What passed in the Alabama Legislature: Feb. 4-6, 2025

by Anna Barrett and Alander Rocha, Alabama Reflector
February 7, 2025

Here is a list of the bills that passed in the Alabama Legislature this week.

Feb. 6

House

HB 128, sponsored by Rep. Neil Rafferty, D-Birmingham, extends the termination date for the Board of Nursing tol Oct. 1, 2029. The bill passed 102-0. It goes to the Senate.

HB 129, sponsored by Rep. Neil Rafferty, D-Birmingham, extends the termination date for the Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators to Oct. 1, 2029. The bill passed 103-0. It goes to the Senate.

HB 130, sponsored by Rep. Neil Rafferty, D-Birmingham, extends the termination date for the Alabama Board of Licensure for Professional Geologists to Oct. 1, 2027. The bill passed 103-0. It goes to the Senate.

HB 131, sponsored by Rep. Neil Rafferty, D-Birmingham, extends the termination date for the Alabama Board of Licensure of Athletic Trainers until Oct. 1, 2027. The bill passed 103-0. It goes to the Senate.

HB 25, sponsored by Rep. Ed Oliver, R-Dadeville, allows local 911 districts to collaborate to carry out their powers and services. The bill passed 103-0. It goes to the Senate.

HB 108, sponsored by Rep. Chris Pringle, R-Mobile, extends the termination date for the Alabama Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology to Oct. 1, 2029. The bill passed 104-0. It goes to the Senate.

HB 109, sponsored by Rep. Chris Pringle, R-Mobile, extends the termination date for the State Board of Podiatry to Oct. 1, 2029. The bill passed 102-0. It goes to the Senate.

HB 111, sponsored by Rep. Randall Shedd, R-Fairview, extends the termination date for the Home Builders Licensure Board to Oct. 1, 2029. The bill passed 104-0. It goes to the Senate.

HB 112, sponsored by Rep. Randall Shedd, R-Fairview, extends the termination date for the Alabama Onsite Wastewater Board to Oct. 1, 2029. The bill passed 103-0. It goes to the Senate.

HB 113, sponsored by Rep. Randall Shedd, R-Fairview, extends the termination date for the Alabama Manufactured Housing Commission to Oct. 1, 2029. The bill passed 104-0. It goes to the Senate.

HB 117, sponsored by Rep. Matt Simpson, R-Daphne, extends the termination date for the Alabama Board of Examiners in Marriage and Family Therapy to Oct. 1, 2027. The bill passed 104-0. It goes to the Senate.

HB 118, sponsored by Rep. Matt Simpson, R-Daphne, extends the termination date for the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners to Oct. 1, 2029. The bill passed 104-0. It goes to the Senate.

HB 119, sponsored by Rep. Kerry Underwood, R-Tuscumbia, extends the termination date for the Alabama Licensure Board for Interpreters and Transliterators to Oct. 1, 2027. The bill passed 104-0. It goes to the Senate.

HB 120, sponsored by Rep. Kerry Underwood, R-Tuscumbia, extends the termination date for the State Board of Genetic Counseling to Oct. 1, 2027. The bill passed 102-0. It goes to the Senate.

HB 121, sponsored by Rep. Kerry Underwood, R-Tuscumbia, extends the termination date for the Alabama Board for Register Interior Designers until Oct. 1, 2029. The bill passed 103-0. It goes to the Senate.

HB 122, sponsored by Rep. Kerry Underwood, R-Tuscumbia, extends the termination date for the Board of Physical Therapy to Oct. 1, 2029. The bill passed 103-0. It goes to the Senate.

HB 124, sponsored by Rep. Margie Wilcox, R-Mobile, extends the termination date for the Alabama Board of Optometry to Oct. 1, 2029. The bill passed 102-0. It goes to the Senate.

HB 126, sponsored by Rep. Margie Wilcox, R-Mobile, extends the termination date for the State Board of Midwifery to Oct. 1, 2029. The bill passed 103-0. It goes to the Senate.

HB 127, sponsored by Rep. Margie Wilcox, R-Mobile, extends the termination date for the Board of Hearing Instrument Dealers to Oct. 1, 2029. The bill passed 103-0. It goes to the Senate.

Senate

SB 70, sponsored by Sen. Andrew Jones, R-Centre, establishes the Alabama Veterans Resource Center to support services to veterans and their families residing in Alabama, such as assistance with accessing federal and state benefits, job placement services, and mental health and wellness programs. The bill passed 31-0. It goes to the House.

SB 79, sponsored by Sen. April Weaver, R-Alabaster, creates definitions for “sex-based terms” — such as man, woman, boy, girl, father, mother, male, female and sex — strictly based on biological sex. The bill passed 26-5. It goes to the House.

SB 4, sponsored by Sen. Chris Elliott, R-Josephine, allows a sheriff or local chief of police to contract with and provide private K-12 schools school resource officers as long as a school resource officer is available to every public school in the county or municipality. The bill passed 30-0. It goes to the House.

SB 62, sponsored by Sen. Lance Bell, R-Pell City, would prohibit the use of certain hunting, fishing, and related licenses as a valid or supplemental form of identification. The bill passed 31-0. It goes to the House.

SB 82, sponsored by Sen. Arthur Orr, R-Decatur, would require a magistrate and a clerk to complete an annual audit of outstanding warrants for certain Class B and C misdemeanors and provide notification that it has been recalled to appropriate law enforcement agencies. The bill passed 31-0. It goes to the House.

SB 66, sponsored by Sen. Keith Kelley, R-Anniston, would establish presenting a forged document to a state employee or official as a crime punishable by a Class D felony or up to five years in prison and a maximum fine of $7,500. The bill passed 31-0. It goes to the House.

SB 78, sponsored by Sen. April Weaver, R-Alabaster, would make possession of butyl nitrite, commonly known as “whippets;” nitrous oxide, commonly known as “laughing gas;” and amyl nitrite, commonly known as “poppers,” a Class A misdemeanor, punishable by up to one year in jail and a fine of up to $6,000. The bill passed 28-1. It goes to the House.

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