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Committee advances bill to create seagrass and sea oats restoration task force

Ports, Waterways & Intermodal Transit · January 14, 2026
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Summary

The Ports, Waterways & Intermodal Transit Committee advanced House Bill 38 to establish a task force chaired by the Dolphin Island Sea Lab to develop a 10-year Alabama seagrass and sea oats restoration plan; an amendment to add sea oats language passed and the bill received a favorable committee report.

Chairman Brown told the Ports, Waterways & Intermodal Transit Committee that House Bill 38 would create a task force to develop a long-range plan for seagrass restoration and related shoreline work.

"What this bill does is we actually passed this last year out of the house, passed out of senate committee, and it just didn't get on the last day," Chairman Brown said, describing the proposal and its…

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