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IntroducedJan 13, 2026
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Passed HouseJan 22, 2026
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Passed Senate
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Became Law
Alabama House Bill
State waters; Alabama Seagrass Restoration Task Force established to remediate seagrass loss within state marine waters
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Jan 29, 2026: Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry)
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Senate Calendar: Regular Calendar (February 10, 2026)
Position: 34
Summary
Comments on HB 38
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
Votes
YES: 101
- Phillip Pettus
- Parker Moore
- Danny Crawford
- Andy Whitt
- Terri Collins
- Scott Stadthagen
- Tim Wadsworth
- Tracy Estes
- Jamie Kiel
- Laura Hall
- Rex Reynolds
- Ritchie Whorton
- Nathaniel Ledbetter
- Phillip Rigsby
- Craig Lipscomb
- Barbara Boyd
- David Standridge
- Steve Hurst
- Randy Wood
- Bob Fincher
- Ginny Shaver
- Corley Ellis
- Arnold Mooney
- Danny Garrett
- David Faulkner
- Jim Hill
- Allen Treadaway
- Anthony Daniels
- Neil Rafferty
- Rolanda Hollis
- M. Moore
- Juandalynn Givan
- Brett Easterbrook
- Alan Baker
- Prince Chestnut
- Thomas Jackson
- Kelvin Lawrence
- Chris England
- Artis 'A.J.' McCampbell
- Reed Ingram
- TaShina Morris
- Joe Lovvorn
- Chris Blackshear
- Ed Oliver
- Pebblin W. Warren
- Jeremy Gray
- Berry Forte
- Paul W. Lee
- Jeff Sorrells
- Chris Sells
- Rhett Marques
- Steve Clouse
- Matt Simpson
- Adline Clarke
- Napoleon Bracy
- Sam Jones
- Chris Pringle
- Shane Stringer
- Barbara Drummond
- Margie Wilcox
- Chip Brown
- Ivan Smith
- Russell Bedsole
- Ben Robbins
- Kenneth Paschal
- Kenyatté Hassell
- Patrice McClammy
- Kelvin Datcher
- Ben Harrison
- James Lomax
- Mark Shirey
- Leigh Hulsey
- Mike Kirkland
- Brock Colvin
- Mack Butler
- Mark Gidley
- Chad Robertson
- Susan DuBose
- Mike Shaw
- Ontario Tillman
- Patrick Sellers
- Ron Bolton
- Bill Lamb
- Donna Givens
- Curtis Travis
- Rick Rehm
- Jerry Starnes
- Marcus Paramore
- Matthew Hammett
- Jennifer Fidler
- Frances Holk-Jones
- Kerry (Bubba) Underwood
- Troy Stubbs
- Ernie Yarbrough
- Travis Hendrix
- Bryan Brinyark
- Jeana Ross
- Heath Allbright
- Norman Crow
- Cindy Myrex
- Gregory Barnes
NO: 0
ABSTAIN: 3
YES: 103
- Phillip Pettus
- Parker Moore
- Danny Crawford
- Andy Whitt
- Terri Collins
- Scott Stadthagen
- Tim Wadsworth
- Tracy Estes
- Jamie Kiel
- Laura Hall
- Rex Reynolds
- Ritchie Whorton
- Nathaniel Ledbetter
- Phillip Rigsby
- Craig Lipscomb
- Barbara Boyd
- David Standridge
- Steve Hurst
- Randy Wood
- Bob Fincher
- Ginny Shaver
- Corley Ellis
- Arnold Mooney
- Danny Garrett
- David Faulkner
- Jim Carns
- Jim Hill
- Allen Treadaway
- Anthony Daniels
- Neil Rafferty
- Rolanda Hollis
- M. Moore
- Juandalynn Givan
- Brett Easterbrook
- Alan Baker
- Prince Chestnut
- Thomas Jackson
- Kelvin Lawrence
- Chris England
- Artis 'A.J.' McCampbell
- Reed Ingram
- TaShina Morris
- Joe Lovvorn
- Chris Blackshear
- Ed Oliver
- Pebblin W. Warren
- Jeremy Gray
- Berry Forte
- Jeff Sorrells
- Chris Sells
- Rhett Marques
- Steve Clouse
- Matt Simpson
- Adline Clarke
- Napoleon Bracy
- Sam Jones
- Chris Pringle
- Shane Stringer
- Barbara Drummond
- Margie Wilcox
- Chip Brown
- Ivan Smith
- Russell Bedsole
- Ben Robbins
- Kenneth Paschal
- Kenyatté Hassell
- Patrice McClammy
- Kelvin Datcher
- Marilyn Lands
- Ben Harrison
- James Lomax
- Mark Shirey
- Leigh Hulsey
- Mike Kirkland
- Brock Colvin
- Mack Butler
- Mark Gidley
- Chad Robertson
- Susan DuBose
- Mike Shaw
- Ontario Tillman
- Patrick Sellers
- Ron Bolton
- Bill Lamb
- Donna Givens
- Curtis Travis
- Phillip Ensler
- Rick Rehm
- Jerry Starnes
- Marcus Paramore
- Matthew Hammett
- Jennifer Fidler
- Frances Holk-Jones
- Kerry (Bubba) Underwood
- Troy Stubbs
- Ernie Yarbrough
- Travis Hendrix
- Bryan Brinyark
- Jeana Ross
- Heath Allbright
- Norman Crow
- Cindy Myrex
- Gregory Barnes
NO: 0
NOT VOTING: 1
YES: 102
- Phillip Pettus
- Parker Moore
- Danny Crawford
- Andy Whitt
- Terri Collins
- Scott Stadthagen
- Tim Wadsworth
- Tracy Estes
- Jamie Kiel
- Laura Hall
- Rex Reynolds
- Ritchie Whorton
- Nathaniel Ledbetter
- Phillip Rigsby
- Craig Lipscomb
- Barbara Boyd
- David Standridge
- Steve Hurst
- Randy Wood
- Bob Fincher
- Ginny Shaver
- Corley Ellis
- Arnold Mooney
- Danny Garrett
- David Faulkner
- Jim Hill
- Allen Treadaway
- Anthony Daniels
- Neil Rafferty
- Rolanda Hollis
- M. Moore
- Juandalynn Givan
- Brett Easterbrook
- Alan Baker
- Prince Chestnut
- Thomas Jackson
- Kelvin Lawrence
- Chris England
- Artis 'A.J.' McCampbell
- Reed Ingram
- TaShina Morris
- Joe Lovvorn
- Chris Blackshear
- Ed Oliver
- Pebblin W. Warren
- Jeremy Gray
- Berry Forte
- Paul W. Lee
- Jeff Sorrells
- Chris Sells
- Rhett Marques
- Steve Clouse
- Matt Simpson
- Adline Clarke
- Napoleon Bracy
- Sam Jones
- Chris Pringle
- Shane Stringer
- Barbara Drummond
- Margie Wilcox
- Chip Brown
- Ivan Smith
- Russell Bedsole
- Ben Robbins
- Kenneth Paschal
- Kenyatté Hassell
- Patrice McClammy
- Kelvin Datcher
- Ben Harrison
- James Lomax
- Mark Shirey
- Leigh Hulsey
- Mike Kirkland
- Brock Colvin
- Mack Butler
- Mark Gidley
- Chad Robertson
- Susan DuBose
- Mike Shaw
- Ontario Tillman
- Patrick Sellers
- Ron Bolton
- Bill Lamb
- Donna Givens
- Curtis Travis
- Phillip Ensler
- Rick Rehm
- Jerry Starnes
- Marcus Paramore
- Matthew Hammett
- Jennifer Fidler
- Frances Holk-Jones
- Kerry (Bubba) Underwood
- Troy Stubbs
- Ernie Yarbrough
- Travis Hendrix
- Bryan Brinyark
- Jeana Ross
- Heath Allbright
- Norman Crow
- Cindy Myrex
- Gregory Barnes
NO: 0
ABSTAIN: 2
YES: 101
- Phillip Pettus
- Parker Moore
- Danny Crawford
- Andy Whitt
- Terri Collins
- Scott Stadthagen
- Tim Wadsworth
- Tracy Estes
- Jamie Kiel
- Laura Hall
- Rex Reynolds
- Ritchie Whorton
- Nathaniel Ledbetter
- Phillip Rigsby
- Craig Lipscomb
- Barbara Boyd
- David Standridge
- Steve Hurst
- Randy Wood
- Bob Fincher
- Ginny Shaver
- Corley Ellis
- Arnold Mooney
- Danny Garrett
- David Faulkner
- Jim Hill
- Allen Treadaway
- Anthony Daniels
- Neil Rafferty
- Rolanda Hollis
- M. Moore
- Juandalynn Givan
- Brett Easterbrook
- Alan Baker
- Prince Chestnut
- Thomas Jackson
- Kelvin Lawrence
- Chris England
- Artis 'A.J.' McCampbell
- Reed Ingram
- TaShina Morris
- Joe Lovvorn
- Chris Blackshear
- Ed Oliver
- Pebblin W. Warren
- Jeremy Gray
- Berry Forte
- Paul W. Lee
- Jeff Sorrells
- Chris Sells
- Rhett Marques
- Steve Clouse
- Matt Simpson
- Adline Clarke
- Napoleon Bracy
- Sam Jones
- Chris Pringle
- Shane Stringer
- Barbara Drummond
- Margie Wilcox
- Chip Brown
- Ivan Smith
- Russell Bedsole
- Ben Robbins
- Kenneth Paschal
- Kenyatté Hassell
- Patrice McClammy
- Kelvin Datcher
- Ben Harrison
- James Lomax
- Mark Shirey
- Leigh Hulsey
- Mike Kirkland
- Brock Colvin
- Mack Butler
- Mark Gidley
- Chad Robertson
- Susan DuBose
- Mike Shaw
- Ontario Tillman
- Patrick Sellers
- Ron Bolton
- Bill Lamb
- Donna Givens
- Curtis Travis
- Rick Rehm
- Jerry Starnes
- Marcus Paramore
- Matthew Hammett
- Jennifer Fidler
- Frances Holk-Jones
- Kerry (Bubba) Underwood
- Troy Stubbs
- Ernie Yarbrough
- Travis Hendrix
- Bryan Brinyark
- Jeana Ross
- Heath Allbright
- Norman Crow
- Cindy Myrex
- Gregory Barnes
NO: 0
ABSTAIN: 3
Actions
- Jan 29, 2026 | Senate
- Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry)
- Jan 28, 2026 | Senate
- Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry 1st Amendment QNA6655-1 (Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry)
- Reported Out of Committee Second House
- Jan 27, 2026 | Senate
- Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry
- Pending Committee Action in Second House (Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry)
- Jan 22, 2026 | House
- BIR44 for HB38, Passed by House of Origin
- Third Reading in House of Origin
- Ports, Waterways and Intermodal Transit Engrossed Substitute Offered 6Y5FDZ1-1 (Ports, Waterways and Intermodal Transit)
- Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 140 6Y5FDZ1-1
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 141
- Engrossed
- Jan 14, 2026 | House
- Reported Out Committee House of Origin-- Committee Amendment FKRQZ5C-1 (Ports, Waterways and Intermodal Transit)
- Reported Out of Committee House of Origin 6Y5FDZ1-1 (Ports, Waterways and Intermodal Transit)
- Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Ports, Waterways and Intermodal Transit)
- Jan 13, 2026 | House
- Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Ports, Waterways and Intermodal Transit
- Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Ports, Waterways and Intermodal Transit)

