Dredging; coastal areas, dredged materials required to be beneficially used by persons dredging certain amounts
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Became law
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Officially: “Dredging; coastal areas, dredged materials required to be beneficially used by persons dredging certain amounts” Read the full text
2026 regular session
What it does
This act requires: (1) persons dredging over 1,000,000 cubic yards of material in coastal areas to cause at least 70 percent of the dredged material to be beneficially used, subject to exceptions; and (2) the Alabama Department of Environmental Management and Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to amend their rules, including the Alabama Coastal Area Management Program, to implement this act.
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Where it is
Enacted (latest official status) · Jan 13, 2026
Latest official status shown, exactly as the official record states it. The step by step history lives on the official page linked below.
The numbers
1
sponsor on the bill
Sponsors
Marques
Recorded votes
Recorded voteSenate · 2026-03-04 · yeas 33, nays 0, abstains 0
Recorded voteSenate · 2026-03-04 · yeas 33, nays 0, abstains 0
Recorded voteSenate · 2026-03-04 · yeas 33, nays 0, abstains 0
Recorded voteHouse · 2026-03-04 · yeas 100, nays 0, abstains 2
Recorded voteHouse · 2026-03-04 · yeas 97, nays 0, abstains 6
Recorded voteHouse · 2026-03-04 · yeas 98, nays 0, abstains 4
Recorded voteHouse · 2026-03-04 · yeas 99, nays 0, abstains 3
Roll-call results shown verbatim from the Alabama legislature’s records. A result reflects that roll call’s own motion, not the bill’s overall outcome.
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