Crimes and offenses; crime of loitering, exceptions further provided; mask usage policies on school campuses, authorized

Department of Archives and History; composition of board and method of filling board vacancies further provided for, retroactive effect

Boating; certain boating events exempt from obtaining an event permit

Criminal law; crime of promoting prostitution, penalty increased; crime of soliciting prostitution, penalty increased for repeat violations and soliciting trafficking victims

This act adds Section 12-18-166 to the Code of Alabama 1975, to: (1) prohibit individuals from participating in both supernumerary circuit clerk programs and the Employees' Retirement System (ERS) based on the same service; and (2) authorize individuals who independently qualify for supernumerary circuit clerk programs and the ERS based on separate service to participate in both programs.

Fair Campaign Practices Act; authorize notifications of civil penalties by electronic mail in lieu of certified mail in certain circumstances

Alabama Improvement Districts; to limit interest charged on assessments, county tax, and judges of probate to aid in the collection of assessments

This act repeals Section 16-47-91, Code of Alabama 1975, which established and provided for the Physicians Advisory Board of The University of Alabama School of Medicine.

This act repeals Article 7 of Chapter 47, Title 16, Code of Alabama 1975, which established and provided for the School of Social Work of Alabama at The University of Alabama.

Foundry wastes; Environmental Management Department required to adopt rules for beneficial reuse

Dogs and Cats; abandoning dogs or cats prohibited; criminal penalty for violations

This act is the Education Trust Fund Budget. This act makes appropriations for the support, maintenance, and development of public education in this state, for debt service, and for capital outlay for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2027.

Hospitals, private hospital assessment and Medicaid funding program sunset clause removed

This act amends Sections 31-10-2, 31-10-3, and 31-10-4, Code of Alabama 1975, to: (1) add workforce development programs to those academic pathways that qualify for tuition assistance payments under the Alabama National Guard Educational Assistance Program for active members of the Alabama National Guard; (2) authorize the Adjutant General and the Executive Director of the Alabama Commission on Higher Education (ACHE) to determine which workforce development programs qualify for assistance; (3) require assistance be paid to schools within 90 days after the academic period beginning and ACHE verifying the member's enrollment; (4) limit assistance to the median cost of tuition per term of all public four-year institutions in the state; (5) limit assistance to 120 academic hours or the completion of the first bachelor's degree or 60 academic hours or the first graduate degree; (6) prohibit universities from charging members out-of-state tuition or fees; (7) prohibit using assistance for a second bachelor's or master's degree; (8) add that a student must be over 16 years of age, comply with the Satisfactory Academic Progress standards under the Federal Higher Education Act, complete a Free Application for Federal Student Aid, and sign a promissory note for repayment if disqualified from the program to receive assistance; (9) exempt from repaying assistance any member disqualified from serving due to a disability rating of at least 40 percent; (10) authorize the Adjutant General and Alabama National Guard Education Services Officer to consult with ACHE to determine criteria for disqualification for assistance; (11) require ACHE to collaborate with the State Military Department in adopting rules to administer the program; (12) provide the Adjutant General is the final authority in determining eligibility to receive assistance; and (13) provide that any assistance currently being received shall continue until the completion of the academic course. This act also repeals Section 31-10-4.1, Code of Alabama 1975, which provided qualifications for tuition reimbursement under the program.

This act: (1) makes supplemental appropriations from the Education Trust Fund totaling $419,717,091 to various agencies and entities for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026; (2) transfers $49,920 from the Alabama Student Assistance Program Fund, $148,192 from the Knight Court Monitor Fund, and $114,723 from the Teacher Education Scholarship Loan Fund to the Commission on Higher Education Fund and appropriates these funds to the Commission on Higher Education for specific uses; (3) appropriates $100,000,000 from the CHOOSE Act Fund to the Department of Revenue for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026; (4) authorizes conversion charter schools to use funds received under Act 2024-428 as needed; (5) authorizes the Alabama Historical Commission to use unused or returned funds previously appropriated from the Education Trust Fund; (6) amends Section 3 of Act 2025-270 to decrease the Education Trust Fund appropriation to the Rural Alabama Teaching Health Center from $1,110,000 to $385,000 and appropriate $725,000 to the Decatur Morgan Graduate Medical Education Program; (7) reappropriates unexpended or reverted appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026; and (8) appropriates amounts necessary for public funds into the State Treasury.