State AI law
Alabama
AI laws
We track 19 artificial-intelligence bills and regulations in Alabama. 11 have been signed or enacted.
Last updated Oct 12, 2026 · How we collect and check bills
Where Alabama’s bills stand
19 bills- Introduced
- 0
- In committee
- 0
- Passed a chamber
- 0
- Signed or enacted
- 11
- Dead or vetoed
- 8
Overview
How Alabama regulates AI
Alabama has 19 published AI-related bills in our register, 11 of them signed or enacted. Every bill below links to its own page with the status, dates and a plain-English summary.
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Alabama AI bills
RSS feed for AlabamaHealth care plans; to regulate the use of artificial intelligence in determinations of coverage
Alabama's SB 63 (Act 2026-589) limits how health benefit plan providers, including insurers, HMOs and utilization review contractors, use AI in prior authorization. AI-assisted medical necessity determinations must rest on the enrollee's medical history, clinical circumstances presented by the requesting provider and other information in the record, and any denial, delay or modification must be made by a licensed physician or other competent health care professional. Providers must certify their AI annually to the Department of Insurance, disclose its use and review its outcomes. Fines up to $5,000 for repeat violations. Signed April 16, 2026; effective October 1, 2026.
Real property; creation of Alabama Property Protection Act of 2026; title fraud prevention
Alabama's SB 292 (Act 2026-536) creates the Alabama Property Protection Act of 2026 against title fraud, with a consumer administrative complaint process and changes to recording, crime and notary laws. Its AI-relevant provision amends the remote notarization statute, Code of Alabama § 36-20-73.1: an electronic notary must refuse to perform a remote electronic notarial act if the notary becomes aware that the communication technology is not secure or that the image presented of the signatory appears to be artificially generated. The act takes effect October 1, 2026.
Artificial Intelligence and Children's Internet Safety Study Commission, created
Alabama's HJR 51, a joint resolution approved by the Governor as Act 2026-218, creates the Study Commission on Artificial Intelligence and Children's Internet Safety. Its 13 members include legislators from both chambers, the Attorney General, and appointees of the Mental Health Commissioner, Voices for Alabama's Children, the Alabama Cable and Broadband Association, TechNet, the Lieutenant Governor and the Alabama Broadcasters Association. It studies the effects of AI, social media and internet use on children, reviews other states' approaches and recommends legislation, reporting by November 1, 2026, after which it dissolves. Approved March 10, 2026.
Artificial Intelligence; state agencies required to perform quarterly AI-assisted review of rules
Alabama's HB524 (Agentic Artificial Intelligence Regulatory Review Act) would require every state agency that can adopt rules to complete an AI-assisted review of all its rules and guidance documents by April 1, 2027 and to repeat it quarterly, using AI systems the agency acquires or develops. Agency staff would have to review and approve the AI's analyses, and agencies would publish an annual report. Referred to the House Committee on State Government on February 26, 2026; the bill died when the 2026 regular session ended without final passage.
Artificial Intelligence; state agencies required to perform quarterly AI-assisted review of rules
Alabama's SB328 (Agentic Artificial Intelligence Regulatory Review Act) would require every state agency that can adopt rules to complete an AI-assisted review of all its rules and guidance documents by April 1, 2027 and to repeat it quarterly, using AI systems the agency acquires or develops. Agency staff would have to review and approve the AI's analyses, and agencies would publish an annual report. Referred to the Senate Committee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development on February 25, 2026; the bill died when the 2026 regular session ended without final passage.
Consumer protection; production of digital replicas of voice or visual likenesses, prohibited for commercial use unless licensed, procedures…
Alabama's HB 327, as introduced, would bar a person from intentionally publishing or making available to the public a digital replica of an individual's voice or visual likeness without the right holder's written consent, with listed exceptions. It would make the right licensable and descendible and authorize private actions for violating a digital replica license or producing a replica without consent. The House Judiciary committee reported a first substitute on February 18, 2026 (its text was not reviewed), and the bill died when the 2026 regular session ended without final passage.
Artificial intelligence; age verification systems required for chatbots, safeguard protocols required, therapy chatbot requirements establis…
Alabama's HB 324, as introduced, would require AI chatbot deployers to verify the age of every user, keep chatbots with human-like features away from minors (under 19) or offer minors a version without them, adopt protocols for users who express intent to harm themselves or others, and limit the data they collect and store. It would allow licensed psychiatrists to prescribe qualifying therapeutic chatbots to minors, with a private right of action and Attorney General enforcement. Referred to House Judiciary January 22, 2026; the bill died when the 2026 regular session ended without final passage.
Rural health care; Alabama Health Command established to designate an AI-assisted health platform in rural communities
Alabama's HB 280 would create the Alabama Health Command, an independent agency under a director appointed by the Governor, to designate an Alabama-headquartered business to develop a uniform virtual AI-assisted health platform for rural communities. The platform would give consumers health management services such as education, scheduling and navigation to rural providers, without diagnosis or treatment. Rural providers that contract to use it would be exempt from competitive bid laws. Referred to House Ways and Means General Fund on January 20, 2026; the bill died when the 2026 regular session ended without final passage.
Artificial intelligence; disclosure of artificial intelligence-generated content required, enforcement provided
Alabama's SB 129 would require developers of generative AI systems that produce images, video or audiovisual content to include a clear, conspicuous and unavoidable disclosure that the content is AI-generated, plus metadata naming the tool and creation time, and to take reasonable steps to stop licensees and end users removing it. Violations would be unlawful trade practices with a private right of action. Referred to Senate Judiciary January 13, 2026; the bill died when the 2026 regular session ended without final passage.
Rural health care; Alabama Health Command established to designate an AI-assisted health platform in rural communities
Alabama's SB 97 would create the Alabama Health Command, an independent agency under a director appointed by the Governor, to designate an Alabama-headquartered business to develop a uniform virtual AI-assisted health platform for rural communities. The platform would give consumers health management services such as education, scheduling and navigation to rural providers, without diagnosis or treatment. Rural providers that contract to use it would be exempt from competitive bid laws. Referred to Senate Healthcare on January 13, 2026; the bill died when the 2026 regular session ended without final passage.
Artificial intelligence; regulate use in health coverage decisions
Alabama's HB 515 (2025, as introduced) would have limited how health insurers use AI, algorithms or other software in utilization review. Medical necessity determinations would always have been made by a licensed physician or other competent health care professional. Insurers would have had to disclose AI use to enrollees and contracting providers, periodically review outcomes, and face civil suits for compensatory or punitive damages. Introduced April 3, 2025 and referred to the House Committee on Insurance; it died in committee when the 2025 session ended.
Motor vehicles, use of motor vehicles equipped with an automated driving system.
Alabama's SB 226 (Act 2024-453) allows vehicles equipped with an automated driving system (ADS) to run on public roads without a conventional human driver on board if the vehicle can reach a minimal risk condition. A fully autonomous vehicle (SAE Level 4 or 5) may operate only with proof of at least $100,000 single-limit liability coverage. The act sets duties after a crash involving a driverless ADS vehicle (staying at the scene and giving registration and insurance details) and covers on-demand autonomous vehicle networks. Approved May 17, 2024; effective October 1, 2024.
Crimes & offenses, provides criminal & civil penalties for distribution of materially deceptive media intended to influence an election.
Alabama's HB 172 (Act 2024-349) makes it a crime to distribute materially deceptive media (AI-produced image, audio or video falsely depicting a person's speech or conduct) within 90 days before an election when the distributor knows it is false and intends to harm a candidate or deceive voters. A disclaimer stating the media 'has been manipulated by technical means and depicts speech or conduct that did not occur' avoids liability. A violation is a Class A misdemeanor; a second conviction within five years is a Class D felony. The Attorney General, the depicted person, candidates and voter groups may seek injunctions. Effective October 1, 2024.
Crimes & Offenses, raises max. age for offenses involving obscene materials with depictions of children, authorizes punitive damages for vic…
Alabama's HB 168 (Act 2024-98), the Alabama Child Protection Act of 2024, extends the state's child sexual abuse material crimes to AI-generated content. CSAM now includes any visual depiction of a person under 18 engaged in sexually explicit conduct, including a virtually indistinguishable depiction created, altered or produced by digital, computer-generated or other means. Advertising, distributing or soliciting even purported CSAM is a Class B felony, each depiction is a separate offense, depicted individuals may sue, and school boards must adopt related policies. Effective October 1, 2024.
Crimes & offenses, prohibits a person from creating a private image without consent.
Alabama's HB 161 (Act 2024-96) amends Section 13A-6-240 to create the crime of knowingly creating, recording or altering an intimate image of an individual without consent where the person had a reasonable expectation of privacy. A private image now includes a recording that a reasonable person would believe actually depicts an identifiable individual, even if any portion is artificially generated or depicts someone else. Violations are a Class A misdemeanor, and a subsequent offense is a Class C felony. Internet service providers, search engines, cloud providers and technology developers are not liable solely because their service was used. Effective October 1, 2024.
Facial recognition technology, use of match as the sole basis of probable cause or arrest, prohibited
Alabama's SB 56 (Act 2022-420) bars state and local law enforcement agencies from using facial recognition technology match results as the sole basis to establish probable cause in a criminal investigation or to make an arrest; match results may be used for those purposes only together with other lawfully obtained information and evidence. Facial recognition technology is software that, to try to identify an unknown person, generates facial biometric data (a facial template), searches a database of many people's templates linked to identifying information, and returns matches by similarity. Signed April 14, 2022; effective July 1, 2022.
Technology, Alabama Council on Advanced Technology, establish, to advise Governor and Legislature, members, duties.
Alabama's SB 78 (Act 2021-344) establishes the Alabama Council on Advanced Technology and Artificial Intelligence. The council reviews and advises the Governor and the Legislature on all aspects of the use and development of advanced technology and artificial intelligence in Alabama and must submit an annual report with any recommendations for administrative or policy action, posted online by the Governor, the Legislature and the Department of Commerce. Approved May 6, 2021, the act took effect one year later, on May 6, 2022.
Relating to motor vehicles; to authorize autonomous commercial vehicles operated by an automated driving system and commercial motor vehicle…
Alabama's SB 47 (Act 2019-496) lets automated commercial motor vehicles run on Alabama roads without a conventional driver on board if they meet the act's criteria, and lets commercial vehicles with teleoperation systems run with a remote driver who holds the proper license class. The act makes the Department of Transportation the sole state agency with jurisdiction over automated commercial vehicles and teleoperation systems, bars local governments and other agencies from adding their own requirements or taxes, sets accident and reporting duties, and keeps existing liability law. It took effect when approved on June 10, 2019.
Artificial intelligence, Ala. Comm. on, estab. to study and advise Governor and Legislature on state policy issues
Alabama's SJR 71, a joint resolution approved by the Governor as Act 2019-269, establishes the Alabama Commission on Artificial Intelligence and Associated Technologies to review and advise the Governor and Legislature on the growth of AI and associated technology in the state and on AI use in governance, health care, education, environment, transportation and industries such as autonomous cars, industrial robots and disease-diagnosis algorithms. The commission was to consider whether the Legislature should create a permanent AI commission and report its findings and recommendations by May 1, 2020. Approved May 28, 2019 (Act 2019-269).
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