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Read. Follow. Verify.Alabama authorizes Emergency Management Agency to purchase public educational materials with state funds
Last action · March 31, 2026: EnactedSponsor: Gerald Allen
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What This Bill Does
The State of Alabama permits the Director of the Emergency Management Agency to use to buy promotional and educational items for public emergency preparedness, effective October 1, 2026.
Residents gain access to publicly funded emergency preparedness guides and safety materials produced and distributed directly by state emergency management officials.
- The Emergency Management Agency is a state department within the executive branch tasked with coordinating disaster response and emergency preparedness across Alabama. context
Who It Affects
Groups the bill's text affects, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Alabama residents
Residents will receive educational and promotional materials regarding public emergency preparedness funded by the state.
Emergency Management Agency
The agency gains explicit statutory authority to spend appropriated funds on promotional and educational materials.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Current status: Became law.
Procedural history
17 actions- Mar 31, 2026SenateEnrolledEnacted
- Mar 11, 2026SenateEnrolledDelivered to Governor
- Mar 11, 2026HouseSignature Requested
- Mar 11, 2026SenateEnrolled
- Mar 11, 2026SenateReady to Enroll
- Mar 11, 2026HouseFloorMotion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 857
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- Mar 11, 2026HouseThird Reading in Second House
- Feb 5, 2026HouseRead for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar
- Feb 4, 2026HouseCommitteeReported Out of Committee Second House
- Jan 22, 2026HouseCommitteePending Committee Action in Second House
- Jan 22, 2026HouseIntroducedRead for the first time and referred to the House Committee on State Government
- Jan 22, 2026SenateFloorMotion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 125
- Jan 22, 2026SenateThird Reading in House of Origin
- Jan 21, 2026SenateRead for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar
- Jan 21, 2026SenateCommitteeReported Out of Committee House of Origin
- Jan 13, 2026SenateCommitteePending Committee Action in House of Origin
- Jan 13, 2026SenateIntroducedRead for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Finance and Taxation General Fund
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Analysis Score
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