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HB 345

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

2026 Regular Session Introduced by Chris Pringle

HB 345 codifies the 2025 laws and local supplements into the Code of Alabama 1975, with targeted corrections and ongoing custodianship by the Secretary of State.

Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (State Government)
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Bill Summary · HB 345

Summary of HB 345 (2026 Regular Session, Alabama)

Purpose and intent

  • HB 345 aims to adopt and incorporate into the Code of Alabama 1975 the general and permanent laws enacted during the 2025 Regular Session. It also adopts the 2025 supplements to local-law volumes. In short, it systematically codifies the 2025 statutes and local-law additions into the Code of Alabama 1975, ensuring the code reflects the laws enacted in 2025.
  • The bill specifies that this adoption constitutes a continuous, systematic codification of the entire Code of Alabama 1975.
  • It also clarifies that the act does not affect statutes or replacement volumes from the 2026 session and outlines duties of the Secretary of State regarding custody of the cumulative supplements and replacement volumes.

Key provisions and changes

  • Section 1:
    • Adopts and incorporates into the Code of Alabama 1975 the general and permanent laws enacted during the 2025 Regular Session as contained in the 2025 Cumulative Supplements to Volumes 3 through 22A, including editorial additions/deletions made by the Code Commissioner (as edited/published by Thomson Reuters).
    • Applies corrections to specific items in the 2025 cumulative supplements, including multiple targeted revisions (see below).
    • Adopts and incorporates the 2025 local-law supplements (to Volumes 22B–22N and related local volumes) with editorial changes effected by the Code Commissioner.
  • Specific corrections (examples listed in the bill):
    • Section 11-40-62 (Volume 8): revise internal citation to reflect relettering by Act 2024-83 (changes to reference 40-10-132).
    • Section 13A-12-3.5 (Volume 12A): change age reference from 19 to 21 years to align with Act 2021-453.
    • Section 13A-12-3.8 (Volume 12A): correct a typographical error and reference to the correct code section (change to 28-11-7).
    • Section 17-3-2 (Volume 13B): fix publishing error (typo: "the that county" to "the county").
    • Section 39-2-2 (Volume 20): correct agency reference (change Department of Finance to Department of Transportation for a subdivision).
    • Section 45-16A-40.07 (Volume 22D): fix grammatical construction at the end of the first sentence.
  • Section 2:
    • Extends the adoption/codification to local and permanent laws enacted during the 2025 Regular Session across specified local volumes (Volumes 22B–22N and related additions/deletions by the Code Commissioner).
  • Section 3:
    • Declares that the adoption constitutes a continuous, systematic codification for purposes of the Alabama Constitution.
    • States that the act is a law that adopts a code, and includes a provision that nothing in the act codifies laws adopted in violation of the constitutional requirements.
  • Section 4:
    • Clarifies that the adoption does not repeal, supersede, amend, or otherwise affect statutes enacted during the 2026 legislative session.
  • Section 5:
    • Upon passage, the 2025 cumulative supplements and replacement volumes are transmitted to the Secretary of State, who will file them. The volumes remain in the Secretary of State’s office, but the Secretary can certify any part upon proper certification and seal and payment of the standard fee.
  • Section 6:
    • States that the act becomes effective immediately.

Who is affected

  • State government operations involved in codification and publishing of the Code of Alabama 1975, including:
    • The Secretary of State (custodian and certifying officer for the cumulative supplements and replacement volumes).
    • The Code Commissioner (editorial changes and publication in collaboration with Thomson Reuters, the Code Publisher).
    • General public and state and local agencies by ensuring the 2025 laws are properly reflected in the official codified code.

Procedural and timeline aspects

  • The bill is introduced and referred to the House State Government Committee (first reading Jan 29, 2026).
  • It has progressed to the second reading and was reported out of committee as of Feb 11–12, 2026, with action history indicating ongoing consideration in the 2026 session.
  • Effective date: immediate upon enactment.
  • Fiscal note: The bill would not directly affect state or local funds.

In short

HB 345 codifies the 2025 Regular Session laws and local-law supplements into the Code of Alabama 1975, with targeted corrections to ensure consistency and accuracy. It establishes continuous codification of the Code, clarifies that 2026-session statutes are not affected, and outlines the custodial role of the Secretary of State for the codified volumes.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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