HB36 Summary

• Requires the Alabama House of Representatives to audio record its proceedings and those of the Committee on Ways and Means General Fund and the Committee on Ways and Means Education during formal sessions.

• Mandates that audio recordings include comments from the presiding officer and members speaking from the podium.

• Makes audio copies of proceedings available to any person upon request at cost.

• Requires copies of all proceedings to be provided to the Department of Archives and History.

• Becomes effective on the first day of the third month following passage and approval by the Governor, with implementation costs paid from House appropriations.