SB 38

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

Income tax; certain compensation of civilian employees of Armed Forces, exempt

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

Physician Assistants; interstate licensure compact, established

Data privacy; processing of data regulated, consumer actions related to data authorized

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

Alabama Board of Funeral Services; board authorized to impose administrative fee on funeral establishments for each funeral arranged; initial application, renewal, branch registration, and transfer fees relating to a certificate of authority increased; certificate holder required to file an annual statement of preneed activities conducted; board authorized to require certificate holder to file multiple preneed activity reports annually; and initial application and renewal fees for registration as a preneed sales agent increased

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

License Plates; specialty license plate benefitting the Georgia Veterans Service Foundation; establish

Occupations: individual licensing and registration; issuance of initial or renewal license or registration; modify for certain occupations

State Board of Examiners for Audiologists, Hearing Aid Dispensers, Speech-Language Pathologists, and Music Therapists - Authority to Issue Limited Licenses to Practice Music Therapy

Specialty license plates; honor public safety officers; establish

License Plates; specialty license plate honoring Girl Scouts of Georgia; establish

Maryland Technology Development Corporation - Long COVID Innovation Grant and Loan Program