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Read. Follow. Verify.Alabama requires day care centers to implement anaphylactic response policies and staff training
Last action · March 17, 2026: EnactedSponsor: Treadaway
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What This Bill Does
Alabama enacted a law requiring the State Department of Human Resources to establish an anaphylactic response policy by August 1, 2027, and mandating that all licensed day care centers implement the policy, notify parents, and ensure staff complete biennial training starting January 1, 2028.
Licensed day care centers across Alabama must adopt new emergency protocols, provide written allergy policies to parents annually upon enrollment, and ensure child-care employees complete formal training every two years, with specific liability protections established for responding staff and entities.
Who It Affects
Groups the bill's text affects, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
day care centers
Licensed day care centers must adopt and implement the anaphylactic response policy, provide written notice to parents, and maintain training records for staff.
day care center employees
Employees hired to facilitate child care must complete an anaphylaxis training program every two years and follow emergency response guidelines.
parents and guardians
Parents and guardians must receive written notice of the anaphylactic response policy upon a child's enrollment and annually thereafter.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Current status: Became law.
Procedural history
22 actions- Mar 17, 2026HouseEnrolledEnacted
- Mar 11, 2026HouseEnrolledDelivered to Governor
- Mar 11, 2026SenateSignature Requested
- Mar 10, 2026HouseEnrolled
- Mar 10, 2026HouseReady to Enroll
- Mar 10, 2026SenateFloorMotion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 778
Show 16 earlier actions
- Mar 10, 2026SenateThird Reading in Second House
- Mar 5, 2026SenateRead for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar
- Mar 4, 2026SenateCommitteeReported Out of Committee Second House
- Mar 3, 2026SenateCommitteePending Committee Action in Second House
- Mar 3, 2026SenateIntroducedRead for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Healthcare
- Mar 3, 2026HouseEngrossed
- Mar 3, 2026HouseFloorMotion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 697
- Mar 3, 2026HouseMotion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 696
- Mar 3, 2026HouseWilcox 1st Amendment Offered
- Mar 3, 2026HouseMotion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 695
- Mar 3, 2026HousePublic Safety and Homeland Security Engrossed Substitute Offered
- Mar 3, 2026HouseThird Reading in House of Origin
- Feb 5, 2026HouseRead for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar
- Feb 4, 2026HouseCommitteeReported Out of Committee House of Origin
- Jan 27, 2026HouseCommitteePending Committee Action in House of Origin
- Jan 27, 2026HouseIntroducedRead for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security
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Analysis Score
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- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
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