HB213 • 2026

Alabama State Port Authority; Code Commissioner authorized to change references to Alabama State Port Authority, State Port Authority, and Alabama State Docks Department to Alabama Port Authority, provisions establishing the Alabama Port Authority repealed

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor: Lomax
Last action: 2026-03-09
Official status: Enacted
Effective date: 2026-03-09

Plain English Breakdown

The official bill summary and text confirm all claims in the candidate explanation are supported.

Renaming the Alabama State Port Authority and Ending an Old Agency

This law changes the name of a state port agency, updates old legal references to match that new name, and officially ends an outdated version of the same agency.

What This Bill Does

Changes the official name from Alabama State Port Authority to Alabama Port Authority in Section 33-1-2 of the Code of Alabama.
Allows the Code Commissioner to update old legal text that mentions the State Port Authority, Alabama State Docks Department, or Alabama State Port Authority so they say Alabama Port Authority instead.
Removes Chapter 13 of Title 33 from state law because it created an outdated version of the agency called the Alabama Port Authority.

Who It Names or Affects

The Code Commissioner who must update legal references in the code.
State agencies and officials that manage or refer to port operations under these laws.

Terms To Know

Code Commissioner: A state official responsible for updating and maintaining the written collection of Alabama laws.
Repeal: To officially cancel or remove a law so it is no longer in effect.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not explain why the old agency was considered obsolete beyond stating that fact.
The text does not list specific dates when the Code Commissioner must finish updating all legal references, only saying it happens at times determined appropriate.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

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R 407

Adopted

Plain English: This amendment changes the bill to officially end and remove the Alabama Port Authority.

Updates a section of state law to stop the Alabama Port Authority from operating.
Removes old rules that created the Alabama Port Authority so it no longer exists.

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R 654 • Figures

Adopted

Plain English: This amendment changes when the bill takes effect so that it starts right away instead of waiting for a later date.

The law will become effective immediately after being signed.

Bill History

2026-03-09 House
Enacted
2026-03-03 House
Lomax Concur In and Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 728 (Yeas 105, Nays 0)
2026-03-03 Senate
Signature Requested
2026-03-03 House
Delivered to Governor
2026-03-03 House
Enrolled
2026-03-03 House
Ready to Enroll
2026-02-26 Senate
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 655 (Yeas 33, Nays 0)
2026-02-26 Senate
Figures motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 654 (Yeas 33, Nays 0)
2026-02-26 Senate
Third Reading in Second House (Yeas 33, Nays 0)
2026-02-26 Senate
State Governmental Affairs 1st Amendment Offered
2026-02-25 Senate
Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar
2026-02-25 Senate
Reported Out of Committee Second House
2026-02-25 Senate
State Governmental Affairs 1st Amendment
2026-02-18 Senate
Pending Committee Action in Second House
2026-02-17 Senate
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on State Governmental Affairs
2026-02-12 House
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 408 (Yeas 105, Nays 0)
2026-02-12 House
Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 407 (Yeas 100, Nays 0)
2026-02-12 House
Third Reading in House of Origin (Yeas 105, Nays 0)
2026-02-12 House
Engrossed
2026-02-12 House
Brown 1st Amendment Offered
2026-01-21 House
Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar
2026-01-21 House
Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
2026-01-14 House
Pending Committee Action in House of Origin
2026-01-14 House
Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on State Government

Official Summary Text

This act: (1) amends Section 33-1-2, Code of Alabama 1975, to rename the Alabama State Port Authority as the Alabama Port Authority; (2) authorizes the Code Commissioner to change out-of-date references to the State Port Authority, the Alabama State Docks Department, and the Alabama State Port Authority to the Alabama Port Authority; and (3) repeals Chapter 13 of Title 33, Code of Alabama 1975, to terminate the obsolete Alabama Port Authority.

Current Bill Text

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HB213 ENROLLED
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HB213
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By Representatives Lomax, Brown
RFD: State Government
First Read: 14-Jan-26
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First Read: 14-Jan-26
Enrolled, An Act,
Relating to the Alabama State Port Authority; to amend
Section 33-1-2, Code of Alabama 1975; to authorize the Code
Commissioner to change references to the State Port Authority,
the Alabama State Docks Department, and the Alabama State Port
Authority to the Alabama Port Authority; to repeal Chapter 13
of Title 33, consisting of Sections 33-13-1 through 33-13-13,
Code of Alabama 1975, to terminate the Alabama Port Authority.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
Section 1. Section 33-1-2, Code of Alabama 1975, is
amended to read as follows:
"§33-1-2
(a) There shall be a state agency known as the Alabama
State Port Authority, hereinafter sometimes referred to as the
port authority. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
whenever any act, section of this code, or any other provision
of law refers to the Alabama State Docks Department , or the
Alabama State Port Authority it shall be deemed a reference to
the Alabama State Port Authority.
(b) The port authority shall promote, supervise,
control, manage, and direct the state docks and all other
state lands included within the jurisdiction of this chapter
and shall maintain and operate all the improvements and
facilities authorized by this chapter. The port authority is a
body corporate and shall be constituted as provided in this
chapter."
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chapter."
Section 2. The Code Commissioner, at times determined
appropriate, shall change all references to the State Port
Authority, the Alabama State Docks Department, and the Alabama
State Port Authority in the Code of Alabama 1975, to the
Alabama Port Authority.
Section 3. Chapter 13 of Title 33, consisting of
Sections 33-13-1 through 33-13-13, Code of Alabama 1975, which
established the Alabama Port Authority, is repealed, thereby
terminating the Alabama Port Authority because the Alabama
Port Authority is an obsolete entity.
Section 4. This act shall become effective immediately.
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Section 4. This act shall become effective immediately.
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Speaker of the House of Representatives
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President and Presiding Officer of the Senate
House of Representatives
I hereby certify that the within Act originated in and
was passed by the House 12-Feb-26, as amended.
John Treadwell
Clerk
Senate 26-Feb-26 Amended and Passed
House 03-Mar-26 Concurred in Senate
Amendment
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