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Read. Follow. Verify.Alabama expands second-degree assault to cover adults over 18 who injure anyone in schools while unaffiliated with the institution
Last action · April 8, 2026: EnactedSponsor: Tracy Estes
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What This Bill Does
Alabama enacts a law expanding the crime of second-degree assault to include adults aged 19 or older who are neither employed by nor enrolled in a school, and who injure any person while intending to harm a child in an educational environment, effective October 1, 2026.
Unaffiliated adults aged 19 and older face charges for causing physical injury to any person while targeting a child inside an educational setting.
Who It Affects
Groups the bill's text affects, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
adults aged 19 and older not affiliated with schools
Unaffiliated adults face potential Class C felony charges for second-degree assault if they cause physical injury to any person while intending to harm a child in an educational environment.
children and individuals in educational environments
Individuals in educational environments receive expanded legal protections through heightened criminal penalties for assaults committed against them or resulting from attempts to harm children.
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Current status: Became law.
Procedural history
20 actions- Apr 8, 2026HouseEnrolledEnacted
- Apr 1, 2026SenateSignature Requested
- Apr 1, 2026HouseEnrolledDelivered to Governor
- Apr 1, 2026HouseEnrolled
- Apr 1, 2026HouseReady to Enroll
- Apr 1, 2026SenateFloorMotion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 1042
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- Apr 1, 2026SenateThird Reading in Second House
- Mar 11, 2026SenateRead for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar
- Mar 11, 2026SenateCommitteeReported Out of Committee Second House
- Feb 25, 2026SenateCommitteePending Committee Action in Second House
- Feb 25, 2026SenateIntroducedRead for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Judiciary
- Feb 24, 2026HouseEngrossed
- Feb 24, 2026HouseFloorMotion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 551
- Feb 24, 2026HouseMotion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 550
- Feb 24, 2026HouseJudiciary Engrossed Substitute Offered
- Feb 24, 2026HouseThird Reading in House of Origin
- Jan 29, 2026HouseRead for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar
- Jan 28, 2026HouseCommitteeReported Out of Committee House of Origin
- Jan 13, 2026HouseCommitteePending Committee Action in House of Origin
- Jan 13, 2026HouseIntroducedRead for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Judiciary
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