Hospitals; required to report certain staffing information to Alabama Department of Public Health and publicly indicate whether physicians are physically present in emergency department

Public K-12 schools, sex education (sex ed) curriculum further provided for, sexual risk avoidance established as sex ed curriculum, policies of local boards of education related to sex ed further provided for, parent or guardian notice of sex ed curriculum required, Attorney General authorized to enforce

This act is Trey's Law. This act renders void and unenforceable any provision of an agreement entered into, executed, or amended on or after October 1, 2026, that prohibits an individual or entity from disclosing certain acts of sexual abuse or facts related to these acts of sexual abuse.

Criminal law; crime of interference with a first responder, established

Public Officers and Employees; Division of Risk Management authorized to provide bond program, authorize delinquencies, notification required

Montgomery County; probate judge, compensation revised

Class 3 Municipalities; minimum staffing requirements for law enforcement agencies, mandated; grace period, established; state assumption of oversight for violations, provided

Barbour County; coroner, mileage rate revised

This act amends Section 33-5-10, 33-5-13, 33-5-14, and 33-5-17, Code of Alabama 1975, to: (1) increase the vessel registration fees for Class 1 vessels from $18 to $23, for Class 2 vessels from $23 to $28, for Class 3 vessels from $73 to $78, and for Class 4 vessels from $98 to $103, to be deposited into the State Water Safety Fund; and (2) provide that "manufacturer" and "dealer" certificates of registration may only be used for vessels being demonstrated or tested.

State Health Planning and Development Agency; collaboration among rural health care providers authorized; certification and supervision framework established, limited immunity from state and federal antitrust laws provided

Public health, authorized forms of single-dose epinephrine used by public schools and authorized entities expanded

This act adds Section 16-6J-10 to the Code of Alabama 1975, to: (1) authorize schools, students, and parents of such students, participating in the CHOOSE Act to bring a civil action to have an interscholastic athletic association enjoined from enforcing rules limiting CHOOSE Act students' participation in sports solely due to their CHOOSE Act participation and enjoined from punishing a CHOOSE Act student for participating in sports pursuant to a court's injunction under this act or for supporting such a student's participation; (2) provide rules governing actions for such injunctions; and (3) authorize these CHOOSE Act participants to bring civil actions against interscholastic athletic associations for actual economic damages resulting from these actions within two years thereof.

Mobile County; temporary judges of probate, appointment amended

Higher education, College and Higher Education Excellence and Results (CHEER) Act established, bonus funding for eligible institutions authorized based on achievement of performance goals and objectives

This act is the Alabama Work Zone Safety Act. This act: (1) authorizes the Alabama Toll Road, Bridge, and Tunnel Authority and the Alabama Department of Transportation to install certain automated photographic speed enforcement systems, and the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) to use manually operated photographic speed enforcement systems, in active work zones to monitor motor vehicles to assure safety; (2) authorizes ALEA to issue civil traffic citations for speeding violations recorded by photographic speed enforcement systems and to mail notice of citations or warnings to a vehicle owner's address; (3) prohibits ALEA from issuing a notice if the identity of the owner is not reliably established; (4) provides that a failure to pay a civil penalty or contest liability in a timely manner, not exceeding 60 days, is an admission of liability; (5) requires the Secretary of ALEA to adopt rules providing for a hearing procedure and the resolution of violations; (6) provides that a speeding violation under the act is punishable by a civil fine of $250 and shall not result in a criminal penalty or points on the driver license; (7) provides requirements, including training and attestation of recorded violations via affidavit, for speed enforcement officers to operate photographic speed enforcement systems; (8) requires photographic speed enforcement systems to be independently calibrated annually; (9) requires the admission of a citation notice, recorded images of a violation, and evidence of ownership of a vehicle in court without foundation, with exceptions; (10) provides affirmative defenses that may be raised by cited individuals; (11) provides 50 percent of the civil penalties collected under this act shall be distributed to ALEA for costs of implementing this act, with any excess being deposited into the ALEA Work Zone Safety Fund, and the remaining 50 percent distributed to the department for costs of implementing this act, with any excess being deposited into the Transportation Work Zone Safety Fund; (12) establishes the ALEA Work Zone Safety Fund to be administered by ALEA and the Transportation Work Zone Safety Fund to be administered by the department in the State Treasury; (13) establishes a pilot program to authorize the department and ALEA to implement this act within one interstate work zone by October 1, 2026, with statewide implementation not before November 16, 2026; (14) authorizes the department and ALEA to make emergency procurements and adopt emergency rules to facilitate the pilot program implementation date; and (15) provides this act is repealed on September 30, 2028.