HR62 Summary

• Establishes a special order calendar for the Alabama House of Representatives for the seventh legislative day (Thursday, April 6, 2023) setting the priority of business.

• Includes 16 bills related to the Alabama Sunset Law to continue the existence and functioning of various regulatory boards and commissions, with expiration dates ranging from October 1, 2024 to October 1, 2027.

• Includes SB113 requiring health care facilities to adopt visitation policies guaranteeing patients' rights to designate essential caregivers, prohibiting vaccination proof requirements, and repealing prior emergency visitation restrictions.

• Includes HB109 establishing the Alabama Credential Quality and Transparency Act, the Alabama Terminal on Linking and Analyzing Statistics on Career Pathways Act, and the Alabama College and Career Readiness Act to create a public registry of educational and occupational credentials.

• Includes HB115 and HB116 proposing individual income tax rate reductions, including phasing in a reduction of the top tax rate from 5 percent to 4.95 percent and eliminating the 2 percent tax rate on lower income brackets.