Legislation

HB354 will expand the ban that was passed in 2022 by the Alabama state legislature.

House Bill 401, if passed, would define drag shows as “sexual conduct”. By doing this, the bill would prevent drag shows from taking place in public or where minors are present.

HB405 proposes a series of definitions that will apply to the Code of Alabama 1975—all of Alabama’s existing legislation. The act, called “What is a Woman”, would define man, woman, boy, girl, father, mother, male, female, and sex.

House Bill 228 will allow parole applicants to virtually attend their parole hearings, which under existing law, they are unable to.

House Bill 229 would prevent sentencing from being enhanced for convictions of nonviolent offenses.

House Bill 209 will make it a felony for absentee ballot applications or absentee ballots to be distributed, ordered, requested, completed, obtained, or delivered by a person that does not fall into a narrow group of individuals outlined by the law.

House Bill 191 and Senate Bill 143 would establish the definition of a “gang member” and provide mandatory increased penalties for “gang members.”

House Bill 131 and Senate Bill 97 would prohibit any individual who is charged with multiple offenses to not be considered for parole until the charge(s) has been disposed of.

HB 261 would require public institutions of higher education to restrict men’s sports to biological males and women’s sports to biological females.