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

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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

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HB414: Changes to Laws About Moving Feral Swine

This bill removes criminal penalties for transporting live feral swine and states that the Department of Conservation cannot ban this transport.

What This Bill Does

Deletes the rule making transportation of live feral swine a crime under current law.
Removes the requirement for a minimum fine of $2,500 related to transporting these animals.
States clearly that the Department cannot ban people from moving live feral swine.
Confirms that transporting live feral swine is not considered a criminal offense.

Who It Names or Affects

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

Terms To Know

Feral Swine: Wild pigs that are not raised on farms.
Class B Misdemeanor: A type of minor crime with specific punishments set by law, which this bill removes for transporting swine.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not say if rules about releasing feral swine into the wild still apply.
It is unclear how this change affects other state laws or federal regulations regarding these animals.

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

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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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