LEAGUE NEWS
LWVAL TAKE ACTION TUESDAY
Tuesday January 13, 2026
The 2026 Alabama Legislative Session begins today! And Take Action Tuesdays are back!
You may not be the type to make New Year’s resolutions, but the LWVAL is asking you to make one today.
We believe our power as citizens is partially realized when we make an effort to be informed. We believe our power as citizens is fully realized when we are informed AND take action.
Take Action Tuesdays is a weekly communication to League members and friends highlighting priority issues coming up in the Legislature that particular week. It is sent the first thing Tuesday mornings because that is when the Legislators return and start their work for the week.
Take Action Tuesday’s commitment to you is that we will:
Present to you 3-5 actions each Tuesday morning during the session.
Keep the actions brief (typically only 5-10 minutes to complete).
Supply supplemental information for those who want to dig a little deeper.
It’s an election year so the session will be shorter. This means there will be more theatrics and the bad stuff has the potential of happening even faster. It’s going to be important to stay focused and ‘in the game.'
Our ask? That you resolve with all of us to open these emails on Tuesday mornings and do your best to TAKE ACTION!
And with that intro, let's get started!
ACTION 1 UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS
Review the ‘Alabama Legislative Process’ found on the State of Alabama's website.
We are always better equipped to engage in a system when we understand how it works. The ‘Alabama Legislative Process’ document found at the link below was written in 1963 and updated by legislators every year. It is remarkably informative and easy to read.
ACTION 2 - Watch the Process
Visit the Alabama Channel and learn how you can watch the process LIVE or anytime at your convenience.
Click below to visit the Alabama Channel, a government transparency project of the League of Women Voters of Alabama Education Fund. The Alabama Channel is a video resource library where Alabamians can view live, recorded and indexed videos of Alabama legislative session and committee meetings.
ACTION 3 - FOLLOW THE PROCESS
Review how to navigate ‘ALISON’, the official website of the Alabama Legislature
ALISON is the 'Alabama Legislative Information System Online’. It contains a wealth of information about bills including sponsors, history, amendments and status. Click below to visit ALISON and familiarize yourself with the types of information there.
ACTION 4
Join with the LWVAL and Read Freely Alabama in Opposing SB26
Protect Independent Library Boards in Alabama
SB26 (2026) weakens the independence of Alabama’s public library boards, strips local boards of stability by making every member “serve at the pleasure” of their appointing authority, and requires every library board in the state to file annual book removal reports directly to the Governor, Speaker of the House, and Senate Pro Tem detailing every action related to reviewing or removing materials. This creates a coercive reporting system that invites political interference in local collection decisions.
Together, these changes undermine good governance, erode local control, and make libraries more vulnerable to state-driven censorship efforts. Alabama’s libraries belong to their communities, not to political actors in Montgomery.
Click HERE to contact your State Senator, urge them to oppose SB26, and protect independent, community-led libraries in Alabama.
TAKE ACTION TUESDAY RESOURCES
2026 BILLS ON THE LEAGUE RADAR
More Information to Follow | No Action Required Yet
Sponsor: Marilyn Lands
Title/Description: Referendum measures; authorizes general laws and constitutional amendments to be initiated through public petition process
Committee: Constitution, Campaigns & Elections
League Position: SUPPORT
Sponsor: Bill Lamb
Title/Description: Fair Campaign Practices Act: Authorize notifications of civil penalties by electronic mail in lieu of certified mail in certain circumstances
Committee: Ethics and Campaign Finance
League Position: SUPPORT
Sponsor: Adline Clarke
Title/Description: Absentee voting: designee to deliver voter's absentee ballot application and absentee ballot to election manager for disabled voter, authorized
Committee: Constitution Campaign & Elections
League Position: SUPPORT
Sponsor: Chris Elliot
Title/Description: Public library boards; provide that library boards serve at the pleasure of their appointing authority.
Committee: County and Municipal Government
League Position: OPPOSE
Sponsor: Chris Elliot
Title/Description: Department of Archives and History; increase composition to 17 members and revise manner board members are appointed.
Committee: County and Municipal Government
League Position: OPPOSE