Alabama House Ways and Means General Fund Committee

House Committee (legislative) · March 4, 2026

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Discussion of permitting wells, tax concerns and subcommittee appointment

Discussion

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A committee member raised concerns that current projects are not producing benefits and urged a deeper review of proposed permitting for injection wells and related tax structure. A speaker said Alabama should be ‘business friendly’ but not ignore concerns such as a proposed 20% tax; the chair appointed a subcommittee (Representatives Witt, Bridal and Underwood) to work with industry and return with recommendations.

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Committee considered multiple bills including adding Parkinson’s disease to firefighters’ occupational diseases, an agriculture cost-share program, registrar background checks and pay during emergencies, and a judiciary fund bill; members also appointed a subcommittee to study tax treatment of injection wells.

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