AlabamaLicensed elevator workers must check conveyance changes in person
Starting October 1, 2026, employers pay annual child labor certificate fees, and licensed elevator workers must check conveyance changes in person.
What it does
Employers pay $15 for each annual child labor certificate at each location where they employ minors. Separate certificates cover younger and older teens.
Licensed elevator workers must be on site to check changes to a conveyance, including software updates, and confirm the changes meet safety codes and leave it operating safely. Remote interaction is barred.
Owners or users pay a certificate fee of no more than $10 a year when the chapter requires a boiler or pressure vessel inspection. Fees above the amount set aside for department operations go to the state General Fund.
Argument forHaving a worker check elevator changes in person could help catch unsafe settings before the equipment is used.
Argument againstRequiring an on-site worker for every elevator change could make remote repairs harder when a quick fix might help restore service.
More detail
The Department of Workforce charges $15 for each Class I or Class II child labor certificate. Class I certificates cover minors ages 14 or 15; Class II certificates cover minors ages 16 or 17. Agricultural service is excepted from these certificate requirements. Employers must get a certificate for each location where they employ minors, and the employment must follow the child labor chapter. Certificates are issued annually. The law takes effect October 1, 2026.
A company or individual licensed under the elevator chapter must have a worker on the property to check and verify changes to a conveyance. The rule covers changes to any conveyance, including software updates, setting adjustments, and programming changes. The worker must verify that the changes meet safety codes and leave the equipment operating safely. Remote interaction with any conveyance in Alabama is not allowed. The law takes effect October 1, 2026.
The law sets a $10 annual ceiling on fees for pressure vessel inspection certificates. Owners or users pay fees when the chapter requires their boiler or pressure vessel to be inspected. Collected fees go to a state fund for department operations. Fees above the amount appropriated go to the General Fund. The law takes effect October 1, 2026.
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- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
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History
- 2026
- Apr 16EnactedBecame Law
- Apr 9Ready to Enroll
- Apr 9EnrolledTo Governor
- Apr 9Signature Requested
- Apr 9Delivered to GovernorMinor
- Apr 8Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 1285Passed Senate
- Vote recorded Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 1285. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 1Reported Out of Committee Second House
- Apr 1Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (County and Municipal Government)Minor
- Mar 31Third Reading in House of Origin
- Vote recorded Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1069. Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 1070. Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1068. Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded Third Reading in House of Origin. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 31Paramore 1st Amendment OfferedMinor
- Mar 31Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1068Major
- Mar 31Fidler 1st Amendment OfferedMinor
- Mar 31Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1069Major
- Mar 31Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 1070Passed House
- Mar 31Engrossed
- Mar 31Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on County and Municipal GovernmentMinor
- Mar 31Pending Committee Action in Second House (County and Municipal Government)
- Mar 11Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- Mar 11Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (State Government)Minor
- Mar 5Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on State GovernmentMinor
- Mar 5Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (State Government)Introduced
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