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Read. Follow. Verify.Alabama Senate Bill 308 Creates Office of Risk and Resilience and Re-houses Strengthen Alabama Homes Program
Last action · April 7, 2026: Currently Indefinitely PostponedSponsor: Josh Carnley
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What This Bill Proposed
This bill creates the Office of Risk and Resilience within the Alabama Department of Insurance, moves the Strengthen Alabama Homes Program into this new office, and establishes an effective date of June 1, 2026. The legislation authorizes the hiring of one exempt personnel position outside the state Merit System and outlines grant application procedures for retrofitting properties against windstorms.
Property owners seeking windstorm mitigation grants must navigate operations housed under a newly structured office within the state insurance department, while funding availability remains contingent on annual legislative allocations and external grants without establishing a state entitlement.
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.
Department of Insurance
The department houses the newly created Office of Risk and Resilience and the Strengthen Alabama Homes Program, and is tasked with administering rules and seeking federal grants.
Property owners
Eligible property owners may apply for grants to retrofit insurable property against catastrophic windstorms, though no state funding entitlement is established.
Nonprofit entities
Nonprofit entities may receive grants or funding from the program for retrofitting projects if they agree to administer funds according to program requirements.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
Does this bill guarantee funding or property inspections for property owners?
Where does the money for the Strengthen Alabama Homes Fund come from?
What standards must mitigation projects meet under this program?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died on the Senate floor.
Procedural history
5 actions- Apr 7, 2026SenateCurrently Indefinitely Postponed
- Mar 17, 2026SenateRead for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar
- Mar 17, 2026SenateCommitteeReported Out of Committee House of Origin
- Feb 12, 2026SenateCommitteePending Committee Action in House of Origin
- Feb 12, 2026SenateIntroducedRead for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Banking and Insurance
Version history
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 50)
- Controversy15Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz20Current news / social attention level
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