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Alabama · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 542: Highways; Department of Transportation required to reimburse certain utilities for required facility relocation, subject to conditions

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 542 is a bill introduced in the Alabama House on March 3, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Highways; Department of Transportation required to reimburse certain utilities for required facility relocation, subject to conditions. Primary sponsor: Chris Blackshear (Republican). Most recent recorded action (April 2, 2026): Transportation and Energy 1st Amendment (Transportation and Energy).

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

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

Transportation

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Chris BlackshearPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse80

“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. Transportation and Energy 1st Amendment (Transportation and Energy)
  2. Reported Out of Committee Second House
  3. Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Transportation and Energy)
  4. Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Transportation and Energy
  5. Pending Committee Action in Second House (Transportation and Energy)
  6. Third Reading in House of Origin
  7. Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 1006
  8. Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
  9. Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure)
  10. Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure
  11. Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure)

Sources

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