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HB318 • 2026

Traffic infractions; parental electronic notification system authorized

Traffic infractions; parental electronic notification system authorized

Children Parental Rights
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Kiel
Last action
2026-02-25
Official status
Read Second Time in Second House
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Traffic Infractions; Parental Notification System

This bill allows the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency to create an electronic notification system that informs parents or guardians when their minor children are cited for traffic infractions.

What This Bill Does

  • Allows ALEA to set up an electronic notification system for traffic citations of minors.
  • Requires parents or legal guardians to provide proof they have custody of the minor to enroll in the system.
  • Sets rules that automatically end a parent's access when the minor turns 19, unless certain conditions are met.
  • Gives ALEA authority to create necessary rules and restrictions for managing the notification system.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Parents or legal guardians of minors under age 19 who receive traffic citations.
  • Minors aged 16-18 who get traffic infractions.
  • The Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA).

Terms To Know

minor
An individual under the age of 19.
emancipated minor
A young person who is legally independent from their parents or guardians.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The system will only work if there are enough funds available.
  • It does not specify what happens if a parent's contact information changes after enrolling in the system.

Bill History

  1. 2026-02-25 Senate

    Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar

  2. 2026-02-25 Senate

    Reported Out of Committee Second House

  3. 2026-02-12 House

    Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 413 (Yeas 103, Nays 1)

  4. 2026-02-12 House

    Third Reading in House of Origin (Yeas 103, Nays 0)

  5. 2026-02-12 Senate

    Pending Committee Action in Second House

  6. 2026-02-12 Senate

    Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Finance and Taxation General Fund

  7. 2026-02-12 House

    Myrex intended to vote "Yea"

  8. 2026-02-05 House

    Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar

  9. 2026-02-04 House

    Reported Out of Committee House of Origin

  10. 2026-01-22 House

    Pending Committee Action in House of Origin

  11. 2026-01-22 House

    Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means General Fund

Official Summary Text

Traffic infractions; parental electronic notification system authorized

Current Bill Text

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HB318 INTRODUCED
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HB318
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By Representative Kiel
RFD: Ways and Means General Fund
First Read: 22-Jan-26
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First Read: 22-Jan-26
SYNOPSIS:
Under existing law, if a minor is cited for a
tobacco violation, the citing agency must notify the
minor's parent or legal guardian.
This bill would authorize the Alabama State Law
Enforcement Agency (ALEA) to create an electronic
notification system under which a minor's parent or
legal guardian may be notified whenever a minor is
cited for a traffic infraction.
This bill would also give ALEA the authority to
adopt rules, restrictions, and eligibility requirements
that are necessary to create and manage the electronic
notification system.
A BILL
TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
Relating to traffic infractions; to authorize the
Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency to create an electronic
notification system by which parents and legal guardians shall
be notified when a minor receives certain traffic infractions;
and to grant the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency certain
rulemaking authority.
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rulemaking authority.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as
TJ's Law.
Section 2. (a) The Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency
(ALEA) shall develop and implement an electronic notification
system by which parents and legal guardians of minors shall
receive notification by reliable electronic means when the
minor under their legal custody is cited for any traffic
infraction.
(b) The Secretary of ALEA shall adopt rules,
restrictions, and eligibility requirements that are necessary
to implement the provisions of this section. At a minimum, the
rules shall include the following provisions:
(1) A parent or legal guardian may enroll in the
electronic notification system by providing sufficient
evidence that the minor is under his or her legal custody.
(2) A parent or legal guardian's access to the
electronic notification system for a minor under the parent or
guardian's legal custody automatically ends once the minor has
reached his or her 19th birthday.
(3) A minor may unenroll a parent or legal guardian
from the electronic notification system upon the submission of
clear evidence that the minor meets one of the following
requirements:
a. The minor is emancipated.
b. The minor is not dependent on a parent or legal
guardian for support and is living apart from his or her
parents or other individual in loco parentis.
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parents or other individual in loco parentis.
c. The minor is married.
d. The minor having been married is divorced.
e. The minor has borne a child.
(c) The creation and continuation of the electronic
notification system established in this section shall be
contingent upon the availability of funds.
(d) For the purposes of this section, the term "minor"
means an individual under the age of 19.
Section 3. This act shall become effective on October
1, 2026.
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