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SB206 • 2026

Legislature; codification of 2025 Regular Session acts and Code Commissioner technical revisions into Code of Alabama 1975

Legislature; codification of 2025 Regular Session acts and Code Commissioner technical revisions into Code of Alabama 1975

Enacted

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

Sponsor
Givhan
Last action
2026-04-17
Official status
Enacted
Effective date
2026-04-16

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide detailed information about the specific impacts on individuals or entities beyond general statements.

Codification of Alabama Laws for 2025

This act updates the Code of Alabama by incorporating new laws from the 2025 Regular Session and making technical corrections.

What This Bill Does

  • Adds new state laws passed in 2025 to the Code of Alabama.
  • Corrects errors and updates references within specific sections of the code.
  • Includes local laws for various counties into the Code of Alabama.
  • Specifies that this act does not affect any laws from future sessions.
  • Sets duties for the Secretary of State regarding custody of updated volumes.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The state government, including the Legislature and Code Commissioner.
  • People who use or reference the Code of Alabama.

Terms To Know

Code of Alabama
A collection of laws for the state of Alabama organized into volumes.
Cumulative Supplements
Additional sections added to the Code of Alabama each year containing new or revised laws.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This act does not affect any statutes from future legislative sessions.
  • The exact impact on specific individuals is unclear without knowing which laws are being updated.

Bill History

  1. 2026-04-17 Senate

    Enacted

  2. 2026-04-08 Senate

    Delivered to Governor

  3. 2026-04-08 House

    Signature Requested

  4. 2026-04-08 Senate

    Enrolled

  5. 2026-04-07 House

    Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 1227 (Yeas 101, Nays 0)

  6. 2026-04-07 House

    Third Reading in Second House (Yeas 104, Nays 0)

  7. 2026-04-07 Senate

    Ready to Enroll

  8. 2026-02-12 House

    Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar

  9. 2026-02-11 House

    Reported Out of Committee Second House

  10. 2026-02-03 Senate

    Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 215 (Yeas 33, Nays 0)

  11. 2026-02-03 Senate

    Third Reading in House of Origin (Yeas 33, Nays 0)

  12. 2026-02-03 House

    Pending Committee Action in Second House

  13. 2026-02-03 House

    Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on State Government

  14. 2026-01-29 Senate

    Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar

  15. 2026-01-28 Senate

    Reported Out of Committee House of Origin

  16. 2026-01-22 Senate

    Pending Committee Action in House of Origin

  17. 2026-01-22 Senate

    Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on State Governmental Affairs

Official Summary Text

This act is the annual codification act. This act: (1) adopts and incorporates into the Code of Alabama 1975, the general and permanent laws of the state enacted during the 2025 Regular Session, as contained in the 2025 Cumulative Supplements to volumes 3 through 22A, and makes corrections in certain volumes of the cumulative supplements; (2) adopts and incorporates into the Code of Alabama 1975, the 2025 Cumulative Supplements to local law volumes 22B through 22N; (3) specifies that this adoption and incorporation constitutes a continuous systematic codification of the entire Code of Alabama 1975, and that this act is a law that adopts a code; (4) declares that the code publisher has certified that it has discharged its duties regarding the replacement volumes; (5) expressly provides that this act does not affect any 2026 session statutes; and (6) specifies the duties of the Secretary of State regarding the custody of the cumulative supplements and replacement volumes.

Current Bill Text

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SB206 ENROLLED
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SB206
YMV4426-2
By Senators Givhan, Butler
RFD: State Governmental Affairs
First Read: 22-Jan-26
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First Read: 22-Jan-26
Enrolled, An Act,
To adopt and incorporate into the Code of Alabama 1975,
those general and permanent laws of the state enacted during
the 2025 Regular Session, as contained in the 2025 Cumulative
Supplements to certain volumes of the code; and to adopt and
incorporate into the Code of Alabama 1975, the 2025 Cumulative
Supplements to local law volumes; to make corrections in
certain volumes of the cumulative supplements and replacement
volumes; to specify that this adoption and incorporation
constitutes a continuous systematic codification of the entire
Code of Alabama 1975, and that this act is a law that adopts a
code; to expressly provide that this act does not affect any
2026 session statutes; and to specify the duties of the
Secretary of State regarding the custody of the cumulative
supplements and replacement volumes.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
Section 1. (a) Those general and permanent laws of the
state enacted during the 2025 Regular Session as contained in
the 2025 Cumulative Supplements to Volumes 3 to 22A,
inclusive, and the additions and deletions made by the Code
Commissioner for editorial purposes, as edited and published
by Thomson Reuters, as the Code Publisher, which volumes of
the 2025 Cumulative Supplements are identified and
authenticated by the Great Seal of the State of Alabama placed
upon the front and back of each of the volumes of the
cumulative supplements and upon the first inside page and the
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cumulative supplements and upon the first inside page and the
last inside page of the replacement volumes, are adopted and
incorporated into the Code of Alabama 1975.
(b) The following corrections are made:
(1) Section 11-40-62, 2025 Cumulative Supplement to
Volume 8, page 109. To revise an internal citation to reflect
the relettering of hierarchical units within Section 40-10-132
by Act 2024-83, in paragraph (9)b., replace "Section
40-10-132(a)(2)" with "Section 40-10-132(b)(2)"
(2) "Section 13A-12-3.5, Volume 12A, page 629. To
conform the age prohibition referenced in subdivision (1) to
amendments made by Act 2021-453, replace the language "19
Years of Age" with "21 Years of Age"
(3) Section 13A-12-3.8, 2025 Cumulative Supplement to
Volume 12A, page 173. To correct a typographical error and
reference to apparently intended code section, in subsection
(a), replace "Section 28-11-4" with "Section 28-11-7"
(4) Section 17-3-2, 2025 Cumulative Supplement to
Volume 13B, page 3. To correct a publishing error, in the
second sentence of subdivision (a)(1), replace the language
"the that county" with "the county"
(5) Section 39-2-2, 2025 Cumulative Supplement to
Volume 20, page 181. To correct a clerical error and reference
the apparently intended agency, in subdivision (b)(3), replace
the language "the Department of Finance may" with "the
Department of Transportation may"
(6) Section 45-16A-40.07, 2025 Cumulative Supplement to
Volume 22D, page 147. To correct a grammatical error, at the
end of the first sentence, replace ". If" with ", and if"
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end of the first sentence, replace ". If" with ", and if"
Section 2. Those local and permanent laws of the state
pertaining to various counties enacted during the 2025 Regular
Session, as contained in the 2025 Cumulative Supplements to
Volumes 22B, 22C, 22D, 22E, 22F, 22G, 22H, 22I, 22J, 22K, 22L,
22M, and 22N and the 2025 Regular Session additions and
deletions made by the Code Commissioner for editorial
purposes, as edited and published by Thomson Reuters, as the
Code Publisher, which volumes of the 2025 Cumulative
Supplements are identified and authenticated by the Great Seal
of the State of Alabama placed upon the front and back of each
of the volumes of the cumulative supplements, are adopted and
incorporated into the Code of Alabama 1975.
Section 3. The adoption and incorporation of the
supplements specified in this act shall constitute a
continuous systematic codification of the entire Code of
Alabama 1975, for purposes of Section 85 of the Constitution
of Alabama of 2022. This act is a law that adopts a code for
the purposes of Section 45 of the Constitution of Alabama of
2022. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this act shall
be deemed to codify any provision of law that was adopted in
violation of any provision of the Constitution of Alabama of
2022, establishing requirements for, or limitations on, the
enactment of a law.
Section 4. The adoption of this act shall not repeal,
supersede, amend, or in any other way affect any statute
enacted into law during any 2026 session of the Legislature.
Section 5. Upon passage and approval of this act, the
duly authenticated volumes of the 2025 Cumulative Supplements
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duly authenticated volumes of the 2025 Cumulative Supplements
shall be transmitted to the Secretary of State, who shall file
the volumes of the supplements and the replacement volumes in
that office. The volumes of the supplements and replacement
volumes shall not be removed from the office of the Secretary
of State, but the Secretary of State, upon request, under
proper certificate and seal of that office, shall certify any
part or parts thereof upon payment of the fee specified by law
for similar services.
Section 6. This act shall become effective immediately.
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Section 6. This act shall become effective immediately.
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President and Presiding Officer of the Senate
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Speaker of the House of Representatives
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Senate 03-Feb-26
I hereby certify that the within Act originated in and passed
the Senate.
Patrick Harris,
Secretary.
House of Representatives
Passed: 07-Apr-26
By: Senator Givhan
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