---
type: "Bill"
title: "State waters; Alabama Seagrass Restoration Task Force established to remediate seagrass loss within state marine waters"
description: "Conservation & Natural Resources"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2026rs"
identifier: "HB 38"
citation: "Alabama HB 38 (2026rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Conservation & Natural Resources"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brown (C)"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 26
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-08-14T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-09T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5bf5fad6-3a5e-404d-9a19-d6bfb068776e"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "e1de94578df11270ca8e8d7cd4810b5fa4f450edf50cb327eb2d13d006cbcddb"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-al"]
---

# Alabama HB 38 (2026rs) — State waters; Alabama Seagrass Restoration Task Force established to remediate seagrass loss within state marine waters

Conservation & Natural Resources

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB38-int.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB38-eng.pdf)
3. **Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 140** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/6Y5FDZ1-1.pdf)
4. **Reported Out Committee House of Origin-- Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/FKRQZ5C-1.pdf)
5. **Sessions motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 385** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/QNA6655-1.pdf)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB38-enr.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Brown (C) — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2025-08-14T04:00:00+00:00** Filed `filing`
- **2026-03-09T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Brown Concur In and Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 594
- **2026-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 386 `passage`
- **2026-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Sessions motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 385
- **2026-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry 1st Amendment Offered (Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry) `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in Second House
- **2026-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry)
- **2026-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2026-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry 1st Amendment (Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry)
- **2026-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry)
- **2026-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-22T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2026-01-22T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 141 `passage`
- **2026-01-22T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 140
- **2026-01-22T05:00:00+00:00** Ports, Waterways and Intermodal Transit Engrossed Substitute Offered (Ports, Waterways and Intermodal Transit) `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-01-22T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2026-01-14T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Ports, Waterways and Intermodal Transit)
- **2026-01-14T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin (Ports, Waterways and Intermodal Transit)
- **2026-01-14T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out Committee House of Origin-- Committee Amendment (Ports, Waterways and Intermodal Transit)
- **2026-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Ports, Waterways and Intermodal Transit)
- **2026-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Ports, Waterways and Intermodal Transit `reading-1, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5bf5fad6-3a5e-404d-9a19-d6bfb068776e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).