HR34 - Special Order Calendar

• Establishes a special order calendar for the 4th legislative day of the Alabama House of Representatives, giving 20 bills priority over regular business.

• Includes labor and mining legislation updating the Department of Labor's role in surface mining inspections and increasing federal funds retained in the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Trust Fund (HB169).

• Addresses workers' compensation for firefighters and law enforcement officers diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, requiring employers to maintain disability insurance coverage (HB212).

• Covers tax and financial matters including extension of the coal severance tax to 2031 (HB219), credit union excise tax amendments (HB140), and taxation disbursement updates (HB15).

• Includes criminal justice reform allowing resentencing of individuals convicted of nonviolent offenses (HB24), election audit procedures (HB116), and felony drug trafficking wiretapping authority for the Attorney General (HB17).