---
type: "Bill"
title: "Crimes and offenses, credible threat defined; penalties for crimes of making a terrorist threat in the first or second degree provided further for; principal to immediately contact law enforcement of terrorist threat, suspension of student, readmittance, and restitution provided"
description: "Crimes & Offenses"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2026rs"
identifier: "HB 7"
citation: "Alabama HB 7 (2026rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes & Offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lomax"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 27
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-06-25T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-08T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ae46aa60-4a04-4881-94ca-0d21935dc1ce"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "7988735d8e249bd7d5c7029bccc067ac6b11a847c9993277b309d0931d6b0684"
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 7 (2026rs) — Crimes and offenses, credible threat defined; penalties for crimes of making a terrorist threat in the first or second degree provided further for; principal to immediately contact law enforcement of terrorist threat, suspension of student, readmittance, and restitution provided

Crimes & Offenses

## 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/HB7-int.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB7-eng.pdf)
3. **Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 288** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/W1SBM99-1.pdf)
4. **Woods motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 954** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/11K4D33-1.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB7-enr.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Lomax — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Filed `filing`
- **2026-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Lomax Concur In and Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1116
- **2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 955 `passage`
- **2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Woods motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 954
- **2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Judiciary 1st Amendment Offered (Judiciary) `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in Second House
- **2026-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Judiciary)
- **2026-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2026-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** Judiciary 1st Amendment (Judiciary)
- **2026-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Judiciary)
- **2026-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2026-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Ross intended to vote "Yea"
- **2026-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 289 `passage`
- **2026-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 288
- **2026-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Judiciary 1st Substitute Offered (Judiciary) `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2026-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Judiciary)
- **2026-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- **2026-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** Judiciary 1st Substitute (Judiciary)
- **2026-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Judiciary)
- **2026-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Judiciary `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/ae46aa60-4a04-4881-94ca-0d21935dc1ce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).