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Alabama · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 521: Board of Registrars; background checks required, authorize pay during emergencies, qualification for compensation during holidays and emergencies specified

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 521 is a bill introduced in the Alabama House on February 26, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Board of Registrars; background checks required, authorize pay during emergencies, qualification for compensation during holidays and emergencies specified. Primary sponsor: Frances Holk-Jones (Republican). Most recent recorded action (March 31, 2026): Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Finance and Taxation General Fund.

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Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

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Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Frances Holk-JonesPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse95

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Finance and Taxation General Fund
  2. Pending Committee Action in Second House (Finance and Taxation General Fund)
  3. Third Reading in House of Origin
  4. Ways and Means General Fund Engrossed Substitute Offered (Ways and Means General Fund)
  5. Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 952
  6. Holk-Jones 1st Amendment Offered
  7. Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 953
  8. Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 954
  9. Engrossed
  10. Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Ways and Means General Fund)
  11. Reported Out of Committee House of Origin (Ways and Means General Fund)
  12. Reported Out of Committee House of Origin (Ways and Means General Fund)

Showing 12 most recent of 14 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source