HR288 Summary

• Establishes special order calendar for the 21st legislative day of the Alabama House of Representatives, setting priority order for 18 bills and 2 Senate bills.

• Industrial Development and Training Institute transferred from Postsecondary Education Department to Commerce Department with new funding and confidentiality provisions (SB222).

• Multiple criminal justice bills included addressing capital offenses, sentencing for juvenile offenders, DUI ignition interlock devices, and criminal surveillance warrant procedures.

• Regulatory and administrative bills cover commercial fishing licenses, weights and measures, dental examiner board operations, insurance unclaimed benefits, and marriage dissolution education programs.

• Other legislation addresses voter registration deadlines, higher education programmatic review fees, attorney general contingency fee contracts, and creation of Alabama Cyber Technology Authority.