Albertan Legislation

Hotels and tour operators may charge an optional destination fee only where a designated group exists. All mandatory fees must be shown at booking and held in trust for tourism.

Hotel stays will face a 6% tourism levy from April 2026. Caregiver tax credits and pension rules change, and data centres and credit unions face new fees and oversight.

Stops NDAs from silencing sexual misconduct survivors. Employers and others cannot use gag clauses and can be fined.

Creates a plan to cut barriers in work, schools, homes, services, transit, and websites. Public input will shape new rules with deadlines to fix access problems.

Health workers can safely report serious problems without fear of punishment. Hospitals must investigate and publish yearly reports.

Makes licensing faster and lets you use provincial ID for services. Speeds resort approvals and sets rules for farm harvest preserves and land agent complaints.

Keeps insured doctor and hospital care covered while banning extra billing. It requires written consent for private services, modernizes health records, and raises penalties.

New finance law adds a data‑centre levy and redesigns disability benefits. It tightens tax rules and gives some legal protections, affecting families, tech operators, and investors.

Stops regulators from disciplining most off-duty speech and bans mandatory DEI or cultural competency training. Protections still allow discipline for threats, sexual misconduct, confidentiality breaches, or criminal convictions.

You must show ID to sign citizen petitions and candidates need 100 nomination signatures. Legal aid funding and lawyer discipline rules also change.

This bill makes small wording and oversight changes to several laws. It clarifies bee and weed inspections, lets boards use levies for bylaws, and does not change services.

Kids in kindergarten to grade three will take short reading and math checks. Schools must share results with parents and send results to the province.

Captured rain and snow now count as water, and permits must be decided faster. Key water deals and monitoring data can be published, and licence holders face stronger reporting rules.

Electricity rules will prioritize reliability and let the operator limit big users like data centres. Small hydrogen-in-gas pilots may start in some areas.

Keeps certain school, sport, and youth health rules in force even if they conflict with Charter or human rights. Courts and rights bodies will have limited power to change them.

Requires a province plan to add long-lasting batteries and grow a local battery industry. It aims to cut electricity costs, improve reliability, and bring new business.

International agreements will not change provincial rules unless the province passes a law to apply them. This may delay business and service changes from new trade deals.

Students must get written contracts and a refund fund helps if schools close. Schools must register, licence each program, pay into the fund, and face tougher inspections.

The law allows threat assessments and fast sharing of health and police data to prevent violence. It opens police jobs to permanent residents and updates police and corrections rules.

Stricter rules ban cash gifts, limit tickets, and require quick disclosure and approval of gifts over $100. Staff must follow a formal conduct code.

Minimum pay rises in steps and then yearly with inflation. Tips belong to workers and can be pooled only if staff agree in writing.

Classes resume immediately and teachers must return to work. Pay rises and a four-year contract are set, and strikes or lockouts are banned.