Elections; municipal elections, to set qualification fee amounts, to require indigent candidates to submit documentation for fee exemption
Introduced
Moved
Reached a final decision
Became law
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Officially: “Elections; municipal elections, to set qualification fee amounts, to require indigent candidates to submit documentation for fee exemption” Read the full text
2026 regular session
What it does
This act amends Section 11-43B-4, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to Class 4 municipalities with a mayor-council form of government, to: (1) require candidates for a municipal board of education to pay a qualifying fee when filing a statement of candidacy; (2) provide the qualifying fees for mayoral candidates is $500 and for city council and board of education candidates is $250; and (3) exempt indigent candidates for these positions from qualifying fees if their most recent tax return evidences
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Where it is
Enacted (latest official status) · Jan 14, 2026
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The numbers
1
sponsor on the bill
Sponsors
Jones (A)
Recorded votes
Recorded voteHouse · 2026-04-08 · yeas 79, nays 0, abstains 25
Recorded voteHouse · 2026-04-08 · yeas 91, nays 0, abstains 11
Recorded voteSenate · 2026-03-04 · yeas 33, nays 0, abstains 0
Recorded voteSenate · 2026-03-04 · yeas 33, nays 0, abstains 0
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