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Alabama Lawmakers Move to Repeal Controversial Annexation for Lakeside Resort Conference Center
Alabama Senate repeals law that allowed resort annexations in dry counties amid local opposition to fragmented governance and zoning concerns, Senate Bill 12 replaces 2025’s SB322.
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Alabama lawmakers move to repeal controversial annexation for lakeside resort conference center
The Alabama Senate Thursday voted to repeal a controversial law passed in 2025 that would have allowed the city of Cullman to annex part of Cullman County for a resort-style conference center on Smith Lake.
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Alabama Senate votes to repeal controversial Smith Lake annexation in Cullman
Senate President Pro Tem Garlan Gudger, R-Cullman, listens to a legislative staffer read a resolution on the floor of the Alabama Senate on Jan. 14, 2026 at the Alabama Statehouse in Montgomery, Alabama. The Senate repealed a controversial law passed in 2025 that annexed part of Cullman County to the City of Cullman for a resort-style conference center on Smith Lake. (Brian Lyman/Alabama Reflector)The Alabama Senate Thursday voted to repeal a co…
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