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Alabama · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 89: Elections; municipal elections, to set qualification fee amounts, to require indigent candidates to submit documentation for fee exemption

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 89 is a bill introduced in the Alabama House on December 17, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Elections; municipal elections, to set qualification fee amounts, to require indigent candidates to submit documentation for fee exemption. Primary sponsor: Mack Butler (Republican). Most recent recorded action (February 5, 2026): Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (County and Municipal Government).

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.

Elections, Voting, & Campaigns

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Mack ButlerPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse28

“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 Second Time and placed on the Calendar (County and Municipal Government)
  2. Reported Out of Committee Second House
  3. Third Reading in House of Origin
  4. Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 191
  5. Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on County and Municipal Government
  6. Pending Committee Action in Second House (County and Municipal Government)
  7. Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
  8. Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Constitution, Campaigns and Elections)
  9. Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Constitution, Campaigns and Elections
  10. Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Constitution, Campaigns and Elections)
  11. Filed

Sources

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