republic-os/legislation/us/states/al/2026rs/hb-38.md

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Bill	State waters; Alabama Seagrass Restoration Task Force established to remediate seagrass loss within state marine waters	Conservation & Natural Resources	us/states/al	Alabama Legislature	2026rs	HB 38	Alabama HB 38 (2026rs)	bill	Conservation & Natural Resources	enacted	Brown (C)	6	26	0	2025-08-14T04:00:00+00:00	2026-03-09T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/5bf5fad6-3a5e-404d-9a19-d6bfb068776e	https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search	e1de94578df11270ca8e8d7cd4810b5fa4f450edf50cb327eb2d13d006cbcddb	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 140 (committee substitute) — source
4. Reported Out Committee House of Origin-- Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
5. Sessions motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 385 (committee substitute) — source
6. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/5bf5fad6-3a5e-404d-9a19-d6bfb068776e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).