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Read. Follow. Verify.Alabama Senate Amendment to SB 124 Modifies Seagrass Restoration Task Force Appointments and 10-Year Plan
Last action · April 7, 2026: Currently Indefinitely PostponedSponsor: David Sessions
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What This Bill Proposed
An amendment to Alabama Senate Bill 124 modifies the appointment structure for the Alabama by adding members appointed by the Mobile and Baldwin County Commissions, and updates language regarding the 10-year Alabama Seagrass and Sea Oats Restoration Plan.
Local county commissions in Mobile and Baldwin counties gain direct appointment power to a state-level task force tasked with recommending remediation tools and approaches for seagrass loss.
- SB 124 proposes the creation of the Alabama Seagrass Restoration Task Force to address environmental degradation in state waters. context
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Mobile County Commission
Gains the authority to appoint a member to the Alabama Seagrass Restoration Task Force.
Baldwin County Commission
Gains the authority to appoint a member to the Alabama Seagrass Restoration Task Force.
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This bill did not become law - Died on the Senate floor.
Procedural history
9 actions- Apr 7, 2026SenateCurrently Indefinitely Postponed
- Feb 12, 2026SenateCarried Over
- Feb 12, 2026SenateAgriculture, Conservation, and Forestry 1st Amendment Offered
- Feb 12, 2026SenateThird Reading in House of Origin
- Jan 29, 2026SenateRead for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar
- Jan 28, 2026SenateCommitteeReported Out of Committee House of Origin
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- Jan 28, 2026SenateAgriculture, Conservation, and Forestry 1st Amendment
- Jan 13, 2026SenateCommitteePending Committee Action in House of Origin
- Jan 13, 2026SenateIntroducedRead for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 35)
- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz15Current news / social attention level
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