Fayette County; senior property tax exemption authorized, constitutional amendment

This act: (1) requires the State Board of Education to adopt a model policy for providing for the use of sick leave banks, catastrophic leave, and the donation of sick leave by employees of public K-12 educational authorities and related forms; (2) further provides for the duties of sick leave bank committees; (3) prohibits an employee from being required to appear before and request approval from a sick leave bank committee so long as the intended use of the leave is provided; (4) removes the limit on the number of days that an employee may donate to a sick leave bank for use as catastrophic sick leave; (5) beginning with the 2027-2028 school year, authorizes employees to donate sick leave for any reason directly to any employee of an educational authority in the state, subject to limitations including a transfer cap of 30 days; (6) requires educational authorities to adopt sick leave policies not in conflict with the model policy; and (7) adds the Alabama Schools of Cyber Technology and Engineering and of Healthcare as educational authorities.

This act proposes an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 2022, relating to Lamar County, to authorize qualified taxpayers 65 years of age or older to claim a senior property tax exemption for single-family owner-occupied residential property beginning October 1, 2027, subject to certain conditions..

Amend the Sweet Home Alabama Tourism Investment Act; increase supplemental tax rebate; require certification of project costs

This act amends Sections 36-13-50, 36-13-51, 36-13-53, 40-9F-38, and 41-1-93, Code of Alabama 1975, to rename the Alabama Office of Minority Affairs as the Alabama Office of Civic Engagement.

K-12 education, schools with Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC) required to offer to home schooled and private school students who are dependents of active duty military parents performing certain covered military service

Montgomery County; sheriff; expense allowance and salary

Local land bank authorities; shorten tax sale redemption period; restrictions on geographic scope; creation of multijurisdictional land banks by agreement; Governor's emergency authorization to create land bank

This act adds Section 37-15-4.2 to the Code of Alabama 1975, to: (1) establish specific guidelines for excavators to notify operators of complex or large projects; (2) require both parties to enter into a working agreement governing duties under such projects; and (3) levy civil penalties for either party violating an agreement and an excavator knowingly failing to designate a project as complex or large. This act also substantially amends Chapter 15, Title 37, Code of Alabama 1975, to: (1) define the terms "complex or large project," "hand digging," and "working agreement"; (2) authorize the complex or large project processes to be used for complex or large survey or design projects; (3) extend the statutory sunset date for the One-Call Notification System from January 1, 2027 to January 1, 2037; (4) authorize excavators to begin prior to the proposed date of excavation if all notified operators have positively responded to a request to locate utility facilities; (5) require excavators that become aware of unmarked facilitates after operators have positively responded to a locate request to submit a new notice to locate; (6) require excavators to ascertain the depth of facilities when crossing; (7) provide public agencies are not liable for damages to facilities installed in public rights-of-way in violation of agency requirements; (8) include all funds collected pursuant to this act in the Underground Damage Prevention Fund; (9) authorize the Underground Damage Prevention Authority to contract with third parties for administrative services; and (10) authorize alleged violators of this act to request to attend hearings by the authority on the violations.

This act is the annual codification act. This act: (1) adopts and incorporates into the Code of Alabama 1975, the general and permanent laws of the state enacted during the 2025 Regular Session, as contained in the 2025 Cumulative Supplements to volumes 3 through 22A, and makes corrections in certain volumes of the cumulative supplements; (2) adopts and incorporates into the Code of Alabama 1975, the 2025 Cumulative Supplements to local law volumes 22B through 22N; (3) specifies that this adoption and incorporation constitutes a continuous systematic codification of the entire Code of Alabama 1975, and that this act is a law that adopts a code; (4) declares that the code publisher has certified that it has discharged its duties regarding the replacement volumes; (5) expressly provides that this act does not affect any 2026 session statutes; and (6) specifies the duties of the Secretary of State regarding the custody of the cumulative supplements and replacement volumes.

This act, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026: (1) transfers and makes supplemental appropriations totaling $771,327,099 from various funds in the State Treasury to various agencies and entities; and (2) amends Section 3C of Act 2025-251, the General Appropriations Act, to increase the amount appropriated to the Alabama Department of Transportation for the payment of bonds issued for public highways and bridges from $133,755,861 to $193,564, 457, and adds the Alabama Highway Authority to the entities for which the amount is appropriated.

Office of Occupational and Professional Licensing established within Alabama Department of Workforce, powers and duties of Secretary of Workforce and executive director specified, Sunset Committee to consider transfer to office in recommendation for modification

This act amends Sections 41-23-170, 41-23-171, 41-23-173, 41-23-174, Code of Alabama 1975, to: (1) rename the Alabama Space Authority as the Alabama Aerospace and Defense Authority; (2) add the Finance Director, the Secretary of Workforce, and the Chief Executive Officer of the U.S. Space and Rocket Center Commission to the authority's membership and reduce from six to five members appointed to represent the aerospace industry; and (3) further provide for the duties of the authority, including defense related duties.

National Guard; duties of Legal Service Office positions revised and further provide for

This act amends Section 43-8-216, Code of Alabama 1975, to authorize the removal of will contests and estate administrations from probate courts to circuit courts without assigning any special equity so long as the judge of probate or probate court does not have equitable jurisdiction concurrent with that of the circuit court.