SB 271

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

Uniform Assignment for Benefit of Creditors Act; creates a voluntary state law process for distressed organizations to liquidate assets and distribute proceeds to creditors

Board of Pardons and Paroles; discretion whether to grant or deny parole, further provided; review of parole violations, procedure further provided to require consideration of totality of circumstances; penalties for certain parole-violations, increased

Ethics, eliminate certain notification requirement for candidates to Ethics Commission when otherwise in compliance with law

Electoral Voting of U.S. President and Vice President; procedures established if presidential electors fail to vote in accordance with state voters; Alabama Uniform Faithful Presidential Electors Act established

Governor, authorized to remove executive director or director of occupational or professional licensing boards

Voter Information; limit cost of reproducing voter registration list; crime for misuse of personal voter information; created

Elections; municipal elections, to set qualification fee amounts, to require indigent candidates to submit documentation for fee exemption

Campaign finance; require preservation of campaign records for specified period of time

Municipal elections; runoff elections, procedures revised

Campaign contributions; contributions made with credit card with billing address outside U.S. prohibited, exceptions provided

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

Prohibit use of ranked choice voting; withhold funding for use

Providing for a program allowing election official trainees to be appointed as election officials

An Act relating to service areas; and providing for an effective date.

Insurance: no-fault; election to opt out of PIP coverage; modify length of election

Modifications to Elections

Business Entities; State-Chartered Credit Unions; Corporations; Nonprofit Corporations; Professional Corporations; Agricultural Cooperative Associations; Consumer Cooperative Associations; Limited-Equity Housing Cooperatives; Limited Liability Partnerships; Limited Partnerships; Limited Liability Companies; Nonprofit Associations; Election Activities; Ballot-Issue Activities; Limitations