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Alabama Commission on the Evaluation of Services recreated as a legislative department, duties revised and clarified, Legislative Committee on the Evaluation of Services created

Public health, authorized forms of single-dose epinephrine used by public schools and authorized entities expanded

Crimes and offenses; discharging a firearm into an occupied school bus or building, penalty increased

Recommending state government entities to avoid using the term, "West Bank"

Alabama Resilience Council established, membership, responsibilities, and duties of council as an advisory group within the executive branch provided; appointment of Chief Resilience Officer; statewide resilience plan required

Public K-12 education; violence prevention, conflict resolution, and mediation instruction required before graduation from high school beginning in sixth grade, State Board of Education required to adopt standards

Taxation; Energy use in commercial greenhouses, pivot irrigation systems, and poultry houses, exempt from utility gross receipts and utility service use tax

Military spouses; preference in hiring and promoting in state service further provided for; preference authorized for political subdivisions, private employers

FY27 2% Teacher Pay Raise and Retiree Longevity Bonus

Tax abatements for data processing centers, exemption period limited, collection of certain taxes on purchases required, sunset date extended

Criminal and civil procedure; continuance of case when party, attorney, or witness is on active military duty; bail required to be set in such cases subject to conditions

Municipalities; mayor in municipality with even number of council members required to break tie vote

Individual income taxes; deduction for qualified overtime income established.

Higher education, to require public colleges and universities to submit annual report on the amount of state and federal funds received and expended, and plans for operating if federal or state funding reduced

Appropriations, supplemental appropriations from the Opioid Treatment and Abatement Fund for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026

Supplemental appropriations from the Education Trust Fund for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026

Retirement benefits; participation of qualifying sheriffs in supernumerary program and Employees' Retirement System based on separate years of service authorized

Education Trust Fund Advancement and Technology Fund, appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026

Income tax, to exempt certain income earned by members of the Alabama National Guard

Homestead Exemptions; removing the annual verification requirement for qualifying permanently and totally disabled veterans