Senate Minority Leader Bobby Singleton, D-Greensboro, hands a paper to Alabama Senate staff on Feb. 5, 2026 at the Alabama Statehouse in Montgomery, Alabama. (Brian Lyman/Alabama Reflector)
Here are the bills that passed the Alabama Legislature this week.
Tuesday, Feb. 3
House
HB 297, sponsored by Rep. Thomas Jackson, D-Thomasville, alters, rearranges and extends the boundary and corporate limits in the City of Monroeville in Monroe County. The bill passed 12-0. It moves to the Senate.
HB 330, sponsored by Rep. Mack Butler, R-Rainbow City, repeals a law outlining methods for the Etowah County Commission to fill vacancies in county offices. The bill passed 21-0. It goes to the Senate.
HB 331, sponsored by Rep. David Standridge, R-Hayden, allows Blount County to levy an additional 1% tax on hotels, motels and commercial lodgings. The bill passed 26-0. It goes to the Senate.
HB 310, sponsored by Rep. Danny Crawford, R-Athens, proposes a constitutional amendment for Limestone County to allow a resident who is at least 65 years old to claim a tax exemption for real property under certain conditions. The bill passed 65-0. It moves to the Senate.
HB 1, sponsored by Rep. Barbara Boyd, D-Anniston, requires an ignition interlock device upon a first conviction for driving under the influence. The bill passed 100-0. It moves to the Senate.
HB 165, sponsored by Rep. Danny Garrett, R-Trussville, requires institutions of higher education to submit annual reports on state and federal funding receipts and action plans if federal spending is reduced. The bill passed 104-0. It moves to the Senate.
HB 79, sponsored by Rep. Danny Crawford, R-Athens, consolidates the registration fee and fixed registration fee for vessels and adds a monthly schedule for registration by owners. The bill passed 103-0. It moves to the Senate.
SB 35, sponsored by Sen. Wes Kitchens, R-Arab, consolidates the registration fee and fixed registration fee for vessels. The bill passed 102-0. It goes to Gov. Kay Ivey.
HB 178, sponsored by Rep. Danny Garrett, R-Trussville, establishes a process allowing two or more city school boards to merge and create a single consolidated system. The bill passed 104-0. It moves to the Senate.
HB 192, sponsored by Rep. David Faulkner, R-Mountain Brook, establishes a presumption in prosecutions involving deadly force that a defendant is not justified in using physical force in self-defense if he or she disposes of the weapon. The bill passed 104-0. It moves to the Senate.
HB 254, sponsored by Rep. Shane Stringer, R-Citronelle, prohibits law enforcement officers from stopping or boarding vessels for safety or marine sanitation equipment inspections. The bill passed 102-1. It moves to the Senate.
HB 91, sponsored by Rep. Jim Hill, R-Odenville, would allow money collected from a docket fee currently used to fund operations of a jail to be used to support “the functions of the office of sheriff for law enforcement purposes.” The bill passed 99-1. It moves to the Senate.
HB 255, sponsored by Rep. Russell Bedsole, R-Alabaster, increases the time that crime victims may apply for compensation from the Alabama Crime Victims Compensation Commission from one year after the injury or crime to two years. The bill passed 101-0. It moves to the Senate.
SB 134, sponsored by Sen. Billy Beasley, D-Clayton, requires a wholesale dealer and jobber permitted by the Department of Revenue and at least four other states who purchases tobacco products directly from the manufacturer or an affiliate of the manufacturer and only makes sales for resale to a wholesale dealer to register and obtain a permit from ADOR to be an interstate warehouse. The bill passed 101-0. It goes to Gov. Kay Ivey.
HB 214, sponsored by Rep. James Lomax, R-Huntsville, prohibits foreign nationals from contributing to campaigns, ballot measures, political parties, or political action committees and prohibits political parties, political action committees, principal campaign committees, and others from soliciting campaign contributions from foreign nationals. The bill passed 94-0. It moves to the Senate.
HB 183, sponsored by Rep. Susan DuBose, R-Hoover, allows homeschool students to participate in career and technical education programs at public schools; directs the Alabama State Board of Education to adopt rules to implement the program; directs local boards of education to adopt rules to implement the state board’s rules, and allows full-time, stand-alone career and technical education schools to opt out. The bill passed 85-2. It moves to the Senate.
HB 156, sponsored by Rep. Paul Lee, R-Dothan, enrolls Alabama in an interstate physician assistant licensure compact providing for licensing, regulations and enforcement. The bill passed 101-0. It moves to the Senate.
HB 37, sponsored by Rep. Reed Ingram, R-Pike Road, increases the penalty for eluding law enforcement from a Class A misdemeanor, punishable by up to a year in jail, to a Class D felony, punishable by one to five years in prison, and expands the circumstances in which the charge can be upgraded to a Class C felony, punishable by up to 10 years in prison, or a Class B felony, punishable by up to 20 years in prison. The bill passed 103-0. It moves to the Senate.
HB 111, sponsored by Rep. Phillip Rigsby, R-Huntsville, makes it a Class C felony, punishable by up to 10 years in prison, to clone, attempt to clone or participate in an attempt to clone a human being. The bill passed 96-0. It moves to the Senate.
HB 308, sponsored by Rep. Mark Shirey, R-Mobile, proposes a constitutional amendment for Mobile County to authorize a resident who is at least 65 years old to be exempt from paying taxes on real property under certain conditions. The bill passed 68-0. It moves to the Senate.
HB 140, sponsored by Rep. Chris Sells, R-Greenville, requires that transfers of land from developers to their immediate family members be exempt from specific regulations to expire after two years. The House concurred in Senate changes on a 103-0 vote, sending the bill to Gov. Kay Ivey.
Senate
HB 181, sponsored by Rep. Rhett Marques, R-Enterprise, requires individuals who annually dredge over 1 million cubic yards of material in a coastal area to beneficially use 70% of that material. The bill passed 33-0 with an amendment. The House concurred in Senate changes Tuesday, sending the bill to Gov. Kay Ivey.
HB 140, sponsored by Rep. Chris Sells, R-Greenville, requires that the regulations for transfers of land from developers to their immediate family members relating to the construction and development of subdivisions within a county be exempt from some government regulations that expire after 24 months after the date of such transfers. The House concurred in Senate changes on Tuesday, sending the bill to Gov. Kay Ivey.
SB 206, sponsored by Sen. Sam Givhan, R-Huntsville, codifies the laws passed by the Legislature in the 2025 Regular Session. The bill passed 33-0. It goes to the House.
SB 58, sponsored by Sen. Arthur Orr, R-Decatur, would require public servants found guilty of corruption to pay interest on their restitution payments. The bill passed 33-0. It goes to the House.
HB 245, sponsored by Rep. Terri Collins, R-Decatur, requires the Alabama Department of Revenue to oversee the operation of the Rural Hospital Investment Program Board. The bill passed 33-0. It goes to Gov. Kay Ivey.
SB 200, sponsored by Sen. Rodger Smitherman, D-Birmingham, renames the Alabama Office of Minority Affairs the Alabama Office of Civic Engagement. The bill passed 33-0. It goes to the House.
SB 166, sponsored by Sen. Vivian Davis Figures, D-Mobile, allows political candidates to destroy their personal copies of their campaign finance records after four years. The bill passed 33-0. It goes to the House.
SB 174, sponsored by Sen. Greg Albritton, R-Atmore, allows oil and gas wells to be converted to geothermal facilities. The bill passed 33-1. It goes to the House.
SB 71, sponsored by Sen. Donnie Chesteen, R-Geneva, prohibits the state from setting stricter environmental regulations than the federal government. The bill passed 25-7. It goes to the House.
SB 118, sponsored by Sen. Lance Bell, R-Pell City, creates the Alabama Background Check Service, allowing law enforcement to collect biometric identifiers for noncriminal justice purposes to identify individuals. The bill passed 33-0. It goes to the House.
Thursday, Feb. 5
House
HB 355, sponsored by Rep. Paul Lee, R-Dothan, amends the Alabama Code to extend the time a temporary probate judge can serve in Houston County from 90 days to 180 days and allows for successive appointments. The bill passed 17-0. It moves to the Senate.
HB 356, sponsored by Rep. Paul Lee, R-Dothan, moves duties regarding selling or redeeming land for taxes from the Houston County probate judge to the Houston County revenue commissioner. The bill passed 17-0. It moves to the Senate.
HB 287, sponsored by Rep. Russell Bedsole, R-Alabaster, moves the Permanent Joint Legislative Committee on the Law Enforcement Medal of Honor and Meritorious Service Award into a statute. The bill passed 100-0. It moves to the Senate.
HB 289, sponsored by Rep. Heath Allbright, R-Holly Pond, prohibits the inclusion of the date of deposition from being on death certificates. The bill passed 102-0. It moves to the Senate.
HB 267, sponsored by Rep. Rep. Chris Sells, R-Greenville, authorizes the State Forester to receive sickness and annual leave and reimbursement for travel. The bill passed 101-0. It moves to the Senate.
HB 67, sponsored by Rep. Jamie Kiel, R-Russelville, caps the cost of voter rolls at $1,000 and prohibits the publication of Social Security numbers and emails.. The bill passed 85-16. It moves to the Senate.
HB 7, sponsored by Rep. James Lomax, R-Huntsville, defines what a “credible threat” of terrorism is and revises criminal penalties for making a terrorist threat in the first or second degree.. The bill passed 86-0. It moves to the Senate.
HB 33, sponsored by Rep. Ron Bolton, R-Northport, amends the Alabama code to change the age the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency can deny a driver license or learner permit from 19 to 17. The bill passed 98-0. It moves to the Senate.
HB 274, sponsored by Rep. Matt Simpson, R-Daphne, adds a section to the Alabama Code that allows the Department of Corrections to take action against drones flying over correctional facilities. The bill passed 104-0. It moves to the Senate.
SB 66, sponsored by Sen. April Weaver, R-Hoover, shortens the University of Montevallo’s board of trustees’ term from 12 to eight years and limits each member to two terms. The bill passed 101-1. It goes to Gov. Kay Ivey.
HB 159, sponsored by Rep. Ron Bolton, R-Northport, adds a section to the Alabama Code to allow qualifying circuit clerks to participate in the Employees’ Retirement System. The bill passed 93-0. It moves to the Senate.
HB 130, sponsored by Rep. Jim Hill, R-Odenville, reopens the Teachers’ Retirement System to allow credit purchases for previous services done by the St. Clair County Day Program. The bill passed 96-0. It moves to the Senate.
HB 292, sponsored by Rep. Rick Rehm, R-Dothan, allows any veteran who has at least a 50% disability to get a special disabled veteran license plate.. The bill passed 102-0. It moves to the Senate.
HB 256, sponsored by Rep. Russel Bedsole, R-Alabaster, amends the Alabama Code to extend the validity of license plate designs from five years to 10 years. The bill passed 100-3. It moves to the Senate.
HB 166, sponsored by Rep. Jamie Kiel, R-Russelville, allows the Secretary of the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency to suspend the license of a person convicted of driving with an expired license or without one for additional six months and allows impoundment of vehicles if an individual does not have proof of license and a law enforcement officer cannot verify that they do. The bill passed 99-1. It moves to the Senate.
HB 188, sponsored by Rep. Alan Baker, R-Brewton, removes the requirement that making a terrorist threat in the second degree must be “credible and imminent.”. The bill passed 83-10. It moves to the Senate.
HB 35, sponsored by Rep. Ron Bolton, R-Northport, creates the Alabama Squat Truck Law to prohibit alterations made to the height of a fender for vehicles. The bill passed 93-7. It moves to the Senate.
HB 139, sponsored by Rep. Danny Crawford, R-Athens, amends the Alabama Code to add corn masa flour to the list of products that must be enriched with folic acid.. The bill passed 83-14. It moves to the Senate.
Senate
HB 161, sponsored by Rep. Chris Sells, R-Greenville, requires app stores to have age verification for minors. The bill passed 35-0 with an amendment. It goes to the House for concurrence or conference committee.
HB 41, sponsored by Rep. Matt Simpson, R-Daphne, allows prosecutors to seek the death penalty for those convicted of sexual assault of a child under the age of 12. The bill passes 33-1. It goes to Gov. Kay Ivey.
SB 59, sponsored by Sen. Arthur Orr, R-Decatur, requires public colleges and universities to submit an annual report on how much money they received from the state and federal governments and to develop plans should federal funding be cut. The bill passed 34-0. It goes to the House.
SB 169, sponsored by Sen. David Sessions, R-Grand Bay, increases the penalty for criminally negligent homicide, elevating punishment one class to a Class B felony, punishable by two to twenty years in prison, if the victim suffers serious physical injury or dies. The bill passed 34-0. It goes to the House.
SB 62, sponsored by Sen. Arthur Orr, R-Decatur, creates the Alabama Charter School Finance Authority, which will issue loans to state charter educational institutions. The bill passed 34-0. It goes to the House.
SB 203, sponsored by Sen. Vivian Davis Figures, D-Mobile, elevates the crime of indecent exposure with sexual motivation to a minor from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class C felony on a third conviction, punishable by up to one year in prison. The bill passed 34-0. It goes to the House.
SB 180, sponsored by Sen. Will Barfoot, R-Pike Road, changes the Board of Pardons and Paroles term start date from July 1 to March 1. The bill passed 34-0. It goes to the House.
SB 167, sponsored by Sen. Arthur Orr, R-Decatur, would end a requirement that courts defer to a state agency’s decision in an administrative dispute. The bill passed 34-0. It goes to the House.
HB 149, sponsored by Rep. Jim Hill, R-Odenville, designates the Board of Commissioners of the Alabama State Bar as an agency of the judicial branch. The bill passed 32-2. It goes to Gov. Kay Ivey.
SB 78, sponsored by Sen. Josh Carnley, R-Enterprise, extends the Board of Examiner of Assisted living Administrators until October 2028, and requires the governor to appoint a board member if the nominator does not do so in a timely manner. The bill passed 34-0. It goes to the House.
SB 103, sponsored by Sen. Keith Kelley, R-Anniston, extends the Alabama Construction Recruitment Institute until October 2030, and places it under the administration of the Alabama Department of Workforce. The bill passed 34-0. It goes to the House.
SB 113, sponsored by Sen. Chris Elliot, R-Josephine, extends the Alabama Behavior Analyst Licensing Board until October 2027 and places it under the administration of the Alabama Department of Mental Health. The bill passed 34-0. It goes to the House.
SB 195, sponsored by Rodger Smitherman, D-Birmingham, would allow the removal of estate administration and will contests to circuit courts without assigning special equity if the county’s probate and circuit courts do not have concurrent jurisdiction. The bill passed 34-0. It goes to the House.
SB 39, sponsored by Sen. Sam Givhan, R-Huntsville, gives the president pro tempore of the Senate appointing power, instead of the lieutenant governor, for the Permanent Legislative Committee on Reapportionment. The bill passed 34-0. It goes to the House.
SB 40, sponsored by Sen. Sam Givhan, R-Huntsville, allows the Contract Review Permanent Legislative Oversight Committee to recommend that the governor not sign a contract brought to the government. The bill passed 34-0. It goes to the House.
SB 86, sponsored by Sen. Josh Carnley, R-Enterprise, extends the current 30-day payment period for assessments made on illegally imported or transported motor fuel. The bill passed 34-0. It goes to the House.
HB 117, sponsored by Rep. Jim Hill, R-Odenville, allows county commissions to adopt a procurement or purchasing program to simplify purchases that apply only to purchases of tangible personal property and allows them to consider whether a procurement or purchasing program provides administrative savings in addition to cost savings and allows them to designate another individual to oversee and manage a procurement or purchasing program besides the county’s chief administrative officer. The bill passed 34-0. It goes to Gov. Kay Ivey.
SB 230, sponsored by Sen. Sam Givhan, R-Huntsville, allows political candidates to spend campaign funds to protect themselves, immediate family or staff. The bill passed 34-0. It goes to the House.
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