Hearing
Senate Judiciary Hearing
Room 325 at 08:30:00
HB226 Alabama 2026 Session
Updated Apr 10, 2026
High Interest
Summary
- Primary Sponsor
Brock ColvinRepresentativeRepublican- Session
- 2026 Regular Session
- Title
- Habitual offender law; pleas of nolo contendere treated as a plea of guilty
- Description
Under existing law, when a defendant in a criminal case enters a plea of nolo contendere, the plea is treated as a plea of guilty for purposes of the case only; however, the plea has no effect on future cases.
This bill would provide that for purposes of the habitual offender law, a prior conviction includes both in-state and out-of-state convictions, and a plea of nolo contendere is treated as if the defendant entered a plea of guilty.
- Subjects
- Crimes & Offenses
Bill Actions
H
Enacted
H
Enacted
H
Delivered to Governor
S
Signature Requested
H
Enrolled
H
Ready to Enroll
S
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 1322
S
Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar
S
Reported Out of Committee Second House
S
Pending Senate Judiciary
S
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Judiciary
H
Engrossed
H
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 358
H
Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 357 5V7LRMM-1
H
Robbins 1st Amendment Offered 5V7LRMM-1
H
Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 356 L5NDPAW-1
H
Judiciary Engrossed Substitute Offered L5NDPAW-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 Judiciary L5NDPAW-1
H
Pending House Judiciary
H
Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Judiciary
Calendar
Hearing
House Judiciary Hearing
Room 200 at 13:30:00
Bill Text
Votes
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Roll Call 358
Yes
104
Motion to Adopt - Roll Call 357 5V7LRMM-1
Yes
104
Motion to Adopt - Roll Call 356 L5NDPAW-1
Yes
102
Abstained
2
Third Reading in House of Origin
Yes
100
Abstained
3
Absent
1
HBIR: Passed by House of Origin
Yes
100
Abstained
3
Absent
1
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Roll Call 1322
Yes
33
Absent
2
Documents
Bill Text (Enrolled)
HB226 Alabama 2026 Session - Enrolled
Bill Text (Engrossed)
HB226 Alabama 2026 Session - Engrossed
Bill Text (Introduced)
HB226 Alabama 2026 Session - Introduced
Amendment
House Judiciary Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
Amendment
House Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 357
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note - Introduced
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note - Reported by First Chamber Committee
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note - Passed First Chamber
Source: Alabama Legislature