council and oversee the statewide resilience plan. The plan would include a statewide risk and vulnerability assessment, a prioritized list of resilience actions, community preparedness strategies, and an implementation strategy with timelines, with the initial plan due within two years of the Chief Resilience Officer’s appointment and updated at least every two years. It would create the Alabama Resilience Council Fund to support council activities and would reallocate certain funds to resilience initiatives and related research, under specified oversight and caps.

Who It Affects
State government agencies (as voting members) and their staff, who will participate in coordinating resilience planning and execution.
Local governments and private-sector/critical infrastructure owners and operators, who may participate as non-voting members and benefit from coordination, funding opportunities, and resilience actions.

Key Provisions
Establishes the Alabama Resilience Council as an appointed advisory group within the executive branch with defined voting and non-voting membership.
Creates a Governor-appointed Chief Resilience Officer to coordinate council activities and lead the statewide resilience plan.
Requires a statewide resilience plan that includes a statewide comprehensive risk and vulnerability assessment, prioritized resilience actions, community preparedness, and an implementation strategy; initial plan within two years and updates every two years.
Specifies council membership: voting members include the Governor (or designee), the Chief Resilience Officer, and agency heads; non-voting members may include local government representatives and private-sector stakeholders.
Creates the Alabama Resilience Council Fund to support council activities and authorizes related fund transfers; and amends the Insurance Department Fund to allocate funds to resilience and related research programs with caps and carryovers, and remainder to the State General Fund.
Funding specifics and fiscal provisions: 50% of certain insurance receipts to the Insurance Department Fund; $1,500,000 credited annually to the Center for Risk and Insurance Research Fund; starting in FY2028, 10% credited to the Alabama Resilience Council Fund up to $1,000,000 per year; remaining funds to the State General Fund.
Effective date: October 1, 2026.

AI-generated summary using openai/gpt-5-nano on Feb 12, 2026. May contain errors — refer to the official bill text for accuracy.
Subjects: State Government