State • Alabama

SB 137: Alabama Resilience Council established, membership, responsibilities, and duties of council as an advisory group within the executive branch provided; appointment of Chief Resilience Officer; statewide resilience plan required

Steve LivingstonEnacted

SB 137 status: Enacted (updated Apr 17, 2026).

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What this bill does

Overall score

Score70/100 civic fit
RiskLow risk
ImpactModerate impact 55/100

Bill summary

Official

State Government

Key analysis

Constitutionality90%
Bipartisan50%
Public opinion50%
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Impact analysis

Environment

Positive Outlook
70%

Benefits

  • Formalizes state-level resilience planning
  • Supports proactive disaster and climate mitigation

Risks

  • Effectiveness depends on executive implementation
  • Limited detail on scope of environmental authority

Economy

Positive Outlook
60%

Benefits

  • Potential for long-term disaster cost mitigation
  • Improved infrastructure planning coordination

Risks

  • Increases administrative and state government costs
  • Potential for unfunded or redirected departmental mandates

Society

Positive Outlook
65%

Benefits

  • Enhances state preparedness for public safety
  • Focuses on community resilience

Risks

  • Risk of inequitable allocation of resilience resources
  • No guaranteed public transparency requirements
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How trustworthy & consequential it is

Source

OpenStates

Confidence

low

low

Analysis status

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Where it stands

Enacted

Introduced

Complete

Committee

Complete

Floor

Complete

Governor

Complete

Enacted

Complete
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