HB414 • 2026

Feral Swine; criminal penalty deleted for transporting swine; conservation department prohibited from restricting transport

Crime

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: Easterbrook
Last action: 2026-03-03
Official status: Pending Committee Action in House of Origin
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide details on fines or penalties beyond the removal of criminal status for transportation.

Feral Swine Transport Law

This law removes criminal penalties for transporting live feral swine and stops the conservation department from making rules against it.

What This Bill Does

Removes the criminal penalty of a Class B misdemeanor for transporting live feral swine.
Prohibits the conservation department from making rules that restrict the transportation of live feral swine.

Who It Names or Affects

People who transport live feral swine
The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources

Terms To Know

Class B misdemeanor: A type of crime that is less serious than a felony but more serious than an infraction.
Feral swine: Wild pigs or hogs that were once domesticated but now live in the wild and are not controlled by humans.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not specify what happens if feral swine cause damage after being transported.
It is unclear how this change will affect wildlife conservation efforts.
There may be other laws or regulations that still apply to the handling of feral swine.

Bill History

2026-03-03 House
Re-referred to Committee in House of Origin
2026-02-10 House
Pending Committee Action in House of Origin
2026-02-10 House
Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Judiciary

Official Summary Text

Feral Swine; criminal penalty deleted for transporting swine; conservation department prohibited from restricting transport

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

HB414 INTRODUCED
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HB414
CXASFWW-1
By Representatives Easterbrook, Bolton, Sorrells, Marques,
Brown
RFD: Judiciary
First Read: 10-Feb-26
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CXASFWW-1 02/04/2026 ZAK (L)ma 2026-680
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First Read: 10-Feb-26
SYNOPSIS:
Under existing law, the violation of any rule of
the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
prohibiting the transportation and release of live
feral swine is a Class B misdemeanor punishable as
provided by law, except the offense is subject to a
minimum fine of two thousand five hundred dollars
($2,500).
This bill would delete the element of
transportation of live feral swine from the specified
criminal penalties of this law.
This bill would also specify that the
transportation of live feral swine is not a criminal
offense.
A BILL
TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
Relating to the Department of Conservation and Natural
Resources; to amend Section 9-11-72, Code of Alabama 1975, to
delete provisions providing criminal penalties for the
transportation of live feral swine; and to provide that the
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HB414 INTRODUCED
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transportation of live feral swine; and to provide that the
transportation of live feral swine is not a criminal offense.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
Section 1. Section 9-11-72 of the Code of Alabama 1975,
is amended to read as follows:
"§9-11-72
(a) A violation of any rule of the Department of
Conservation and Natural Resources prohibiting the
transportation and release of live feral swine shall be a
Class B misdemeanor punishable as provided by law, except the
defendant shall be subject to a mandatory minimum fine of not
less than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500).
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
department may not prohibit the transportation of live feral
swine, and the transportation of live feral swine shall not be
a criminal offense. "
Section 2. This act shall become effective immediately.
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