HB292 Summary

• Proposes a constitutional amendment to establish annual general sessions beginning the fourth Tuesday in January, limited to 20 legislative days and 70 calendar days, for non-budgetary matters.

• Establishes annual fiscal sessions beginning the second Tuesday in April, limited to 12 legislative days and 35 calendar days, exclusively for bills making appropriations for a two-year biennial budget period.

• Requires the governor to submit a proposed budget by the second Tuesday in March before each fiscal session, beginning with the first fiscal session after January 1, 2019.

• Mandates basic appropriations bills for executive, legislative, and judicial departments in even-numbered calendar years and for education in odd-numbered calendar years.

• Repeals Amendment 339 (Section 76 of Article IV) and Amendment 448 (Section 71.01 of Article IV) of the Alabama Constitution of 1901 related to current legislative session provisions.