Bail and surety bonding; requirements for professional surety bondsman and professional bail bondsman further provided for, requirements for apprentice bondsman further provided for, to require circuit clerks to report t
Introduced
Moved
Reached a final decision
Became law
Derived from the official record below.
Officially: “Bail and surety bonding;” Read the full text
2026 regular session
What it does
This act amends Sections 15-13-112, 15-13-159, 15-13-160, 15-13-201, 15-13-202, 15-13-203, 15-13-205, 15-13-210, 15-13-211, and 15-13-217, Code of Alabama 1975, to: (1) require the Supreme Court of Alabama to require an original qualifying power of attorney issued by a professional surety company that lists all agents of the company to be attached to all bail bond forms; (2) require circuit clerks to provide a list of the professional surety companies and bail bond companies authorized to operat
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Where it is
Enacted (latest official status) · Jan 21, 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
Brown (C)
Recorded votes
Recorded voteHouse · 2026-04-09 · yeas 104, nays 0, abstains 0
Recorded voteSenate · 2026-04-08 · yeas 30, nays 0, abstains 0
Recorded voteSenate · 2026-04-08 · yeas 30, nays 0, abstains 0
Recorded voteSenate · 2026-04-08 · yeas 30, nays 0, abstains 0
Recorded voteHouse · 2026-03-04 · yeas 74, nays 3, abstains 26
Recorded voteHouse · 2026-03-04 · yeas 83, nays 0, abstains 20
Recorded voteHouse · 2026-03-04 · yeas 77, nays 2, abstains 24
Recorded voteHouse · 2026-03-04 · yeas 81, nays 5, abstains 17
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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