SB 321 Alabama Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Drycleaning Response Trust Fund Board, requirement that the Alabama Department of Environmental Management prevent involvement of other units of government in contamination problems deleted; required minimum balance in Alabama Drycleaning Environmental Response Trust Fund reduced from one million to two hundred fifty thousand dollars

SB 321 modifies the Alabama Drycleaning Environmental Response Trust Fund Advisory Board's operations. It removes a requirement for the Alabama Department of Environmental Management to prevent other government units from becoming involved in drycleaning contamination problems. Additionally, the bill reduces the minimum balance required in the Alabama Drycleaning Environmental Response Trust Fund from one million dollars to two hundred fifty thousand dollars. This fund helps covered drycleaning owners and operators address environmental contamination.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Apr 9, 2025 Signed May 14, 2025
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What changed between versions

Introduced Enrolled · 6 edits · May 14, 2025
MODERATE
This bill was finalized and enrolled into law, making several substantive changes to the Alabama Drycleaning Environmental Response Trust Fund. The main policy shifts include clarifying that other government entities can now get involved in contamination cases, reducing the required minimum fund balance from one million to two hundred fifty thousand dollars, and adding provisions that bind family members and corporate successors to the decision to opt out of coverage.
Scope change
The bill's scope was expanded to explicitly allow federal, state, and local governments to participate in contamination issues, whereas the original version prevented such involvement.
REQUIREMENT

Removed the requirement that the Department of Environmental Management prevent other government units from becoming involved in contamination problems.

Added administrative criteria requiring the department and board to jointly administer the chapter with specific oversight responsibilities.

FISCAL

Reduced the required minimum balance in the trust fund from one million dollars to two hundred fifty thousand dollars.

ELIGIBILITY

Added language stating that an individual's election not to be covered by the fund binds their relatives within the third degree of consanguinity or marriage.

Added language stating that a corporation's election not to be covered binds current or former subsidiaries, stockholders, partners, members, successors, and predecessors.

DEFINITION

Clarified that the fund benefits impacted third parties and adjacent landowners impacted or adjacent to drycleaning or wholesale distribution facilities.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
16
Key actions
6
Committee
4
May 6, 2025
Lower · Passed
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 1172
lower
Apr 29, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported Out of Committee Second House
lower
Apr 24, 2025
Lower · Passed
Pending Committee Action in Second House (State Government)
lower
Apr 24, 2025
Upper · Passed
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 840
upper
Apr 15, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
upper
Apr 9, 2025
Upper · Passed
Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (County and Municipal Government)
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

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Bobby Singleton
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