At a glance: major bills the Alabama House passed on floor calendar

The Alabama House moved dozens of items on its special floor calendar. This roundup lists several of the larger or more consequential measures with short descriptions and the recorded final vote in the House session.

- SB 361 — Dog tethering: sets standards for tethering companion dogs, exempting working dogs and adding enforcement safeguards and stepped penalties. House final vote as amended: 69–23 yes.

- SB 57 — SNAP purchase reform: restricts certain sugary beverages and specified candy from SNAP use and delays implementation to allow federal waivers and retailer coding; adopted after extended debate. House final vote as amended: 75–27 yes.

- SB 62 — Charter school financing/facilities (substitute): Authorizes charter schools access to certain financing tools; adopted unanimously (recorded vote: 94–3 in committee/sub and House pass recorded in transcript).

- SB 179 — Trust and tax technical fix: Technical updates to the Alabama Uniform Trust Code (final passage recorded on the calendar).

- SB 304 — Contractor business‑license allocation (substitute): Clarifies municipal business‑license allocation for contractors working across multiple jurisdictions; amendment added protections for home‑base municipalities. Substitute adopted; final passage recorded.

- SB 221 — Sales‑tax calculation change: excludes credit‑card transaction fees from sales‑taxable price. Final House vote recorded: 75–18 yes.

- SB 138 — Franchise religious‑operation protections: Clarifies that a purchaser of a franchise may not force existing franchisees to operate on days the original franchise agreements expressly exempted for religious observation; substitute adopted and final passage recorded.

- SB 63 — Health benefit plans and AI: Sets guardrails for use of automated decision tools in health‑insurance determinations and gives the Department of Insurance enforcement authority and fines (adopted with amendment inserting enforcement fines).

- SB 107 — Preneed funeral regulation: consolidates preneed funeral regulation under the state funeral‑service board and adjusts license fee cap to allow larger boards to fund inspections; passed after floor action.

How the House voted: For many of these measures the transcript records either unanimous or strongly favorable outcomes for technical and policy items; the highest‑profile, contentious matters were SB 361 (dog tethering) and SB 57 (SNAP reform), which produced divided recorded votes (69–23 and 75–27). The session also included dozens of local and technical bills adopted by the House.

Next steps: Bills that passed the House as amended must be reconciled with Senate language when the other chamber appended changes, or be sent to the governor for signature once both chambers have agreed on final text. Watch for administrative guidance on implementation for measures requiring regulatory or vendor coordination (SNAP waiver, retailer POS coding, tethering enforcement training, charter‑school financing).