2026-09-10 · Alabama · Legislation · Did not pass

Two Alabama bills aimed at real-estate wholesalers and long-term recorded service contracts died in the 2026 session, one of them a single day before adjournment. Both carried homeowners-association exclusions — and those exclusions are already law.

That last point matters, because the bills have been described as though they would have protected association declarations from a new regulatory scheme. They would not have. They would have expanded a scheme that already excludes them.

The two bills

SB 246, by Senator Arthur Orr, was titled “Consumer protection; unsolicited offers to purchase real estate, unfair service contracts, regulated.” First read February 3, 2026, it was reported out of committee on February 4 and placed on the calendar on February 5 — then sat. It was indefinitely postponed on April 7, 2026, having passed committee but never received a floor vote.¹

HB 586, by Representative Margi Wilcox (R–Mobile), combined SB 246 with another wholesaling measure. It was first read March 5, reported out March 17, and passed the House 82–14 on March 19, 2026. It cleared Senate committee on April 1, reached a third reading in the Senate on April 8 — and was “Carried Over to the Call of the Chair” the same day. The session adjourned sine die on April 9. It died by one day.²

A third, HB 357 by Representative Rolanda Hollis, was first read January 29, 2026, never placed on a committee agenda, and never heard.

1. SB 246, 2026 Regular Session — introduced text, Alabama Legislature ↩
2. HB 586, 2026 Regular Session — introduced text, Alabama Legislature ↩
3. 2026 Legislative Session Recap, Alabama Association of REALTORS (Apr. 21, 2026) ↩