Alabama Votes

Creates a pilot program allowing automated speed cameras in active interstate-highway work zones.

Creates a state regulatory framework for payment stablecoins.

Requires each county's judge of probate to conduct a post-election audit after every countywide and statewide general election.

Requires public schools to display the Ten Commandments.

Increases fees and reporting requirements for businesses regulated by the Alabama Board of Funeral Services.

Makes first-degree rape, first-degree sodomy, and sexual torture involving a victim under age 12 capital offenses.

Removes the Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC) as an approved database for identifying voters whose residential addresses may have changed.

Allows the Town of Kinston in Coffee County to use automated speed‑camera systems to issue civil citations.

Creates a felony crime under state law for possessing, obtaining, receiving, selling, or using parts designed or intended to convert a pistol into a machine gun, commonly known as "Glock switches."

Authorizes refined gold and silver bullion, specie, or coins that are stamped with their weight and purity to be recognized as legal tender in Alabama.

Strengthens immigration enforcement by requiring status checks on detainees and creating state-level crimes for human smuggling and harboring illegal aliens.

Amends Alabama law by explicitly defining sex-based terms such as "male," "female," "man," "woman," and related categories.

Regulates carbon dioxide storage in Alabama, giving surface owners' rights to underground "pore space" and authorizing state agencies to oversee and lease storage sites.

Amends state tax law to exempt net capital gains from the exchange of precious metal bullion from state income taxes.

Bans government firearm registries and prohibits financial institutions from using special codes to track or reject firearm-related transactions.

Creates a refundable tax credit for parents to cover educational expenses through Education Savings Accounts (ESAs).

Prohibits public entities in Alabama from maintaining diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) offices or sponsoring DEI programs.

Mandates standard forms for absentee ballot requests, prohibits pre-filling or exchanging payments, and imposes criminal penalties for violations.

Provides that the Alabama Firearm Prohibited Person database include "mentally ill persons" involuntary committed for "outpatient treatment."

Offers a "one-time refundable income tax credit to qualified taxpayers to partially offset the amount of sales taxes paid on groceries throughout the tax year."

Amends the Alabama Accountability Act to expand refundable tax-credit "scholarships" by raising the poverty threshold for lower-income parents and replacing the term "failing school" with "priority school."

Bans state government agencies from accepting a payment using a Central Bank Digital Currency, and from participating in any test of this type of currency by the Federal Reserve.

Prohibits governmental entities from entering into certain contracts with companies that "boycott businesses because the business engages in certain sectors or does not meet certain environmental or corporate governance standards does not facilitate certain activities."

Prevents male and female students from participating on athletic teams or sports designated for the opposite sex in public K-12 schools, colleges, and universities.

Forbids law enforcement and state actors from implementing or enforcing executive orders regarding firearms.

Prohibits the use of private donations to fund election costs and expenses (Zuckerbucks).

Largest general fund budget in Alabama state history at $2.7 billion due to federal COVID-19 funding.

Eliminates the requirement to obtain a permit in order to carry a concealed handgun.

Requires that minors receive parental consent before getting a COVID vaccine and prevents educational institutions from asking about a minor's vaccination status.

Makes it illegal for state or local governments to enforce any federal gun law of presidential executive order that violates the 2nd Amendment.