Regular Session 2024

Mars Hill Bible School Boys Basketball Team, Class 2A State Champions, Commending

Sponsor: Tim Melson

Mental Health Awareness Month, designating

Sponsor: William Beasley

Local boards of education; maximum compensation of board members, increased; continuing education requirements as condition for compensation, required

Sponsor: Donnie Chesteen

Brigadier General Kenneth Reed, commended

Sponsor: William Beasley

Houston County; lodging tax, county commission, authorize to levy, distribution for economic development and recreational facilities, referendum

Sponsor: Jeff Sorrells

Blount County, taxation of vapor and alternative nicotine products

Sponsor: David Standridge

City of Jacksonville, Board of Education, election date revised

Sponsor: Keith Kelley

Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission; primary responsibility over regulation, licensing, and enforcement of cannabis cultivation authorized

Sponsor: Danny Crawford

Ports, inland facilities; create inland port and intermodal grant fund in ADECA.

Sponsor: Arthur Orr

Relating to Income Taxes; to amend the definition of gross income as relates to overtime income

Sponsor: Phillip Pettus

Dallas County, business personal property tax returns filed in the offices of the tax assessor and tax collector

Sponsor: Prince Chestnut

Growing Alabama Act, Innovating Alabama Act, Alabama Jobs Act, Innovate Alabama, allow existing communities to qualify for incentives

Sponsor: Danny Garrett

Public K-12 education, employment, qualifications, and training of technology directors

Sponsor: Alan Baker

Taxation; exempting the gross proceeds of honeybees and their byproducts from sales tax

Sponsor: Joshua Carnley

State Board of Veterans Affairs, omnibus revisions to update the existing code language to current style and practice.

Sponsor: Kenneth Paschal

Motor vehicles, use of motor vehicles equipped with an automated driving system

Sponsor: Gerald Allen

Sheriff, to authorize use of credit card or debit card

Sponsor: Van Smith

Study Commission on Interagency Cooperation and Collaboration on the Rehabilitation and Reintegration of Formerly Incarcerated Individuals; dissolution date extended; members added; retroactive effect

Sponsor: Will Barfoot

Community development districts, additional criteria for establishment of district on impounded reservoir created by river from wilderness area, sale of alcoholic beverages authorized

Sponsor: J.T. Waggoner

Houston County, further provides for sheriff compensation

Sponsor: Paul Lee

Covington Co., sheriff, booking fee distributed to sheriff's law enforcement fund.

Sponsor: Matthew Hammett

Tick-Borne Disease and Illness Awareness Month, Proclaiming

Sponsor: Tim Melson

Fred Hunter, retirement, commended

Sponsor: Gerald Allen

Alcoholic Beverages Control Board; ability to own its warehouses authorized

Sponsor: Sam Givhan

Supplemental appropriations from Education Trust Fund to specified agencies for fiscal year ending September 30, 2024.

Sponsor: Danny Garrett

Pardons and Paroles; time frame for parole court extended

Sponsor: Sam Givhan

Veterans, to establish and operate a statewide integrated health care system dedicated to Alabama veterans and their immediate family members

Sponsor: Andrew Jones

Mike Murphy, commended

Sponsor: J.T. Waggoner

Marengo County, sheriff, service of process for personal service by the sheriff, distribution to sheriff and district attorney

Sponsor: Artis McCampbell

National guard and reserve; state income tax exemption

Sponsor: Andrew Jones

Charlie Luker, death mourned

Sponsor: Clyde Chambliss

Alabama Business and Nonprofit Entities Code; amended to delete references to Alabama Nonprofit Corporation Law, clarify and streamline certain provisions in accordance with changes in Delaware law and the Model Business Corporation Act

Sponsor: Sam Givhan

Alabama Indian Affairs Commission

Sponsor: Gerald Allen

Wilcox County, Tax Assessor and Tax Collector, expense allowance, additional

Sponsor: Kelvin Lawrence

Alabama Film Office, director appointment process revised

Sponsor: Garlan Gudger

Designating August 8, 2024, as Day of Clogging

Sponsor: J.T. Waggoner

Elmore County, Millbrook, annexation

Sponsor: Reed Ingram

Semmes, corporate limits altered

Sponsor: Jack Williams

Supplemental appropriations from State General Fund to specified agencies for fiscal year ending September 30, 2024.

Sponsor: Greg Albritton

Retirement benefits, revise circumstances when an individual's pension, annuity, or retirement allowance benefits are subject to certain recovery actions

Sponsor: Will Barfoot

Child labor, eliminating the eligibility to work form.

Sponsor: Arthur Orr

City of Lake View, to authorize municipal court to recall bench warrant for fee

Sponsor: Bill Lamb

Alabama Board of Massage Therapy, terminated pursuant to the Sunset law and replaced by the Alabama Massage Therapy Licensing Board

Sponsor: Garlan Gudger

Public K-12 education, employment of assistant superintendents, assistant chief school finance officers, and assistant principals by contract provided for local boards of education

Sponsor: Chris Elliott

Law enforcement, further provides for reimbursement for transporting for extradition

Sponsor: Corley Ellis

Establishing penalties for crimes against election officials

Sponsor: Adline Clarke

Alabama-Israel Legislative Caucus, recognizing

Sponsor: Phillip Ensler

Crimes and offenses, further provides for the crime of unauthorized entry of a critical infrastructure

Sponsor: Arnold Mooney

Recognizing the positive approach and best practices of the crisis intervention team program and encouraging the development of active programs statewide.

Sponsor: Russell Bedsole

Scope of practice of physical therapists

Sponsor: Leigh Hulsey

Dr. Charlotte P. Morris, retirement, commended

Sponsor: Pebblin Warren

The Alabama G.I. and Dependents Educational Benefit Act conform to federal requirements

Sponsor: Jerry Starnes

Public K-12 schools; nonpublic school transfer students excluded from certain assessments determining school or school district grade.

Sponsor: Matt Woods

Public K-12 schools, to prohibit certain actions toward military children and membership in athletic associations that do the same

Sponsor: Chad Robertson

Public elementary school, admittance of children to kindergarten and first grade, demonstration of first grade readiness

Sponsor: Pebblin Warren

Genetic Testing Companies, requiring consent to release customers' genetic data

Sponsor: Chip Brown

Crimes and offenses; falsely reporting; penalties revised; restitution required

Sponsor: Mike Shaw

Appropriations from Education Trust Fund for the support, maintenance, and development of public education for fiscal year ending September 30, 2025.

Sponsor: Danny Garrett

Alternative teacher certification, alternative teacher education preparation organization, accreditation further provided for

Sponsor: Terri Collins

Suellen Brill Brazil, commended

Sponsor: Matt Simpson

William Howell Rogers, road named

Sponsor: Scott Stadthagen

Prohibit the use of any ranked-choice voting method in elections except for electors who vote by absentee ballot pursuant to the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act

Sponsor: Arthur Orr

Seafood products, country of origin notification, correct name, differentiate between farm-raised and wild fish; required for food service establishments

Sponsor: Chip Brown

Public records, procedures established to request and obtain copies of records from state

Sponsor: Arthur Orr

Cigar Box Guitar Day, recognized

Sponsor: Phillip Rigsby

Legislature; expenditure of funds further provided for; certain employee reimbursement authorized; access to buildings and roads further provided for

Sponsor: Bobby Singleton

Mobile County; firefighting and emergency medical districts, board of trustees fills vacancies

Sponsor: Jack Williams

Taxation; creates Tourism Tax Protection Act

Sponsor: Garlan Gudger

Juvenile courts, Department of Youth Services responsible for housing and caring for child ordered to be transferred to custody of Department of Youth Services, Department of Youth Services to reimburse county detention facility for costs incurred under certain circumstances.

Sponsor: Paul Lee

Cullman County, allows retired sheriff employees to keep weapons

Sponsor: Corey Harbison

Public K-12 education, remote early enrollment of transferring military children with special needs

Sponsor: Donnie Chesteen

Public contracts, county public building authorities, exemption provided

Sponsor: Sam Givhan

Gas districts formed by two or more municipalities, board of directors, fee for board meetings increased

Sponsor: Garlan Gudger

Leila Hubbard

Sponsor: Patrick Sellers

Natural Resources, Dept of Conservation may permit residential coastal riparian owners to dredge to create living shorelines

Sponsor: Jennifer Fidler

Dr. Julia Sullivan Nelson, Commending

Sponsor: Barbara Drummond

Motor vehicles and traffic; first responders operating upon roadways, distinguished from pedestrians

Sponsor: Jay Hovey

Board of Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Contractors, remove provisions related to apprentices

Sponsor: Keith Kelley

2024 Shroud Award, designated

Sponsor: Chris Pringle

State employees, cost-of-living increase for fiscal year beginning October 1, 2024

Sponsor: Greg Albritton

Child labor, increasing civil and criminal penalties for employers who violate child labor laws

Sponsor: Robert Stewart

Crimes and offenses; crime of swatting created; penalties established; jurisdiction provided for; restitution required

Sponsor: Phillip Ensler

Animals, limitations of liability for activities of bovines provided to owners

Sponsor: Randy Price

Interstate Compact -Social Work Examiners

Sponsor: Keith Kelley

Shelby County, motor vehicle and other licenses, non-collectable payments, voiding of licenses, credit to license department, payment to license department for certain good faith errors and issuances.

Sponsor: Russell Bedsole

Geologic storage, completion certificate and its implications, funds to manage open and closed reservoirs, pore space possession, leasing state land as these relate to carbon dioxide provided.

Sponsor: Alan Baker

Tax lien auctions and sales; auctions and fees further provided for; tax lien redemptions; tax lien price further provided for; redemption of tax lien further provided for; prohibit entry on land; penalties established

Sponsor: Jim Hill

Alabama Growth Alliance Bill

Sponsor: Greg Reed

Public school teacher salary schedule, experience credit provided to certain certified teachers for experience as paraprofessional or teacher's aide

Sponsor: Donnie Chesteen

Escambia County, county engineer, residency requirement in county made permissive

Sponsor: Alan Baker

Employees of local boards of education; twelve weeks of paid parental leave following birth of child, placement of child for adoption, miscarriage, or stillbirth provided for; State Board of Education authorized to adopt rules

Sponsor: Vivian Figures

James Clemens High School, recognized

Sponsor: Parker Moore

Relating to child care and workforce development; to establish the employer tax credit, childcare facility tax credit, and nonprofit childcare provider grant program; to make legislative findings

Sponsor: Garlan Gudger

Cherokee County, provides for permitting, inspection, operation, and fines for ATV parks

Sponsor: Andrew Jones

Montgomery County and municipalities 5,000 or more, county-wide personnel system, exempt positions in municipalities, further expanded.

Sponsor: Kenyatte Hassell

Lawrence County, establishing a work release and community corrections program

Sponsor: Ernie Yarbrough

Marshall County, taxes in-lieu-of-tax payments distribution

Sponsor: Brock Colvin

Eastern Shore Chamber of Commerce, commended

Sponsor: Jennifer Fidler

Food Products, manufacture and distribution of meat from cultured animal cells prohibited

Sponsor: Jack Williams

Billy Boyd, death mourned

Sponsor: Ed Oliver

SPECIAL ORDER CALENDAR

DeKalb County, county commission, appropriation oof a portion of certain filing and recording for mental health professionals further provided for

Sponsor: Nathaniel Ledbetter

The Alabama Coastal Insurance Joint Interim Study Commission, created

Sponsor: Chris Elliott

St. Clair County, coroner and deputy coroner, salary and expense allowance.

Sponsor: Jim Hill

Marion County, revises salaries of sheriff, rev. comm,, and county comm.

Sponsor: Tracy Estes

Public K-12 education, creates uniform process for suspension and expulsion of public school students, requires disciplinary hearing following long-term suspension or expulsion, St. Bd. of Ed. required to adopt rules

Sponsor: Terri Collins

DeKalb County; coroner and sheriff; further provide for expense allowance and salary of officers

Sponsor: Nathaniel Ledbetter

Gavin Bernard Martin, Morehouse College, commended

Sponsor: Rolanda Hollis

William Howell Rogers, road named

Sponsor: Larry Stutts

Lillian D. Slay, death mourned

Sponsor: Ed Oliver

Entertainment Industry Incentive Act of 2009 amended, music albums included as qualified production, minimum qualifications established

Sponsor: Jamie Kiel

Crimes and offenses; murder and manslaughter further provided for

Sponsor: David Faulkner

Interstate compact; dieticians

Sponsor: Mark Gidley

Judge of probate of each county to conduct post-election audit.

Sponsor: Debbie Wood

Class 3 municipality organized under Act 618, 1973 Regular Session (Montgomery), airport authority, board members appointment by mayor, confirmed by the city council

Sponsor: Kirk Hatcher

ALS Awareness Month, recognized

Sponsor: Marilyn Lands

Wilcox County, further provides for mail order license decals and other mail order fees

Sponsor: Kelvin Lawrence

Birmingham Host Committee 2025 World Police and Fire Games tax exemptions

Sponsor: David Faulkner

Mental Health Awareness Month, designating

Sponsor: Marilyn Lands

State Auditor; powers and duties revised; Division of Investigations created

Sponsor: Andrew Jones

District Attorneys; salary increased during term of office authorized; Constitutional Amendment

Sponsor: Reed Ingram

FY24 Alabama Building Renovation Finance Authority Bill

Sponsor: Greg Albritton

Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission; number of licenses issued by commission revised; certain licensure determinations by commission ratified and confirmed; administrative adjudicatory process for awarding additional licenses provided

Sponsor: David Sessions

Alabama Farm Center created, vested with powers and privileges, deemed economic development organization

Sponsor: Danny Crawford

Public K-12 education, fentanyl prevention and drug poisoning awareness required in grades 6 through 12.

Sponsor: Jay Hovey

International organizations; jurisdiction of certain international organizations not recognized by state.

Sponsor: Joshua Carnley

Open house parties, owners of residences, prohibited from allowing persons under the age of 21 have alcohol or illegal drugs, requirement that owner be present deleted, enforcement further provided

Sponsor: Reed Ingram

Firearms, criminal penalty for unreasonably secured firearm stored by parent in possession of child

Sponsor: Barbara Drummond

International organizations; jurisdiction of certain international organizations not recognized by state.

Sponsor: Arnold Mooney

Crimes and offenses; additional activity added to making a terrorist threat in the first degree

Sponsor: Rodger Smitherman

Gold Medal Winners, SkillsUSA, Dekalb County Technology Center, commended

Sponsor: Nathaniel Ledbetter

SPECIAL ORDER CALENDAR

Warren Lee Helms, death mourned

Sponsor: Van Smith

Memorial Day, observed

Sponsor: Kenneth Paschal

Property; provides the owner of a dwelling with a method to request the removal of an unauthorized individual

Sponsor: Craig Lipscomb

Alabama Portable Benefits Task Force, created

Sponsor: Neil Rafferty

Alabama Onsite Wastewater Board, continued until October 1, 2025, with modification to allow an organizational meeting to be considered a regular meeting of the board, pursuant to the Sunset Law

Sponsor: Sam Givhan

Choctaw County, courts costs, Legislature authorized to levy by local law, constitutional amendment

Sponsor: Brett Easterbrook

Pfc. Noah C. Reeves, commended

Sponsor: Ernie Yarbrough

Dr. Julia Sullivan Nelson, Commending

Sponsor: Barbara Drummond

Mulberry Medical Associates, Celebrating

Sponsor: Pebblin Warren

Financial Institutions; to prohibit financial institutions from using a merchant category code to identify firearms transactions; to prohibit disclosure of financial information regarding firearms transactions

Sponsor: Tim Melson

Colbert County, county board of ed and boards of ed of Cities of Muscle Shoals, Sheffield, Tuscumbia authorized to use private insurance company to insure school buildings and property

Sponsor: Kerry Underwood

Commercial driver licenses, updated to conform to Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration regulations

Sponsor: Keith Kelley

Alabama Yom Hashoah Commemoration, May 7, 2024, Recognized

Sponsor: David Faulkner

Motor Vehicles and Traffic; to increase the air-mile radius for the intrastate hours service limitation placed on commercial motor vehicle drivers.

Sponsor: Russell Bedsole

Zaria Parker, commended

Sponsor: Parker Moore

Sue Bracknell, commended

Sponsor: Bill Lamb

Cecil Ingram, death mourned

Sponsor: Jim Carns

Jackson County, municipalities, mayors, participation in Employees' Retirement System

Sponsor: Mike Kirkland

Virtual education, administration of state assessments through closed browser remote testing

Sponsor: Troy Stubbs

Board of Nursing, authorized by rule to clarify scope of practice of certified nursing support technicians, disciplinary actions clarified

Sponsor: April Weaver

Jefferson County, General Retirement System for Employees of Jefferson County, amended to identify the Personnel Board of Jefferson County as the civil service system of the county

Sponsor: Jim Carns

Board of Nursing, membership revised to include a certified registered nurse anesthetist

Sponsor: Russell Bedsole

Emergency medical transport providers, assessment period extended

Sponsor: Rex Reynolds

Taxation and revenue; income tax credit for storm shelter construction, extended

Sponsor: Joe Lovvorn

Calhoun County, repealed rules related to the Civil Service Board of the City of Jacksonville

Sponsor: Chad Robertson

Boats, motorboats, operation on Lewis Smith Lake, Lake Wedowee, and portion of Shoal Creek, wakeboarding and wakesurfing reg., operation near coastline prohibited, Lake Martin add to lake law applies; operation on lakes near shoreline prohibited, penalties, grace period.

Sponsor: Ed Oliver

Motor vehicles, maximum weights on state roads further provided

Sponsor: Steve Livingston

SPECIAL ORDER CALENDAR

Sponsor: J.T. Waggoner

Trussville, ad valorem tax, distribution for education, referendum

Sponsor: Danny Garrett

ALS Awareness Month, recognized

Sponsor: Merika Coleman-Evans

Lamona Hall Lucas, Mourning

Sponsor: Chris Pringle

Katie Wilkerson, commended

Sponsor: Debbie Wood

Choctaw County, court cost in circuit court, district court, municipal court, district for county jail

Sponsor: Bobby Singleton

Firearms, to prohibit parts converting a firearm into a machine gun

Sponsor: Phillip Ensler

State employees' retirement; to classify a K9 officer as a state police officer, to provide for retroactive effect

Sponsor: William Beasley

Vaccines, parental consent for minor to receive vaccine, required

Sponsor: Chip Brown

St. Clair County, county commission, authorized to provide cost-of-living increases to supernumerary sheriff and revenue commission

Sponsor: Jim Hill

Public K-12 Education, Star-Spangled Banner to be broadcast each week during instructional hours, constitutional amendment

Sponsor: Gerald Allen

Municipal historic preservation commissions; municipalities prohibited from designating place of worship as historic property; places of worship authorized to agree to historic designation; retroactive application, provided for

Sponsor: Mark Gidley

Competitive bidding, installation of certain purchased goods on property owned by a local board of education, exempted

Sponsor: Mike Shaw

Transient occupancy tax, lodging tax, further exemptions for certain registered vehicles

Sponsor: Paul Lee

Crimes & offenses, further provides for the crime of discharging a firearm

Sponsor: Barbara Drummond

Crimes and offenses; falsely reporting; penalties revised; restitution required

Sponsor: April Weaver

Fundamental rights of parents, provided for, Constitutional Amendment

Sponsor: Kenneth Paschal

Firearms, prohibits firearms with parts that convert it into a machine gun, penalties provided

Sponsor: Bobby Singleton

Sentencing, habitual felony offenders sentencing further provided for; resentence in certain circumstances

Sponsor: Christopher England

Prohibit "balance billing" by out-of-network ground ambulances

Sponsor: Arthur Orr

State Health Officer, qualifications and appointment of revised, authority during states of emergency revised.

Sponsor: Sam Givhan

Commencement of actions; authorized at any time for certain sex offenses against a minor, if the claim is against certain bankruptcy estate of a congressionally chartered organization

Sponsor: Clyde Chambliss

Face mask mandates; governmental entities and State Health Officer, prohibited from imposing to prevent spread of COVId-19; exceptions, provided

Sponsor: Brock Colvin

Air ambulances, exempt from SHPDA and Certificate of Need

Sponsor: Joshua Carnley

Putative father registry, certain information deemed public record

Sponsor: Jim Hill

Crimes & Offenses, raises maximum age for offenses involving minors & sexually explicit conduct, authorizes punitive damages for victims of those offenses, directs Board of Education to require policies related to those offenses

Sponsor: April Weaver

Income tax, due date for electing pass-through to make election extended

Sponsor: Jay Hovey

Education; revocation of teaching certificate, further provided for; reporting of school employee misconduct, required

Sponsor: Shay Shelnutt

Regulating noise and heavy truck traffic in residential areas

Sponsor: Juandalynn Givan

In vitro fertilization; civil and criminal immunity provided for IVF services if providers follow commonly accepted practices of care

Sponsor: Larry Stutts

Pharmacy Benefits Managers; Providing more regulation

Sponsor: Phillip Rigsby

Simplified Sellers Use Tax; to levy an additional amount based on current sales tax rates to be distributed to municipalities and counties.

Sponsor: Christopher England

Law enforcement, further provides for reimbursement for transporting for extradition

Sponsor: Tim Melson

Voting, requiring notification to an individual who has had his or her right to vote restored

Sponsor: Linda Coleman-Madison

State of Alabama Plumbers and Gas Fitters Examining Board, compensation of members increased, transfer of certain funds to the Alabama Home Builders Foundation. qualified licensees permitted to perform limited electrical work related to installation, service, or repair of equipment

Sponsor: Garlan Gudger

Law enforcement, authorizes state colleges to employ retired law enforcement officers without officers losing retirement allowance

Sponsor: Allen Treadaway

Contraception; guaranteeing access

Sponsor: Anthony Daniels

Data privacy; required notifications, registration, and security methods for consumer data brokers provided

Sponsor: Arthur Orr

Pardons and Paroles, requirements for release on parole further provided for, apply for appellate relief when parole denied in certain circumstances, require medical parole hearing held within a certain time frame, allow an inmate released on medical furlough place of residence

Sponsor: Christopher England

Elections; revise dates for submissions to qualify on ballot

Sponsor: Anthony Daniels

Public preK-12 schools, campus chaplains, public schools authorized to hire or accept as volunteers, local boards of education and governing bodies required to vote on whether to allow, limitations provided

Sponsor: Mark Gidley

Childersburg, corporate limits altered to annex property from Bon Air.

Sponsor: Ben Robbins

Alabama Crime Victims Compensation Commission; restitution further provided for; members compensation further provided for

Sponsor: Cynthia Almond

Public K-12 schools, each local board of education required to adopt an Internet safety policy for district-owned devices used in schools, prohibit use of certain platforms, provide social media instruction in certain grades

Sponsor: Leigh Hulsey

Economic development; state law authorizing counties and municipalities to provide for innovation districts as public corporations authorized; innovation district use of public funds for public or private persons authorized; Constitutional Amendment

Sponsor: Dan Roberts

Innovation Districts; establishment of by counties and municipalities as public corporation authorized; provide for the powers of innovation districts

Sponsor: Bobby Singleton

Municipal officials, requires participation in training

Sponsor: Jim Hill

Alabama Workforce Pathways Act, different pathways for high school diplomas based on future career plans

Sponsor: Kelvin Lawrence

Tobacco products, heated tobacco product definition and tax provided for.

Sponsor: Rolanda Hollis

Public K-12 schools; nonpublic school transfer students excluded from certain assessments determining school or school district grade.

Sponsor: Wes Kitchens

Medical Cannabis Commission; process for issuing integrated facility licenses revised, duties of Department of Agriculture and Industries revised

Sponsor: Tim Melson

Public officers and employees; further provide for the benefits of the office of coroner and other related persons.

Sponsor: Ed Oliver

Commercial driver licenses, updated to conform to Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration regulations

Sponsor: Russell Bedsole

Emergency services; railroad crossings, prohibitions on the blocking of crossing under certain conditions

Sponsor: Danny Garrett

ERS, benefit increase for certain retirees of on October 1, 2024

Sponsor: Randall Shedd

Financial Institutions; to prohibit financial institutions from using a merchant category code to identify firearms transactions; to prohibit disclosure of financial information regarding firearms transactions

Sponsor: Shane Stringer

Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Incorporated, Day, Recognized

Sponsor: Artis McCampbell

Motor vehicles; off-road vehicles, certificate of title required

Sponsor: Jeff Sorrells

Houston County, further provides for court costs

Sponsor: Rick Rehm

Ayden Nguyen, winner 2024 Alabama Spelling Bee, commended

Sponsor: Rhett Marques

Talladega College. appropriation

Sponsor: Danny Garrett

Anna Grace Blalock, 2023-2024 AISA Student-Athlete Award winner, commended

Sponsor: William Beasley

Mrs. Linda Plott Duren, Celebrating

Sponsor: Gerald Allen

Coffee County, motor vehicle license tags, additional $8 fee, distributed to sheriff and district attorney

Sponsor: Rhett Marques

Legislature to study modernizing K-12 education school funding

Sponsor: Danny Garrett

Southern Preparatory Academy, appropriation

Sponsor: Danny Garrett

Department of Mental Health; expand category for involuntary commitment to include individuals with co-occurring substance use disorder, authorize service of petition in county of respondent's location when original petition was filed, authorize judge to determine when to bring respondent before court for hearing on restriction of liberty pending final hearing, authorize judge of probate to petition district or municipal court for suspension of criminal confinement for commitment; bill does not require providers to expand services unless additional funding provided

Sponsor: Will Barfoot

Children First Trust Fund, appropriations from for fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, use of allocation pursuant to Section 41-15B-2.2 and this act, tobacco settlement revenues deposited in fund within 30 days of receipt.

Sponsor: Greg Albritton

Taxation, exemption for agricultural fencing

Sponsor: Jack Williams

Blount County, county commission, annual salary, prior salary and expense allowances superseded and repealed.

Sponsor: David Standridge

Statewide 911 Board, continued until October 1, 2026, without modification, pursuant to the Sunset Law

Sponsor: Garlan Gudger

Alabama School of Healthcare Sciences Bill

Sponsor: Cynthia Almond

Colbert County, further provides for the compensation of the probate judge

Sponsor: Jamie Kiel

Good Hope High School, 4A Girls Basketball State Championship, commended

Sponsor: Corey Harbison

Tuscaloosa County; Tuscaloosa City Board of Education, jurisdiction to include only territory within city limits, territory outside of City of Tuscaloosa city limits, included in jurisdiction of county board of education, ad valorem taxes redistributed, Constitutional Amendment.

Sponsor: Gerald Allen

Pell City, St. Clair County, repealing acts providing for the election of the Pell City Board of Education, contingent upon ratification of a constitutional amendment providing for an appointed board of education

Sponsor: Lance Bell

State Board of Auctioneers, continued until October 1, 2028, pursuant to the Sunset Law

Sponsor: Keith Kelley

Career and technical education in public K-12 schools; home school student participation, authorized; State Board of Education, required to adopt rules

Sponsor: Susan DuBose

State employees, salary deductions further provided for

Sponsor: Kenyatte Hassell

Supporting Access To Safe and Reliable Payments Systems

Sponsor: Dan Roberts

Marion County, creates service of process fee

Sponsor: Tracy Estes

Alabama Accountability Act, Class 1 municipalities, notice to parent or guardian of student at priority school required to include admissions information about schools in district with competitive admissions

Sponsor: Rodger Smitherman

Public education employees, providing compensation to full-time public education employees, on the job injury program, trust fund, and board created

Sponsor: Sam Givhan

Public preK-12 schools, campus chaplains, public schools authorized to hire or accept as volunteers, local boards of education and governing bodies required to vote on whether to allow, limitations provided

Sponsor: Rodger Smitherman

Board of Medical Examiners; "expedited license" defined for purposes of criminal background check for physician licensure

Sponsor: Russell Bedsole

Geologic storage, completion certificate and its implications, funds to manage open and closed reservoirs, pore space possession, leasing state land as these relate to carbon dioxide provided.

Sponsor: Greg Albritton

Alabama Board of Social Work Examiners, continued until October 1, 2028, without modification, pursuant to the Sunset Law

Sponsor: Will Barfoot

Plumbers and Gas Fitters Examining Board, continued until October 1, 2028, without modification, pursuant to the Sunset Law

Sponsor: Garlan Gudger

Public Service Commission, continued until October 1, 2028, without modification, pursuant to the Sunset Law

Sponsor: Linda Coleman-Madison

Sunset law, Alabama Private Investigation Board continued until October 1, 2026

Sponsor: Robert Stewart

Jacksonville State University, membership of board of trustees revised

Sponsor: Chad Robertson

Robert Prince, death mourned

Sponsor: Curtis Travis

Alabama Athletic Commission, continued until October 1, 2027, without modification, pursuant to the Sunset Law

Sponsor: Robert Stewart

Alabama Securities Commission, continued until October 1, 2028, without modification, pursuant to the Sunset Law

Sponsor: Will Barfoot

Gulf Shores, corporate limits altered to annex property

Sponsor: Frances Holk-Jones

State Licensing Board for General Contractors, continued until October 1, 2027, without modification, pursuant to the Sunset Law

Sponsor: Sam Givhan

Dr. Prasada Rao Kakani, Mourning The Death

Sponsor: Marilyn Lands

Sunset law, Alabama Board of Funeral Services is continued until October 1, 2028

Sponsor: Keith Kelley

Sunset law, Alabama Electronic Security Board of Licensure is continued until October 1, 2028

Sponsor: Robert Stewart

Alabama Professional Bail Bonding Board, continued until October 1, 2025, without modification, pursuant to the Sunset Law

Sponsor: Garlan Gudger

Sunset law, Alabama Board of Cosmetology and Barbering is continued until October 1, 2028

Sponsor: Garlan Gudger

Sunset law, Alabama Board of Court Reporting is continued until October 1, 2028

Sponsor: Will Barfoot

SPECIAL ORDER CALENDAR

SPECIAL ORDER CALENDAR

Coach Charlotte Dollar, commended

Sponsor: Jamie Kiel

Alabama Clean Indoor Air Act, vaping included as prohibited smoking in public places.

Sponsor: Gerald Allen

Public K-12 schools, sex education curriculum further provided for, sexual risk avoidance established as exclusive sex education curriculum, local boards of education prohibited from using services of org. that endorses other approaches to sex education, parent or guardian notice of sex ed curriculum required, cause of action for violations established

Sponsor: Susan DuBose

Greene County; county racing commission, further provided; simulcast racing, pari-mutuel wagering, further provided

Sponsor: Bobby Singleton

Pardons and Paroles Board; allow inmates to participate in parole hearing virtually

Sponsor: Will Barfoot

William Edward Cowden, 100th Birthday, celebrated

Sponsor: Shay Shelnutt

Steve Sloan, death mourned

Sponsor: Gerald Allen

Dale County, municipalities, golf carts, authorized to provide for use on municipal streets, constitutional amendment.

Sponsor: Steve Clouse

Medicaid; permit presumptive eligibility for pregnancy care benefit before approval

Sponsor: Marilyn Lands

Sound of Freedom Act; human trafficking; minimum sentence of life imprisonment where victim is a minor

Sponsor: Donna Givens

Alpha Phi Alpha Day, April 30, 2024, Recognized

Sponsor: Napoleon Bracy

Missy Odom, Class 5A Player of the Year, commended

Sponsor: Matt Woods

Catherine King, Fairhoper of the Year 2024, commended

Sponsor: Jennifer Fidler

SPECIAL ORDER CALENDAR

Barbara Patterson, retirement, commended

Sponsor: Marcus Paramore

Real estate professionals, licensing requirements, limitations and penalties related to duration of residential listing agreements, requirements and penalties related to disclosure of equitable interests in contracts, limits transactions with licensed out of state professionals.

Sponsor: Rolanda Hollis

Alabama Gaming Commission, established, duties provided for; casino-style games, sports wagering, and lottery games, regulated; gambling offenses, further provided

Sponsor: Chris Blackshear

Parental Alienation Prevention Week, recognized

Sponsor: Kenneth Paschal

Proposed constitutional amendment; Alabama Gaming Commission, established to regulate, license, and tax certain limited forms of gaming activity and stop unlawful gaming activity; compact with PCI, authorized; local bingo provisions, repealed

Sponsor: Chris Blackshear

Growing Alabama Act, Innovating Alabama Act, Alabama Jobs Act, Innovate Alabama, allow existing communities to qualify for incentives

Sponsor: Kirk Hatcher

Mechanics liens on aircraft, clarifies and establishes scope of lien of a contributor of certain labor or materials to aircraft, authorizes recording lien with FAA and with Secretary of state.

Sponsor: Ben Robbins

County housing authorities, further provides for the powers of authorities and exempts from taxes

Sponsor: Adline Clarke

Courts; Uniform Traffic Ticket and Complaint; disposition by law enforcement officer further provided

Sponsor: Ron Bolton

Houston Co., judge of probate, age to qualify for election or appointment increased to age 75, constitutional amendment

Sponsor: Steve Clouse

Gold Medal Winners, SkillsUSA, commended

Sponsor: Mike Kirkland

Access to colorectal cancer screening for all Alabamians on Medicaid, encouraged

Sponsor: Larry Stutts

Income tax, due date for electing pass-through to make election extended

Sponsor: David Faulkner

Shelby Co., library districts, board member election by Shelby County Legislative Delegation

Sponsor: Arnold Mooney

Electronic Security Board of Licensure, requirements for licensing, procedures for operating provided

Sponsor: Kelvin Lawrence

Barry Dewayne Matson, Commending

Sponsor: Arthur Orr

Income taxes, tax deduction for contributions to an ABLE savings account extended

Sponsor: Danny Garrett

Civil practice, asbestos actions; filing requirements, further provided

Sponsor: Troy Stubbs

Crimes and offenses, further provides for the definition of "sexual conduct"

Sponsor: Parker Moore

Public K-12 schools, to prohibit certain actions toward military children and membership in athletic associations that do the same

Sponsor: Andrew Jones

State Licensing Board for General Contractors; minimum cost of undertaking subject to licensure requirements, increased

Sponsor: Chris Elliott

Morris; Corp. limits altered

Sponsor: Allen Treadaway

Harmon Robison, highway named

Sponsor: Lance Bell

Alabama Code of Military Justice

Sponsor: Cynthia Almond

Commerce Dept; secretary and deputy secretary salary revised

Sponsor: Chris Sells

Repeal Act 2023-560, relating the the Distressed Institutions of Higher Education Revolving Loan Program.

Sponsor: Juandalynn Givan

Alabama Film Office, director appointment process revised

Sponsor: Jamie Kiel

Alabama Workforce Transformation Act FY24 Regular Session SENATE

Sponsor: Steve Livingston

Public k-12 education; hands on instruction in CPR and the use of AEDs, required in health classes; State Board of Education, authorized to adopt rules

Sponsor: Arthur Orr

Pfc. Noah C. Reeves, commended

Sponsor: Ernie Yarbrough

Homeowners' associations; lot owner representation on board of directors, further provided

Sponsor: Jay Hovey

Property insurance, policy cancellation, nonrenewal, reduction of coverage, insurers required to provide prior written notice, circumstances under which policy cancellation, nonrenewal or coverage restriction by insurer deemed ineffective.

Sponsor: Chip Brown

Murphy High School 50th Reunion, recognized

Sponsor: Barbara Drummond

Thomas Gary Ward, commended

Sponsor: Matt Woods

Tax lien auctions and sales; auctions and fees further provided for; tax lien redemptions; tax lien price further provided for; redemption of tax lien further provided for; prohibit entry on land; penalties established

Sponsor: Clyde Chambliss

Teachers' Retirement System, reopened to allow purchase of credit in the system for prior service rendered to the St. Clair County DAY Program, Inc.

Sponsor: Jim Hill

Providence Baptist Church, 140th Anniversary, celebrated

Sponsor: Jay Hovey

Crimes & Offenses, raises max. age for offenses involving obscene materials with depictions of children, authorizes punitive damages for victims of those offenses, and directs Board of Ed. to require policies related to those offenses

Sponsor: Matt Woods

Joint Session on April 18, 2024, Law Enforcement Medal of Honor

Sponsor: Rex Reynolds

Dr. Cynthia Sellers-Simon, Mourning the Death

Sponsor: Pebblin Warren

Lieutenant Mark Sloane, Commending

Sponsor: Bob Fincher

Delaney Zimlich, commending

Sponsor: Chip Brown

State Port Authority; provide that authority is a body corporate and may employ non-merit system employees

Sponsor: Chip Brown

Candidates for municipal offices; exempt from certain FCPA reporting if contributions and expenditures remain below threshold level

Sponsor: Chad Robertson

Commending Taiwan for its relations with the United States and the State of Alabama

Sponsor: Corey Harbison

Zach Booth, commending

Sponsor: Tracy Estes

Crimes and offenses, to further provide for the crime of manslaughter

Sponsor: Chris Pringle

Crisis at the border, acknowledged

Sponsor: Jennifer Fidler

Crimes & offenses, prohibits a person from creating a private image without consent

Sponsor: Parker Moore

RSA, full-time emergency medical services technicians and paramedics allowed to purchase hazardous duty time for prior eligible service the ERS in same manner as firefighters, law enforcement officers, and correctional officers, Tier I

Sponsor: Steve Clouse

Crimes and offenses; unlawful to tamper with electronic monitoring device; crime created; penalties created

Sponsor: Phillip Pettus

Mike Kolen, death mourned

Sponsor: Arnold Mooney

SPECIAL ORDER CALENDAR

Interstate Compact -Social Work Examiners

Sponsor: Kenyatte Hassell

Community development districts; proceeds from alcoholic beverage tax in certain districts, distribution provide for

Sponsor: Randall Shedd

Sex-based terms, defined; vital statistics, report sex as male or female at birth required, legislative policy regarding sex and gender identity established

Sponsor: Susan DuBose

SPECIAL ORDER CALENDAR

Sponsor: J.T. Waggoner

Jefferson County, General Retirement System for Employees of Jefferson County, amended to identify the Personnel Board of Jefferson County as the civil service system of the county

Sponsor: Linda Coleman-Madison

St. Clair County, specifying qualified electors for county superintendent and board of education and changing Pell City Board of Education from an elected to appointed board and specifying residential qualifications for members of city board local constitutional amendment

Sponsor: Lance Bell

Macon County, Shorter, corporate limits altered

Sponsor: Pebblin Warren

Employees of local boards of education; twelve weeks of paid parental leave following birth of child, placement of child for adoption, miscarriage, or stillbirth provided for; State Board of Education authorized to adopt rules

Sponsor: Debbie Wood

Public Health, to require hypodermic needles and syringes not be openly available when offered for sale

Sponsor: Donna Givens

Alabama Writer's Forum, commending

Sponsor: J.T. Waggoner

Lindsey Greer, Recognizing

Sponsor: Chris Blackshear

Gulf Shores, corporate limits altered to annex property

Sponsor: Frances Holk-Jones

Prisoners, increases the money paid by the state to counties to feed prisoners and the money deposited into the Emergency Prisoner Feeding Fund

Sponsor: Paul Lee

77th Southern Legislative Conference of the Council of State Governments Southern Office, commemorative resolution

Sponsor: Nathaniel Ledbetter

Taxation; creates Tourism Tax Protection Act

Sponsor: Corley Ellis

Line of duty death benefit, expand to volunteer firefighters who die of cancer

Sponsor: Russell Bedsole

Cherokee County, constitutional amendment, authorizes legislature to fix court costs by local law

Sponsor: Andrew Jones

Baldwin County, creates Bon Secour Landmark District, Constitutional Amendment

Sponsor: Chris Elliott

State employees, eight weeks paid parental leave provided for, State Personnel Department required to adopt rules

Sponsor: Ginny Shaver

Retirement benefits, revise circumstances when an individual's pension, annuity, or retirement allowance benefits are subject to certain recovery actions

Sponsor: Jamie Kiel

SPECIAL ORDER CALENDAR

Sponsor: J.T. Waggoner

Craig Kelley, commended

Sponsor: Mike Shaw

State symbols; designate Little Bluestem as the official State Grass of Alabama.

Sponsor: Ron Bolton

Warren Lee Helms, death mourned

Sponsor: Van Smith

Municipalities, commercial development authorities, project defined to include single commercial enterprises

Sponsor: April Weaver

911 districts, permit districts to cooperate in providing services

Sponsor: Ed Oliver

Jefferson County, county employees, charged with enforcing ordinances, violations, authority as a peace officer to serve warrants

Sponsor: Shay Shelnutt

Dr. Peter M. Dichiara, commended

Sponsor: Marcus Paramore

Class IV municipalities, removes restriction on hiring same accountant for more than three consecutive years

Sponsor: Mack Butler

Miles College Lady Bears Basketball Team, commending

Sponsor: Travis Hendrix

Jefferson County, county employees, charged with enforcing ordinances, violations, authority as a peace officer to serve warrants

Sponsor: Allen Treadaway

Occupational and professional licensing boards, prohibited from purchasing or acquiring real property commencing on October 1, 2024

Sponsor: Ben Robbins

SPECIAL ORDER CALENDAR

Sinkhole loss insurance coverage, homeowners insurance policies, require to cover catastrophic ground cover collapse and optional coverage for sinkhole damage.

Sponsor: Tim Melson

April Proclaimed National Donate Life Month, recognized

Sponsor: Jamie Kiel

Controlled Substances Prescription Database; access by certain representatives of a dentist authorized

Sponsor: Artis McCampbell

Calvin Elder, death mourned

Sponsor: Patrick Sellers

Sale of tax-delinquent land; Land Commissioner authorized to contract with online auction to sell certain lands

Sponsor: Reed Ingram

Tobacco products; electronic nicotine delivery systems, use or possession of device, prohibited without regard to particular substance used therein

Sponsor: Vivian Figures

Belle Casey, commended

Sponsor: Arnold Mooney

Supplemental appropriation of federal funds from the American Rescue Plan Act - State Small Business Credit Initiative Fund to the Department of Finance for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024.

Sponsor: Rex Reynolds

Commerce Department; secretary and deputy secretary salary revised

Sponsor: Wes Kitchens

Insurance Department insurers required to be licensed, unauthorized insurers, exceptions for surplus line brokers, further provided for, authority for membership in the Surplus Line Insurance Multi-State Compliance Compact Act repealed.

Sponsor: Shay Shelnutt

State holidays; to add Juneteenth as a state holiday.

Sponsor: Juandalynn Givan

State government; procurement code, further exceptions provided for volunteer fire departments and rescue squads

Sponsor: Phillip Pettus

Elections; revise dates for submissions to qualify on ballot

Sponsor: Merika Coleman-Evans

Veronica Very, Commending

Sponsor: Rolanda Hollis

Emergency medical transport providers, assessment period extended

Sponsor: Greg Albritton

SPECIAL ORDER CALENDAR

Sponsor: J.T. Waggoner

Officer Albert Morin, Alabama Legislative Medal of Honor recipient, commended

Sponsor: Russell Bedsole

Officer Jon Gossett, Alabama Legislative Meritorious Service Award recipient, commended

Sponsor: Russell Bedsole

Sex offenders; to further provide for restrictions for certain sex offenders

Sponsor: Mack Butler

Child labor, to eliminate the eligibility to work form.

Sponsor: Susan DuBose

Board of Nursing, membership revised to include a certified registered nurse anesthetist

Sponsor: Wes Kitchens

Associations governing high school sports; subject to one-time audit by Examiners of Public Accounts

Sponsor: Lance Bell

Officer Garrett Crumby, Alabama Legislative Medal of Honor recipient, commended

Sponsor: Russell Bedsole

Lieutenant Mike House, Alabama Legislative Meritorious Service Award recipient, commended

Sponsor: Russell Bedsole

SPECIAL ORDER CALENDAR

Medical records, fee for copies of medical records, further provided for

Sponsor: Will Barfoot

SPECIAL ORDER CALENDAR

Sponsor: J.T. Waggoner

Lauderdale County, Electric Utility Board, establishment, members, transfer of City of Florence Electric Department to board, board members appointed by City Council of Florence and Lauderdale County Commission, Constitutional Amendment.

Sponsor: Ben Harrison

Class 1 municipalities, (Birmingham), vacant property registration ordinance, city council may adopt, fees, liens for noncompliance

Sponsor: Ontario Tillman

Dr. Cynthia Sellers-Simon, Mourning the Death

Sponsor: Pebblin Warren

Prohibit "balance billing" by ground ambulances

Sponsor: Bobby Singleton

Municipalities, authorizes a municipality to resume collection of taxes in their police jurisdiction once in compliance with reporting requirements

Sponsor: Timothy Wadsworth

Alabama's 2023 Export Record, Commending

Sponsor: J.T. Waggoner

Emma Robinson, 110th Birthday, commended

Sponsor: Ben Robbins

David Cook, bridge named

Sponsor: Matthew Hammett

Central High School Football Team, commended

Sponsor: Chris Blackshear

Adam Russell and Marc Gann, bridge named

Sponsor: Ben Robbins

Coach Carvel William Rowell, Jr., Commended

Sponsor: Thomas Jackson

Proclaiming Space Day in Alabama

Sponsor: Phillip Rigsby

Jimmy Jones, commended

Sponsor: Chris Sells

Dr. Sharon Malone, Commending

Sponsor: Adline Clarke

Alabama Yom Hashoah Commemoration, May 2, 2024, Recognized

Sponsor: David Faulkner

Trade, establish commission with the Republic of Ireland

Sponsor: Steve Livingston

Insurance; motor vehicles; assigned risk plan, department of insurance to issue motor vehicle liability insurance policies; liability waived for the department, its officers and employees, the state.

Sponsor: Shay Shelnutt

Big Oak Ranch, 50 years of service, commended

Sponsor: Scott Stadthagen

Rainsville Police Chief Michael Edmondson, commended

Sponsor: Nathaniel Ledbetter

SPECIAL ORDER CALENDAR

Sponsor: J.T. Waggoner

Board of Pharmacy, compounding pharmacies, number of pharmacy technicians regulated by board rule

Sponsor: William Beasley

Motor vehicles; additional license tax and registration fee; distribution of proceeds to the Alabama Public Transportation Trust Fund

Sponsor: Rodger Smitherman

Principal Perry Updike, commended

Sponsor: Alan Baker

HILLCREST HIGH SCHOOL, COMMENDED

Sponsor: Thomas Jackson

Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, regulation of retail sale of certain tobacco products, electronic nicotine delivery

Sponsor: Barbara Drummond

Robert D. "Bobby " Timmons, Mourning The Death

Sponsor: Pebblin Warren

Alabama Yom Hashoah Commemoration, May 2, 2024, Recognized

Sponsor: David Faulkner

Baldwin County, raise per diem for Board of Equalization members

Sponsor: Jennifer Fidler

Tourism improvement districts, provides for establishment, renewal, dissolution, operation, and activities

Sponsor: J.T. Waggoner

Limestone County; quarries; certain blasting operations prohibited.

Sponsor: Parker Moore

Baldwin County, constitutional amendment requiring the probate judge to be a licensed attorney and expanding the probate judge's jurisdiction

Sponsor: Donna Givens

Public K-12 education, history instruction required to be fact-based and inclusive

Sponsor: Rodger Smitherman

Voting, procedure when elector has changed domicile and has not updated voter registration record prior to election.

Sponsor: Chris Pringle

Petroleum & Convenience Marketers of Alabama, 75th Anniversary, commended

Sponsor: Steve Clouse

Beau Thomas Clark, death mourned

Sponsor: Scott Stadthagen

Snead State Community College Basketball Team, commending

Sponsor: Brock Colvin

International organizations; jurisdiction of certain international organizations not recognized by state.

Sponsor: Arnold Mooney

To provide further for the practice of landscape architecture

Sponsor: Parker Moore

Thomas Jacob Fisher, Eagle Scout, commended

Sponsor: Terri Collins

Attorney General's Office, Alabama Faith-Based Intelligence Commission and Director of the Alabama Faith-Based Intelligence Commission, established within

Sponsor: Shay Shelnutt

Wounded Warriors, honored

Sponsor: Brock Colvin

Cornerstone Christian Academy Lady Eagles Basketball Team, commended

Sponsor: Nathaniel Ledbetter

ATV parks, provides for permitting, inspection, operation, and fines for violations

Sponsor: Ron Bolton

Congratulating The University of Alabama men's basketball team for making it to the 2024 NCAA Final Four.

Sponsor: Cynthia Almond

Crimes & offenses, prohibits law enforcement from using the hog-tie position

Sponsor: Ben Harrison

Workers' Compensation; allow health care providers to bill private insurance

Sponsor: Ben Robbins

Jefferson County, sheriff, appointment of reserve deputies to execute writs of possession in unlawful detainer cases, training, fees by affected parties

Sponsor: Allen Treadaway

Deuce Komradz, commended

Sponsor: Anthony Daniels

Solid waste; to define the term mass balance attribution, further provide for recovered materials processing facilities

Sponsor: Terri Collins

Taxation, sales tax exemptions, sales and use tax exemption provided for certain purchases of diapers, baby supplies, baby formula, maternity clothing, and menstrual hygiene products

Sponsor: Arthur Orr

Spouses and Dependents of Law Enforcement Officers Tuition Scholarship Fund created, Alabama Commission on Higher Education required to administer and adopt rules

Sponsor: Allen Treadaway

Consumer protection, further provides for data breaches

Sponsor: Chris Sells

Unmanned aircraft systems, requires head of ALEA to create and maintain list of approved drones and prohibits political subdivisions of state from buying unapproved drones

Sponsor: Gerald Allen

Fire Protection Districts; Elections for Service Fees

Sponsor: Ernie Yarbrough

Melvin Vines, commended

Sponsor: Bill Lamb

Chris Blackshear MVP and Scott Stadthagen all on the line performance, "Battle of Goat Hill," commended

Sponsor: Joe Lovvorn

Taxation, tax credit for childcare costs incurred by employers and for childcare facilities created

Sponsor: Reed Ingram

Establishes the Alabama Workforce Housing Tax Credit Act; creates the Alabama Workforce Housing Tax Credit

Sponsor: Chris Elliott

Insurance, internal citations to the Code of Alabama corrected

Sponsor: Corley Ellis

Betty Carolyn Keyes Kelso-Clough, Mourning

Sponsor: Scott Stadthagen

Insurance Dept, insurers required to be licensed, unauthorized insurers, exceptions for surplus line brokers, further provided for, authority for membership in the Surplus Line Insurance Multi-State Compliance Compact Act repealed.

Sponsor: Corley Ellis

Malcolm Thomas, commended

Sponsor: Laura Hall

Motor vehicles; elements of driving a vehicle in distracted manner changed

Sponsor: J.T. Waggoner

Public K-12 Education, posting of curricula on school websites required, parents or guardians authorized to examine materials upon request

Sponsor: Greg Reed

Making all motor vehicle license plate designs valid for a 10 year period.

Sponsor: Russell Bedsole

911 districts, permit districts to cooperate in providing services

Sponsor: Randy Price

Certificate of Need, exempt health care institutions and services in rural areas from requirement

Sponsor: Larry Stutts

Public school teacher salary schedule, experience credit provided to certain certified teachers for experience as paraprofessional or teacher's aide

Sponsor: Marcus Paramore

SPECIAL ORDER CALENDAR

SPECIAL ORDER CALENDAR

Sponsor: J.T. Waggoner

James Lee Splawn, death mourned

Sponsor: James Lomax

Sallie Bell Ephraim McMIllan, death mourned

Sponsor: Kenneth Paschal

Proclaiming Space Day in Alabama

Sponsor: Greg Reed

Agricultural Equipment Manufacturers for Right-to-Repair Initiatives, recognized

Sponsor: Danny Crawford

Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, recognized

Sponsor: David Faulkner

Hollis Isbell, 2024 Auburn University College of Agriculture Hall of Honor inductee, commended

Sponsor: Jamie Kiel

Finis St. John IV, commended

Sponsor: Randall Shedd

To provide further for the practice of midwifery

Sponsor: Ben Harrison

Popcorn On Her Retirement, Commending

Sponsor: Troy Stubbs

Layton Pohl, commended

Sponsor: Ritchie Whorton

SPECIAL ORDER CALENDAR

Sponsor: J.T. Waggoner

Rural Hospital Investment Program established, tax credits for donations to rural hospitals authorized

Sponsor: Terri Collins

Dept of Conservation & Natural Resources, deer hunting with dogs further provided for, report of violations made by the commissioner

Sponsor: Brett Easterbrook

SPECIAL ORDER CALENDAR

Appropriations, FY2024 supplemental appropriation from the State General Fund to the Governor's Contingency Fund

Sponsor: Gerald Allen

State parks, advance campsite reservation at discounted rate to state residents

Sponsor: David Sessions

Sex offenders; restricted employment and volunteer positions further provided for

Sponsor: Will Barfoot

SPECIAL ORDER CALENDAR

Sponsor: J.T. Waggoner

Civil practice; legal service liability actions, further provided

Sponsor: Sam Givhan

Johnny Frank McKinney, Willie and Betty Farrior Family Foundation Community Service Award Recipient, commended

Sponsor: Barbara Boyd

Tuskegee University, appropriations, ten-year repayment plan

Sponsor: Robert Stewart

Winston County; former county road in Tidwells Yellow Creek Subdivision No. 2 intersecting Lewis Smith Lake, road vacated, constitutional amendment.

Sponsor: Tim Melson

Mobile County; to remove any real property owned by the University of Mobile in the corporate limits of any municipality from the corporate limits of the municipality, constitutional amendment

Sponsor: Mark Shirey

Criminal procedure; post-conviction remedies, DNA testing for non-capital offenders authorized

Sponsor: Robert Stewart

Mobile County; to remove any real property owned by the University of Mobile in the corporate limits of any municipality from the corporate limits of the municipality, Constitutional Amendment

Sponsor: Jack Williams

SPECIAL ORDER CALENDAR

Sponsor: J.T. Waggoner

Josephine Sawyer McKinney, recipient of Willie and Betty Farrior Family Foundation Community Service Award, commended

Sponsor: Barbara Boyd

Limestone County; rock quarries; certain blasting operations prohibited.

Sponsor: Parker Moore

HJR to form Alabama-Japan Legislative Exchange Group

Sponsor: Mike Shaw

Billy Charles Bedsole, Death Mourned

Sponsor: Margie Wilcox

Tuskegee Airmen, celebrated

Sponsor: Pebblin Warren

Monrovia Middle School Boys Basketball Team, commended

Sponsor: Phillip Rigsby

William Dudley Melton, death mourned

Sponsor: Greg Albritton

COMMENDING MR. WILL REICHARD

Sponsor: Leigh Hulsey

Physicians, rural physicians income tax credit, existing law repealed and replaced with new income tax credit after December 31, 2024, new credit increased to $10,000 per year for four years, transition provisions

Sponsor: Ed Oliver

Junior Achievement of Alabama, Inc., exempt from state, county, and municipal ad valorem taxes, and sales and use taxes

Sponsor: David Faulkner

Willie Frank Brown, Jr. - Mourning The Death

Sponsor: Craig Lipscomb

Taxation, sales tax exemptions, sales and use tax exemption provided for purchases of optical aids, including eyeglasses and contact lenses.

Sponsor: Mark Shirey

Easton Fothergill, commended

Sponsor: Arnold Mooney

Voting rights, restoration, application requirement and Certificate of Eligibility eliminated; Board of Pardons and Paroles to restore voting rights for individuals who meet criteria for restoration of voting rights

Sponsor: Linda Coleman-Madison

Assault weapons, to prohibit possession and transfer in certain circumstances, provide for registration

Sponsor: Mary Moore

Establishing the Board of Medical Scholarship Awards Fund

Sponsor: Randall Shedd

Dam safety, elective procedures provided for state-owned dams

Sponsor: Clyde Chambliss

Public K-12 education and two-year institutions of higher education, Alabama Career RoadMap Act, Alabama Community College System required to develop career readiness module to be added to high school graduation requirements, each public high school student required to complete Career RoadMap Postsecondary Opportunity as defined by Alabama Community College System, Alabama Community College System and State Board of Education required to adopt rules

Sponsor: Donnie Chesteen

Mr. Lee Brownell, commended

Sponsor: Jamie Kiel

Right to repair agricultural equipment, equipment manufacturers to make documentation, software and other components available to equipment owners and independent service providers at fair and reasonable terms, trade secrets excepted.

Sponsor: Curtis Travis

Digital assets, regulates digital asset operations

Sponsor: Merika Coleman-Evans

Capital Murder; sentence further provided for; resentence in certain circumstances

Sponsor: Kirk Hatcher

Prohibiting discrimination in employment and receipt of federal or state financial assistance based on an individual's hair texture or hairstyle

Sponsor: Rodger Smitherman

SPECIAL ORDER CALENDAR

Sponsor: J.T. Waggoner

Judge John Lawrence Carroll, death mourned

Sponsor: Bobby Singleton

Jackie Graham, commended

Sponsor: Arthur Orr

Pryce Holcombe, commended

Sponsor: Tim Melson

Homestead exemption; partially disabled veterans

Sponsor: Parker Moore

George Clark, commended

Sponsor: Arthur Orr

Scope of Practice of Physical Therapists

Sponsor: Shay Shelnutt

Bobby E. Hill,, death mourned

Sponsor: Curtis Travis

Taxation, certain aircraft exempt from ad valorem taxation

Sponsor: Chris Sells

Insurance, internal citations to the Code of Alabama corrected

Sponsor: Shay Shelnutt

Health care facilities and services, abolishing the certificate of need program

Sponsor: Ben Harrison

Consent to medical treatment; age of medical majority, established at 18; circumstances in which a minor may receive medical treatment, revised

Sponsor: Ben Harrison

Spellman College Glee Club, Celebrating

Sponsor: Laura Hall

SPECIAL ORDER CALENDAR

Sponsor: J.T. Waggoner

Urging the Legislature of the State of Alabama to declare a moratorium on capital punishment executions.

Sponsor: Thomas Jackson

Urging the House of Representatives to declare a moratorium on capital punishment executions.

Sponsor: Thomas Jackson

Mrs. Georgia Mae Lanier, death mourned

Sponsor: Laura Hall

Extrauterine embryo not an unborn life and unborn child; Constitutional Amendment

Sponsor: Anthony Daniels

State government, prohibits a state agency or other political subdivision of the state from taking certain actions in response to treaties

Sponsor: Ben Harrison

SPECIAL ORDER CALENDAR

Death penalty; execution by nitrogen hypoxia prohibited

Sponsor: Neil Rafferty

Gerald Thomas Sanders, death mourned

Sponsor: Jim Carns

Public school safety, silent panic alert technology required and provided for, Board of Education required to adopt rules

Sponsor: Allen Treadaway

Firearms, criminal penalty for unreasonably secured firearm stored by parent in possession of child

Sponsor: Barbara Drummond

SPECIAL ORDER CALENDAR

Sponsor: J.T. Waggoner

Definition of child; embryo outside a human uterus excluded from definition.

Sponsor: Anthony Daniels

David Cook, bridge named

Sponsor: Matthew Hammett

Boating, increase maximum length vessel on certain water bodies

Sponsor: Ed Oliver

Digital assets, regulates digital asset operations

Sponsor: Mike Shaw

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Day, February 27, 2024, recognized

Sponsor: Juandalynn Givan

SPECIAL ORDER CALENDAR

Sponsor: J.T. Waggoner

Mildred Loretta Curtis Gray, Commending

Sponsor: Jeremy Gray

Edgewood Academy Boys Basketball Team, winning AISA Class AA State Tournament, commended

Sponsor: Troy Stubbs

Governor, committee appointed to notify that Legislature is in session and ready for the transaction of business

Sponsor: J.T. Waggoner

Retail establishments; banning cash as payment source prohibited, exceptions provided

Sponsor: Prince Chestnut

Insurance; motor vehicles; assigned risk plan, department of insurance to issue motor vehicle liability insurance policies; liability waived for the dept, its officers and employees, the state.

Sponsor: Corley Ellis

Edgewood Academy Varsity Volleyball Team, commended

Sponsor: Troy Stubbs

Edgewood Academy Girls Basketball Team, AISA Class AA State Basketball Championship, commended

Sponsor: Troy Stubbs

Crimes and offenses; transporting of homeless by city or county prohibited; crime created; penalties provided for

Sponsor: Craig Lipscomb

Sallie Bell Ephraim McMIllan, death mourned

Sponsor: Patrick Sellers

Political parties; disqualifying candidate from ballot because of contributions from particular person or entity prohibited

Sponsor: Phillip Pettus

Boards of registrars, further providing for the membership of each board, increasing the salary of each registrar, and providing for the employment status of each registrar

Sponsor: Bobby Singleton

SPECIAL ORDER CALENDAR

Sponsor: J.T. Waggoner

Relating to ad valorem taxation; to limit the assessed value of certain real property for ad valorem tax purposes, with exceptions.

Sponsor: David Sessions

Dr. Ora M. Banks-Parker, death mourned

Sponsor: Patrick Sellers

Relating to Property Tax; Real Property Tax Assessment for motor vehicles

Sponsor: James Lomax

Firearms; criminally negligent storage, penalty for violation created

Sponsor: Linda Coleman-Madison

Pro Angler Dustin Connell, commended

Sponsor: Van Smith

SPECIAL ORDER CALENDAR

Sponsor: J.T. Waggoner

Gene Necklaus, Commending

Sponsor: Mike Kirkland

Henrietta Taylor, commended

Sponsor: Ernie Yarbrough

Sylvester Hollis, death mourned

Sponsor: Rolanda Hollis

Seafood products, country of origin, correct name, farm-raised or wild required disclosure by food service establishments

Sponsor: David Sessions

FY25 State Employees' COLA

Sponsor: Laura Hall

State Holidays, move Robert E. Lee observance to October, nonsubstantive revisions

Sponsor: Vivian Figures

SPECIAL ORDER CALENDAR

Sponsor: J.T. Waggoner

Agricultural Equipment Manufacturers for Right-to-Repair Initiatives, recognized

Sponsor: Danny Crawford

Roselynne Marie Logan, death mourned

Sponsor: Patrick Sellers

Establishing the Board of Medical Scholarship Awards Fund

Sponsor: Randall Shedd

Motor vehicles, off-road vehicles, use on public roads, authorized under certain conditions

Sponsor: Larry Stutts

State Health Officer; approval by Governor required before certain emergency rules, orders, or directives are effective

Sponsor: Mark Shirey

Supplemental appropriation of federal funds from the American Rescue Plan Act - State Small Business Credit Initiative Fund to the Department of Finance for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024.

Sponsor: Greg Albritton

Supplemental appropriations from State General Fund to specified agencies for fiscal year ending September 30, 2024.

Sponsor: Rex Reynolds

Archives Department revised the composition and authorizing authority of the board

Sponsor: Chris Elliott

Pardons and Parole Board; Criminal Justice Policy Development Council created; provide for membership, duties; require use of parole release guidelines; parole proceedings revised; provide for appellate review

Sponsor: Christopher England

Consumption of fishes, to provide for fish consumption advisories

Sponsor: Craig Lipscomb

Crimes & offenses, provides that theft of mail is theft of property

Sponsor: April Weaver

Cub Scout Pack 8, commended

Sponsor: Phillip Rigsby

Creating Hope and Opportunity for Our Students’ Education (CHOOSE) Act of 2024, established to provide education savings accounts (ESAs) for parents of children to use in providing education services for those children.

Sponsor: Arthur Orr

Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency, Department of Public Safety; salary adjustments provided to certain law enforcement officers

Sponsor: Phillip Pettus

Voting, authorizing absentee voting without excuse

Sponsor: Thomas Jackson

Abortion; authorized to preserve health of mother; father of unborn child required to pay for certain abortion costs; district judge authorized to excuse father from payment if father undergoes vasectomy

Sponsor: Juandalynn Givan

House of Representatives, Senate notified that House is in session and ready to transact business

Sponsor: Chris Pringle

Crimes and offenses; murder further provided for; exceptions provided, penalties revised

Sponsor: Christopher England

Abortion; right to make reproductive decisions, established; state prohibited from restricting abortion in certain circumstances

Sponsor: Vivian Figures

Body-worn and dashboard cameras; release of recordings revised

Sponsor: Merika Coleman-Evans

Absentee election manager to allow elector who has submitted defective absentee ballot affidavit an opportunity to cure the defect.

Sponsor: Kenyatte Hassell

Abortion; authorized to preserve health of mother or if pregnancy result of rape or incest; man convicted of rape or incest required to pay for abortion and undergo vasectomy; mother of unborn child who undergoes abortion to preserve her health authorized to petition to require father of unborn child to pay for certain abortion costs; judge authorized to excuse father from payment if he undergoes vasectomy

Sponsor: Juandalynn Givan

Courts; to further provide for the election of justices of the Supreme Court and judges of the appellate courts

Sponsor: Bobby Singleton

Body-worn and dashboard cameras; delay in disclosing certain recordings restricted

Sponsor: Juandalynn Givan

State government, Office of Information Technology, cybersecurity requirements, provided

Sponsor: Chip Brown

Alabama Memorial Preservation, memorializing marker required under certain circumstances, failure of committee to act results in denial of waiver, fine revised, and duties of Attorney General specified

Sponsor: Gerald Allen

Absentee voting; to allow a disabled voter to designate an individual to deliver the voter's application for an absentee ballot to the absentee election manager; to allow a disabled voter to designate an individual to deliver the voter's absentee ballot to the absentee election manager.

Sponsor: Adline Clarke

Public preK-12 schools, chaplains; public schools, authorized to hire or accept as volunteers; local boards of education and governing bodies, required to vote on whether to allow; limitations, provided

Sponsor: Mark Gidley

Public contracts; ESG criteria prohibited in public contract.

Sponsor: Chip Brown

Gunnar Henderson, commended

Sponsor: Prince Chestnut

State government, created the Community-Based Violence Prevention Program within the Department of Economic and Community Affairs and provided for a pilot program to provide grants

Sponsor: Phillip Ensler

Firearms, bump stocks prohibited

Sponsor: Juandalynn Givan

Elections, provide for election of associate justices of the Supreme Court and judges of the appellate courts, constitutional amendment.

Sponsor: Bobby Singleton

State agencies and occupational licensing boards, prohibited from preventing disclosure of misfeasance or malfeasance of employees and contractors

Sponsor: Chris Pringle

Criminal procedure; criminal convictions sealed under certain circumstances; procedures established; exceptions provided; civil cause of action established

Sponsor: Juandalynn Givan

Apartments; requires owners to perform background checks on certain players and enact certain policies regarding keys

Sponsor: Juandalynn Givan

Baldwin County, defines the Bon Secour Landmark District, constitutional amendment

Sponsor: Chris Elliott

Crimes and offenses; unlawful use of tasers by law enforcement; penalties provided for

Sponsor: Merika Coleman-Evans

Easton Fothergill, commended

Sponsor: Arnold Mooney

Firearms, to provide for do-not-sell list

Sponsor: Phillip Ensler

Houston County, Houston County Health Care Authority, board members to be appointed by county commission

Sponsor: Steve Clouse

Constitutional Amendment-Tuscaloosa Co.-referendum on the merger of the governments for the City of Tuscaloosa and Northport.

Sponsor: Gerald Allen

Governor, committee appointed to notify that Legislature is in session

Sponsor: Chris Pringle

Crimes and offenses, to further provide for the crime of murder, create exception, penalties revised

Sponsor: Christopher England

Income tax; credit for donation to food banks.

Sponsor: Ben Robbins

Local boards of education, minimum and maximum compensation of board members, increased, continuing education requirements as condition for compensation, required

Sponsor: Tracy Estes

Firearms, to prohibit possession and transfer of assault weapons under certain circumstances

Sponsor: Juandalynn Givan

Absentee ballot affidavit, reason for voting absentee removed

Sponsor: Kenyatte Hassell

Employment; to require employers to provide reasonable break time and location for employees to express breast milk.

Sponsor: Juandalynn Givan

Local land bank authorities, tax sale property acquisitions, tax exemption for acquired properties, tax revenue allocation, conveyance to state and local governments, multijurisdictional land bank authorities, Governor authorized to create upon state of emergency.

Sponsor: Linda Coleman-Madison

Mental Health Awareness Month, designating

Civil practice, asbestos actions; filing requirements, further provided

Alabama Workforce Pathways Act, different pathways for high school diplomas based on future career plans

Local boards of education; maximum compensation of board members, increased; continuing education requirements as condition for compensation, required

Houston County; lodging tax, county commission, authorize to levy, distribution for economic development and recreational facilities, referendum

Dallas County, business personal property tax returns filed in the offices of the tax assessor and tax collector

Relating to Income Taxes; to amend the definition of gross income as relates to overtime income

Ports, inland facilities; create inland port and intermodal grant fund in ADECA.

Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission; primary responsibility over regulation, licensing, and enforcement of cannabis cultivation authorized

City of Jacksonville, Board of Education, election date revised

Blount County, taxation of vapor and alternative nicotine products

Motor vehicles, use of motor vehicles equipped with an automated driving system

State Board of Veterans Affairs, omnibus revisions to update the existing code language to current style and practice.

Taxation; exempting the gross proceeds of honeybees and their byproducts from sales tax

Public K-12 education, employment, qualifications, and training of technology directors

Pike County, further provides for sales and use taxes

Cecil Ingram, death mourned

Montgomery County; sheriff's office, authorize the use of credit cards

Supplemental appropriations from Education Trust Fund to specified agencies for fiscal year ending September 30, 2024.

Mobile County, election workers, increasing the compensation for election workers and authorizing the appointment of computer technical assistants and providing for compensation of computer technical assistants

Alabama Rural, Agribusiness, and Opportunity Zone Jobs Act; certain state matching capital loans authorized, subject to appropriation

Marengo County, sheriff, service of process for personal service by the sheriff, distribution to sheriff and district attorney

Lamar County, judge of probate, mail fee for boat licenses and other licenses.

Montgomery County; sheriff's office, use of credit cards or debit cards authorized.

Cullman County, authorizes sheriff to take certain actions regarding abandoned or stolen weapons

Brewton, annexation

Expungement , to provide that a person adjudged youthful offender for a misdemeanor offense, violation, traffic violation, or municipal ordinance violation may file a petition to have records expunged.

Appropriations from State General Fund for executive, legislative, and judicial agencies of the State, other functions of government, debt service, and capital outlay for fiscal year ending September 30, 2025.

State Textbook Review Committee, review of periodicals, required

Tuscaloosa County, sheriff, service of process fees for personal service, distribution of funds to circuit clerk, sheriff, district attorney, and probate judge.

Insurance Department, insurance fraud, statute of limitations increased, investigators of Department of Insurance Fraud Unit, power of arrest to include other state laws

Supplemental appropriations from the Education Trust Fund Advancement and Technology Fund to various school systems and colleges and universities, and other entities for fiscal year ending September 30, 2024.

Off-label medical treatment; adverse action by occupational licensing board because of recommendation, prohibited; patient informed consent, required; cause of action, provided

Public K-12 school security; School Security Program, established to require school security inspections and grading; School Security and Fire Safety Fund, established to provide grants; School Mapping Data Program, established to provide criteria for school maps; Department of Education and ALEA, authorized to adopt rules

Personnel Department, to require director to regularly assess job requirements and remove college degree when practicable