HB2 Summary

• Establishes a nominating committee process for appointing trustees to Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University's Board of Trustees, with the committee composed of representatives from the board, faculty, students, business, county legislature, alumni, and community.

• Changes trustee appointment mechanism so the Governor appoints from a list of three nominees submitted by the nominating committee, rather than direct gubernatorial appointment with Senate consent.

• Allows the three at-large board members to be selected from outside Alabama rather than limiting them to in-state residents.

• Requires the board to conduct annual training sessions for trustees addressing fiduciary responsibility and other appropriate topics.

• Clarifies that trustee appointments become effective upon Senate confirmation and allows holdover trustees to continue serving until successors are confirmed; repeals the previous vacancy-filling statute.