Alabama legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Alabama HB268: Government Administration, authorizes the State 911 board to monitor the responsiveness of local 911 districts, with conditions under which the State 911 board may assume control of a district
Status: Signed into law, April 8, 2026
What the bill says
An Act, Relating to 911 service; to add Section 11-98-4.3 to the Code of Alabama 1975, to authorize the 911 Board to institute a system to measure the emergency response performance of local communication districts; to require, upon request by the Attorney General, the 911 Board to audit local communication districts and to submit a report on audit findings to the Attorney General to be made public; and to provide for a remediation plan by which to improve the district's emergency response performance.
From the enrolled text:
An Act, Relating to 911 service; to add Section 11-98-4.3 to the Code of Alabama 1975, to authorize the 911 Board to institute a system to measure the emergency response performance of local communication districts; to require, upon request by the Attorney General, the 911 Board to audit local communication districts and to submit a report on audit findings to the Attorney General to be made public; and to provide for a remediation plan by which to improve the district's emergency response performance. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. Section 11-98-4.3 is added to the Code of Alabama 1975, to read as follows: §11-98-4.3 (a) For the purposes of this section, the term "readiness" refers to the capability of a district, including a public safety answering point, to expedite the answering, receiving, and transferring of 911 calls and texts to efficiently dispatch the appropriate emergency service provider as soon as possible to a correct location where property or life may be in jeopardy. (b) The 911 Board shall establish a system that is based upon best practices as adopted by nationally recognized associations such as the National Emergency Number Association and the Association of Public Safety Communications Officials to measure the readiness of district public safety services through the collection of data related to a district's …