Employment laws and bills in Alabama

Every bill in the Alabama Legislature that falls inside the Employment and Labor Legislation Tracker's scope, with where each one currently stands.

Bills in scope: 10bills in scope
Past committee: 2past committee
Most recent action: 17 April 2026most recent action

Employment laws enacted in Alabama in 2026

1 Employment bill was enacted in Alabama this year, the latest with a last action on 17 April 2026. They lead the list below.

Employment bills in Alabama

2Enacted

8Introduced or inactive

10 bills in scope

Enacted

HB 517Talent Readiness and Industry Needs (TRAIN) Act, qualified employees authorized to teach a career and technical education program, tax credits provided to employers that loan qualified employees, workforce teaching certificate established17 April 2026Enacted SB 199State employees; paid parental leave authorized, parameters for eligibility established2 April 2025Enacted

Introduced or inactive

HB 666State employees; salary deductions from education employees prohibited for labor organizations, procedure to revoke membership in employee organization revised for all state employees2 April 2026In committee SB 327Employee drug testing; employee notice requirements revised25 February 2026In committee HB 290Employment; employers required to provide location and break time for employees to express breast milk29 January 2026In committee HB 352Alabama Jobs Act; Secretary of Commerce prohibited from awarding economic tax incentives to companies that do not practice certain employment protections for workers29 January 2026In committee SB 281Consumer Protection; platforms providing services allowing employees to access earned income prior to paycheck not considered a lender or debt collector; standards on platforms imposed6 May 2025Dead SB 49Employment practice, unlawful to inquire from job applicant information relating to arrests or conviction of crimes, criminal record, with exceptions6 May 2025Dead HB 139Discrimination, unlawful to deny an individual full and equal enjoyment of public accommodations based on protected classes; unlawful for a local school board to discriminate against individual based on protected classes; unlawful for employer or labor organization board to discriminate against employee or member based on protected classes; state cause of action created4 February 2025In committee HB 20To make it unlawful for a person to deny an individual full and equal enjoyment of public accommodations or for an employer to discriminate against an applicant or employee based upon the individual's weight or body size; state cause of action against an employer who does so created4 February 2025In committee

Bill titles link to the Alabama Legislature's own page.

What LawSignals covers

What counts as Employment and Labor Legislation legislation

In scope is any bill governing the employment relationship: minimum, prevailing and overtime wages, wage theft, worker classification and gig work, paid sick, family and medical leave, unemployment and workers' compensation, discrimination, harassment, pay equity and pay range disclosure, unions and public sector bargaining, workplace safety and heat standards, electronic monitoring and automated hiring tools, and noncompete and nondisclosure agreements.

Tracker scopes are model-drafted, not attorney-reviewed.

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