Regular Session 2024

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

Sponsor: Tim Melson

Alabama Code of Military Justice

Sponsor: Sam Givhan

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

Sponsor: Donnie Chesteen

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

Sponsor: Donnie Chesteen

Polygraph Examiners Board; polygraph device defined; computer voice stress analysis exempted

Sponsor: David Faulkner

Marengo County; coroner and deputy coroner, compensation and travel expense

Sponsor: Artis McCampbell

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

Sponsor: Shay Shelnutt

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

Sponsor: Danny Garrett

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

Sponsor: Prince Chestnut

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

Sponsor: Phillip Pettus

United States Government, urges to disassociate with World Health Organization

Sponsor: Mack Butler

County Boards of Equalization; to revise the nomination procedures for boards of equalization in certain counties

Sponsor: David Faulkner

Capital Improvement Cooperative Districts under Chapter 99B, Title 11, Code of Alabama 1975, amendment of articles of incorporation for new areas, use of funds for construction costs, approval of certain rates and fees

Sponsor: Chris Elliott

Cullman County Legislative Delegation Fund; expenditures of fund to be based on proportion of population each member represent in county

Sponsor: Randall Shedd

Pike County, further provides for sales and use taxes

Sponsor: Marcus Paramore

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

Sponsor: Gerald Allen

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

Sponsor: Arthur Orr

Alabama Film Office, director appointment process revised

Sponsor: Garlan Gudger

Cleburne County, further provides for service of process, jail telephone system, and pistol permit fees

Sponsor: Chad Robertson

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.

Sponsor: Danny Garrett

Pardons and Paroles; time frame for parole court extended

Sponsor: Sam Givhan

Semmes, corporate limits altered

Sponsor: Jack Williams

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

Sponsor: Bobby Singleton

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

Sponsor: Andrew Jones

Elmore County, Millbrook, annexation

Sponsor: Reed Ingram

State Textbook Review Committee, review of periodicals, required

Sponsor: Arthur Orr

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.

Sponsor: Greg Albritton

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

Sponsor: Matthew Hammett

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

Sponsor: Mark Shirey

Corrections Department; rename Investigation and Intelligence Division; add correctional canine classifications to state law enforcement

Sponsor: April Weaver

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

Sponsor: Kirk Hatcher

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

Sponsor: Kelvin Lawrence

Interstate compact; dieticians

Sponsor: Kirk Hatcher

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

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

Sponsor: Tracy Estes

Public education employees; exclusion of students from classroom, provided for; principal authorized to suspend, expel, or recommend for alternative school certain students excluded from classroom; civil and criminal immunity provided to education employees; local boards of education authorized to reimburse or compensate employees for certain legal fees; rebuttable presumption, created; Board of Education, required to adopt rules

Sponsor: Arthur Orr

Tick-Borne Disease and Illness Awareness Month, Proclaiming

Sponsor: Tim Melson

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

Sponsor: Corey Harbison

Houston County, further provides for sheriff compensation

Sponsor: Paul Lee

State Pilotage Commission as Class 2 municipality, commission may regulate maritime data used in Mobile Bay.

Sponsor: David Sessions

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

Sponsor: Arthur Orr

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.

Sponsor: Andrew Jones

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

Sponsor: Arthur Orr

Scope of practice of architecture and duties of board

Sponsor: Craig Lipscomb

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

Sponsor: Danny Garrett

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

Sponsor: Russell Bedsole

Resolution directing LSA to hire national ethics expert.

Sponsor: Matt Simpson

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

Sponsor: Joe Lovvorn

Alabama Uniform Commercial Real Estate Receivership Act, created, process for appointment of receiver for disputes relating to commercial real estate provided

Sponsor: David Faulkner

Vessels, Nonresident Alabama Boater Safety Certification requirement, provided

Sponsor: Ginny Shaver

Real Property Tax Assessment

Sponsor: Phillip Pettus

Motor vehicle registrations, replace International Symbol of Access with Dynamic Accessibility Symbol

Sponsor: David Faulkner

William Howell Rogers, road named

Sponsor: Scott Stadthagen

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

Sponsor: Pebblin Warren

Crimes & offenses, provides criminal & civil penalties for distribution of materially deceptive media intended to influence an election

Sponsor: Prince Chestnut

Joe Faust, road named

Sponsor: Matt Simpson

Law enforcement, further provides for reimbursement for transporting for extradition

Sponsor: Corley Ellis

Joint Interim Study Commission, established

Sponsor: Joe Lovvorn

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

Sponsor: Terri Collins

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

Sponsor: Matt Woods

Sales and use tax, durable medical equipment and medical supplies revised.

Sponsor: Mack Butler

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

Sponsor: Chip Brown

Montgomery County, Montgomery City/County Personnel Board and Department, abolished, new personnel merit system provided separately for city and county employees, separate appeals board and rules.

Sponsor: Kenyatte Hassell

Public k-12 assistant principals, role further provided for

Sponsor: Mark Gidley

Marengo County; motor vehicle tags additional fee, county commission may levy, retroactive

Sponsor: Artis McCampbell

James Clemens High School, recognized

Sponsor: Parker Moore

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

Sponsor: Garlan Gudger

Public contracts, county public building authorities, exemption provided

Sponsor: Sam Givhan

Alabama Fire College; Add new seat to commission.

Sponsor: April Weaver

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

Sponsor: Donnie Chesteen

Department of Corrections; Deputy Commissioner for Prison Rehabilitation renamed; number of Deputy Commissioners further provided for; additional exempt and unclassified employees created; additional Joint Prison Oversight Committee duties created

Sponsor: Clyde Chambliss

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

Sponsor: Cynthia Almond

Relating to child care and workforce development; to establish the employer tax credit and child care provider tax credit; to make legislative findings.

Sponsor: Anthony Daniels

Lawrence County, establishing a work release and community corrections program

Sponsor: Ernie Yarbrough

Alabama Growth Alliance Bill

Sponsor: Greg Reed

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

Crimes and offenses, juveniles, prohibit release confidential information

Sponsor: Will Barfoot

Home Buyers Initiative Act; alternative housing programs, funding mechanism further provided

Sponsor: Randy Price

Legislature; codification of certain regular and special session acts and Code Commissioner Technical Revisions into the Code of Alabama 1975

Sponsor: Sam Givhan

Joint Transportation Committee, transfer of responsibility for annual report on local motor fuels excise tax revenues to Department of Revenue

Sponsor: Clyde Chambliss

Statewide Constitutional Amendment, to grant school lands in Fayette and Walker Co.s to Franklin Co. Board of Education.

Sponsor: Jamie Kiel

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

Sponsor: Garlan Gudger

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

Sponsor: Phillip Ensler

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

Sponsor: Andrew Jones

Cigar Box Guitar Day, recognized

Sponsor: Phillip Rigsby

Residential home construction, not required to be engineered home when under three floors

Sponsor: Brett Easterbrook

Justices and Judges; revise when may be called to active duty

Sponsor: Jim Hill

Henry County, county commission, authorized to require permits for outside events with admissions, permit fees, enforcement, civil fines authorized

Sponsor: Rick Rehm

Public education employees, including K-12, postsecondary education, and AIDB, salary increase

Sponsor: Danny Garrett

2024 Shroud Award, designated

Sponsor: Chris Pringle

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

Sponsor: Keith Kelley

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

Sponsor: Jay Hovey

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

Sponsor: Brock Colvin

Dr. Julia Sullivan Nelson, Commending

Sponsor: Barbara Drummond

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

Sponsor: Jennifer Fidler

Motor vehicles, exhibition driving, further provided; automated traffic enforcement system, authorized to be used to detect and record violations; impoundment period, further provided

Sponsor: Allen Treadaway

Class 3 municipalities organized under Act 618 of the 1973 Regular Session (Montgomery), mayor and council , expense allowance and salary

Sponsor: Kirk Hatcher

SPECIAL ORDER CALENDAR

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

Sponsor: Mike Kirkland

Retail Theft Crime Prevention Act; required payment of restitution, further provided to include housing and care costs incurred

Sponsor: David Faulkner

Birmingham Host Committee 2025 World Police and Fire Games tax exemptions

Sponsor: David Faulkner

Billy Boyd, death mourned

Sponsor: Ed Oliver

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

Sponsor: Arthur Orr

Eastern Shore Chamber of Commerce, commended

Sponsor: Jennifer Fidler

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

Sponsor: Jamie Kiel

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

Mental Health Awareness Month, designating

Sponsor: Marilyn Lands

Tommy Carter, road named

Sponsor: Tim Melson

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

Sponsor: Jack Williams

RSA, procedure established for funding benefit increases of ERS and TRS retirees

Sponsor: Steve Clouse

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

Alabama State Missionary Baptist Convention, Inc., exempt from state, county, and municipal sales and use taxes.

Sponsor: Phillip Ensler

Wilcox Co., tax assessor and tax collector, expense allowance paid under Act 2016-308, ratified and confirmed

Sponsor: Kelvin Lawrence

Baldwin County, constitutional amendment, creates the Stapleton Landmark District

Sponsor: Donna Givens

Crimes and offenses; murder and manslaughter further provided for

Sponsor: David Faulkner

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

Sponsor: Kelvin Lawrence

Postsecondary Education, circumstances under which unlawfully present aliens are prohibited from attending further provided

Sponsor: Reed Ingram

Talladega County, coroner, expense allowance and salary

Sponsor: Ben Robbins

Gavin Bernard Martin, Morehouse College, commended

Sponsor: Rolanda Hollis

Taxation, exemption for agricultural fencing

Sponsor: Danny Crawford

Traffic infractions, requires a citing agency to notify a minor's parent or guardian when the minor receives a traffic citation

Sponsor: Jamie Kiel

Regulating noise and heavy truck traffic in residential areas

Sponsor: Juandalynn Givan

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

Sponsor: Nathaniel Ledbetter

Alabama Athletic Commission, violations provided for, Class C felony

Sponsor: Gerald Allen

Building codes; Alabama Home Builders Licensure Board; Alabama Residential Building Code, authorized to be established

Sponsor: Sam Givhan

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

Sponsor: April Weaver

Law enforcement officers, further provides for authority of officers working for the Univ. of Alabama System

Sponsor: Allen Treadaway

Counties, agriculture authorities, authorized to establish and promote agriculture businesses, economic development, and other purposes, power further specified to develop commercial facilities and use revenue for authority's mission

Sponsor: Tim Melson

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

Memorial Day, observed

Sponsor: Kenneth Paschal

Legislature; codification of certain regular and special session acts and Code Commissioner Technical Revisions into the Code of Alabama 1975

Sponsor: Chris Pringle

Crimes and offenses; unlawful distribution of a controlled substance further provided for; sentence enhancement for unlawful sale of a controlled substance amended; unlawful distribution of marijuana created and penalties established

Sponsor: Will Barfoot

Baldwin County, creates Bon Secour Landmark District, Constitutional Amendment

Sponsor: Frances Holk-Jones

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

Sponsor: Craig Lipscomb

Calhoun County, authorizes the co. commission and governing bodies of municipalities to regulate halfway houses

Sponsor: Randy Wood

Hamilton High School Boys Track and Field team, commended

Sponsor: Tracy Estes

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

Driver Licenses, invalidates any class of out-of-state driver license issued exclusively to undocumented immigrants

Sponsor: Arthur Orr

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

Sponsor: William Beasley

Pharmacy Benefits Managers; Providing more regulation

Sponsor: Phillip Rigsby

Zoe Holder, SkillsUSA, commended

Sponsor: Mike Kirkland

Alabama Workforce Transformation Act FY24 Regular Session

Sponsor: Danny Garrett

Air ambulances, exempt from SHPDA and Certificate of Need

Sponsor: Joshua Carnley

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

Sponsor: Joe Lovvorn

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

Sponsor: Cynthia Almond

George Hudson Place, commended

Sponsor: Chip Brown

Pfc. Noah C. Reeves, commended

Sponsor: Ernie Yarbrough

Law enforcement, further provides for reimbursement for transporting for extradition

Sponsor: Tim Melson

TRS, benefit increase for certain retirees on October 1, 2024

Sponsor: Kirk Hatcher

Dr. Julia Sullivan Nelson, Commending

Sponsor: Barbara Drummond

Tallapoosa County, Jackson's Gap, boundary lines altered

Sponsor: Ed Oliver

Mulberry Medical Associates, Celebrating

Sponsor: Pebblin Warren

Newborn Screening Panel, procedure for addition of conditions to panel, further provided for

Sponsor: Rodger Smitherman

Sheriffs, creates a service of process fee in every county and authorizes sheriffs to contract for service of process

Sponsor: Russell Bedsole

To alter, rearrange, and extend the boundary lines and corporate limits of the Town of Hayden in Blount County.

Sponsor: David Standridge

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

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: Neil Rafferty

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

Sponsor: Barbara Drummond

Lowndes County; pari-mutuel wagering; authorized for simulcast past events and live horse and dog races.

Sponsor: Robert Stewart

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: Mark Shirey

Commending Taiwan For Its Relations With The United States and The State of Alabama

Sponsor: Corey Harbison

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

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

Zaria Parker, commended

Sponsor: Parker Moore

Alabama Growth Alliance Bill

Sponsor: Randall Shedd

Sue Bracknell, commended

Sponsor: Bill Lamb

Autauga County, ad valorem tax, add 7 mills for public school purposes, exemption of certain parcels of 100 acres or more

Sponsor: Jerry Starnes

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

Sponsor: Kelvin Lawrence

Newborn Screening Panel, procedure for addition of conditions to panel, further provided for

Sponsor: Phillip Rigsby

District Attorneys; salary further provided for

Sponsor: Reed Ingram

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

Sponsor: Gerald Allen

Elmore County, further provides for the compensation of the probate judge, sheriff, and rev. commissioner

Sponsor: Reed Ingram

Crimes & Offenses, prohibited picketing or protesting in certain circumstances and provided criminal penalties

Sponsor: Arthur Orr

Taxation, High Socks for Hope, Inc., exempt from state, county, and municipal sales and use taxes

Sponsor: Bill Lamb

Crimes & Offenses, creates the crime of virtual kidnapping & establishes penalties for violations

Sponsor: Juandalynn Givan

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

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

Sponsor: April Weaver

Sunset Law; Alabama State Board of Respiratory Therapy continued until October 1, 2028, with modification to delete nonexistent nominating entities.

Sponsor: Linda Coleman-Madison

Criminal procedure; split sentence authorized for 30 year sentence

Sponsor: Jim Hill

Public K-12 schools; membership in certain athletic associations, competition against certain schools prohibited

Sponsor: Troy Stubbs

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

Sponsor: Mike Shaw

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

Sponsor: Sam Givhan

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

Sponsor: Reed Ingram

Tuscaloosa, ad valorem tax, add increase up to 11.5 mills auth for public school purposes

Sponsor: Cynthia Almond

Marshall County, alcoholic beverages, provided to be a wet county, county commission, unincorporated areas, authorized to regulate and require on premise licensees to meet licensure requirements, fees, additional privilege taxes

Sponsor: Brock Colvin

Emergency medical transport providers, assessment period extended

Sponsor: Rex Reynolds

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

Sponsor: Andrew Jones

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

Sponsor: Brock Colvin

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

Sponsor: Shay Shelnutt

Office of Occupational and Professional Licensing, created within the Department of Labor; oversight provided to professional or occupational licensing boards.

Sponsor: Chris Elliott

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: Timothy Wadsworth

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

Sponsor: Arthur Orr

Municipal officials, requires participation in training

Sponsor: Jim Hill

Jefferson County, county commission, vacancies, local Act 2009-777 repealed, vacancies to be filled under general law

Sponsor: Jim Carns

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

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

Sponsor: Linda Coleman-Madison

Motor vehicles, maximum weights on state roads further provided

Sponsor: Steve Livingston

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

FY24 Alabama Building Renovation Finance Authority Bill

Sponsor: Rex Reynolds

Patient Transport, permit unlicensed vehicles in nonemergency situations

Sponsor: Kenyatte Hassell

Illegal immigration; procedures for arrest, detention, transportation of illegal aliens provided for; reporting requirements established; penalties established

Sponsor: Ernie Yarbrough

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

Unemployment compensation, unemployed individual required to contact an increased number of prospective employers for each week of unemployment claimed; further providing for the meaning of failure to seek or accept suitable work

Sponsor: Ed Oliver

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

Sponsor: April Weaver

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

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: Jay Hovey

Trussville, ad valorem tax, distribution for education, referendum

Sponsor: Danny Garrett

Clayton Davis, death mourned

Sponsor: Steve Clouse

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

Sponsor: Andrew Jones

Madeline Cooper, commending

Sponsor: Jamie Kiel

Legislative Study Commission to Study K-12 School Education Funding, established

Sponsor: Danny Garrett

Advancement and Technology Fund, interest earned to remain in fund

Sponsor: Danny Garrett

Urging the State of Alabama Personnel Department to Conduct a Study of State Trooper Pay

Sponsor: Phillip Pettus

Katie Wilkerson, commended

Sponsor: Debbie Wood

Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Day, recognized

Sponsor: Curtis Travis

Ayden Nguyen, winner 2024 Alabama Spelling Bee, commended

Sponsor: Rhett Marques

APOL1-Mediated Kidney Disease Awareness Day; last Tuesday of each April, recognized

Sponsor: Laura Hall

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

Mobile Co., sheriff, salary and expense allowance.

Sponsor: Jack Williams

Kate Griffin, 2023-2024 AISA Student-Athlete Award winner, commended

Sponsor: William Beasley

Cullman County, sheriff, to authorize use of credit card or debit card for purchases.

Sponsor: Corey Harbison

Calhoun Co., license commissioner, motor vehicle tags, add fee, distribute to sheriff

Sponsor: Randy Wood

Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Incorporated, Day, Recognized

Sponsor: Artis McCampbell

Blount County, coroner, salary and expense allowance, expense for office

Sponsor: David Standridge

Lamar County, judge of probate, salary, uniform cost-of-living increases.

Sponsor: Tracy Estes

Coalition Against Domestic Violence, appropriation, operations plan and audited financial statement required, quarterly and end-of-year reports required.

Sponsor: Greg Albritton

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

Sponsor: Jamie Kiel

Crimes and offense; unlawful for clergy to commit certain sex acts; crime created; penalties provided

Sponsor: Leigh Hulsey

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

Sponsor: Jeff Sorrells

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

Sponsor: David Standridge

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

Marshall County; employees requiring training clarified

Sponsor: Wes Kitchens

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

Elections; revise dates for submissions to qualify on ballot

Sponsor: Merika Coleman-Evans

Crimes and offense; unlawful for clergy to commit certain sex acts; crime created; penalties provided

Sponsor: Rodger Smitherman

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

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

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

Sponsor: Will Barfoot

Sunset law; Alcoholic Beverage Control Board continued until October 1, 2028

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

Lester Memorial Methodist Church- Commending

Sponsor: David Standridge

Public K-12 education, use of three-cueing system prohibited

Sponsor: Leigh Hulsey

Ethics; laws pertaining to public officials and public employees revised

Sponsor: Matt Simpson

Medical Examiners; retention of a deceased person's organ unlawful; penalties established

Sponsor: Christopher England

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

County commission; limitation of liability regarding use of public funds, provided

Sponsor: Joshua Carnley

Jacksonville State University, membership of board of trustees revised

Sponsor: Chad Robertson

Alabama Real Estate Appraisers Board, continued until October 1, 2028, without modification, pursuant to the Sunset Law

Sponsor: Sam Givhan

Education, instruction about gender identity and sexual orientation in public K-12 schools, prohibited

Sponsor: Mack Butler

Crimes and offenses, provided that the use of any premises to distribute material that is harmful to minors is a public nuisance and further provided for the definition of "sexual conduct"

Sponsor: Arnold Mooney

Sunset law; Alabama Board of Examiners in Counseling continued until October 1, 2026

Sponsor: Linda Coleman-Madison

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

Sponsor: Sam Givhan

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

Sponsor: Robert Stewart

Eddye Louise Glover Sanderson, death mourned

Sponsor: Patrick Sellers

State employees, salary deductions further provided for

Sponsor: Kenyatte Hassell

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

Sponsor: Will Barfoot

Sunset law, Board of Examiners of Assisted Living Administrators is continued until October 1, 2026

Sponsor: Linda Coleman-Madison

State Board of Public Accountancy, continued until October 1, 2028, without modification, pursuant to the Sunset Law

Sponsor: Robert Stewart

St. John's Evangelical Protestant Church, commended

Sponsor: Corey Harbison

Former Representative Mary Sue McClurkin, commended

Sponsor: Terri Collins

Sunset law; Alabama Board of Examiners in Psychology continued until October 1, 2028

Sponsor: Linda Coleman-Madison

Alice Pack, commended

Sponsor: Jeff Sorrells

Taxation; exemption for certain air carriers

Sponsor: Brock Colvin

SPECIAL ORDER CALENDAR

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

Sponsor: Will Barfoot

William Edward Cowden, 100th Birthday, celebrated

Sponsor: Shay Shelnutt

Alabama Blockchain Study Commission, established

Sponsor: Greg Albritton

Legislature to study modernizing K-12 education school funding

Sponsor: Arthur Orr

Medicaid; permit presumptive eligibility for pregnancy care benefit before approval

Sponsor: Marilyn Lands

Frances Cathleen Davis, 100th Birthday, celebrated

Sponsor: Reed Ingram

Department of Senior Services, Dementia Services Coordinator created within

Sponsor: Bobby Singleton

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

Barbara Patterson, retirement, commended

Sponsor: Marcus Paramore

Parental Alienation Prevention Week, recognized

Sponsor: Kenneth Paschal

Lauderdale County, ad valorem taxes, senior property tax appraisal, person 65 or older, ca

Sponsor: Phillip Pettus

SPECIAL ORDER CALENDAR

Catherine King, Fairhoper of the Year 2024, commended

Sponsor: Jennifer Fidler

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

Sponsor: Matt Woods

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

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

Sponsor: Donna Givens

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

Sponsor: Steve Clouse

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

Sponsor: Kirk Hatcher

Covington County, court costs, Legislature may fix amounts and provide for distribution of revenue, constitutional amendment

Sponsor: Matthew Hammett

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

Teacher certification; American History and Civics Initiative, created within the Department of Education; online course of study and endorsement for high school teachers, provided for; one-time stipend, provided for; State Board of Education, required to adopt rules

Sponsor: Gerald Allen

Alabama Opioid Overdose and Addiction Council continued

Sponsor: William Beasley

State Employee and Education Employee Health Insurance Joint Interim Study Commission created

Sponsor: Greg Albritton

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

Sponsor: David Faulkner

Alabama Code of Military Justice

Sponsor: Cynthia Almond

SPECIAL ORDER CALENDAR

Sponsor: J.T. Waggoner

Judicial compensation; uniform pay plan for justices & judges revised

Sponsor: Jim Hill

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

Sponsor: Patrice McClammy

State agencies; settlement agreements for claims against the state restricted when funds not available

Sponsor: Greg Albritton

Crimes and offenses, juveniles, prohibit release confidential information

Sponsor: Russell Bedsole

Alabama Workforce Transformation Act FY24 Regular Session SENATE

Sponsor: Steve Livingston

Murray Levine, death mourned

Sponsor: Anthony Daniels

Sheriffs, in Category 2 and 3 counties, salary may be set by the county commission.

Sponsor: Greg Albritton

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

Civil practice, asbestos actions; filing requirements, further provided

Sponsor: Troy Stubbs

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: Russell Bedsole

Jacksonville State University, membership of board of trustees revised

Sponsor: Keith Kelley

Ray Steven "Coach" Deavours, Sr., death mourned

Sponsor: Gerald Allen

Additional fee, professional firefighter distinctive motor vehicle license plate

Sponsor: Ritchie Whorton

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

Sponsor: Chris Elliott

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

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

Sponsor: Kelvin Lawrence

Pfc. Noah C. Reeves, commended

Sponsor: Ernie Yarbrough

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

Sponsor: Danny Garrett

SPECIAL ORDER CALENDAR

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

Sponsor: Kirk Hatcher

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

Sponsor: Jay Hovey

Representative Travis Hendrix, commended

Sponsor: Ontario Tillman

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

Mike Kolen, death mourned

Sponsor: Arnold Mooney

Consumer Protection; online distribution of material harmful to minors, prohibited; online age-verification requirements, required

Sponsor: Ben Robbins

McGill Toolen Catholic High School Volleyball Team, Commending

Sponsor: Adline Clarke

Alabama Delta Days, celebrated

Sponsor: Laura Hall

Airport Authorities; authorities authorized to participate in and form lawful business entities or ventures, and conduct activities incidental to operation of the authority.

Sponsor: Chip Brown

Dallas County Board of Education members compensation increase.

Sponsor: Prince Chestnut

Crimes and offenses; assault 2nd; letter carrier added

Sponsor: Phillip Ensler

Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Commissioner, to require issuance of permit to release black bass into Coosa river under certain circumstances

Sponsor: Craig Lipscomb

Arley - Smith Lake Parkway, named

Sponsor: Timothy Wadsworth

Board of Dental Examiners of Alabama, to create limited special volunteer licenses for nonresident dentists and dental hygienists, to increase fee for annual dental hygiene registration, to add fee for issuance of special volunteer licenses

Sponsor: Artis McCampbell

Oversight Commission on Alabama Opioid Settlement Funds, membership revised, Act 2023-383, HJR 204, amended and reenacted

Sponsor: Rex Reynolds

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

Sponsor: Rex Reynolds

Robert D. "Bobby " Timmons, Mourning The Death

Sponsor: Pebblin Warren

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

National Space Exploration Day, Observed

Sponsor: J.T. Waggoner

La'Tonya Wilson, Commending

Sponsor: Barbara Boyd

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

Sponsor: Randall Shedd

Mulberry Medical Associates, Celebrating

Sponsor: Pebblin Warren

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

Sponsor: Andrew Jones

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: Linda Coleman-Madison

Lindsey Greer, Recognizing

Sponsor: Chris Blackshear

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

Interstate Compact -Social Work Examiners

Sponsor: Kenyatte Hassell

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

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

Domestic and Foreign Corporations; annual report requirement removed

Sponsor: David Sessions

Craig Kelley, commended

Sponsor: Mike Shaw

State Firefighters, provide for additional occupational disabilities

Sponsor: Allen Treadaway

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

Sponsor: Andrew Jones

Gulf Shores, corporate limits altered to annex property

Sponsor: Frances Holk-Jones

SPECIAL ORDER CALENDAR

Vaccines; religious exemption for K-12 students, further provided for; religious exemption for students at public institutions of higher education, provided

Sponsor: Arthur Orr

Boards and commissions; Horse Racing Modernization Act, established

Sponsor: Bobby Singleton

Warren Lee Helms, death mourned

Sponsor: Van Smith

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

Sponsor: Nathaniel Ledbetter

Voting precincts; require county commissions to redraw following redistricting.

Sponsor: Chris Pringle

Taxation, tax credits, Alabama employers provided a tax credit for employees eligible under the federal Work Opportunity Tax Credit program.

Sponsor: Bobby Singleton

Juvenile court; add'l courts authorized to issue of emergency ex parte order for protection of juveniles; process provided for

Sponsor: Matt Simpson

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

Sponsor: Jamie Kiel

County officers, Omnibus Pay Act, cost-of-living increases, included in compensation of county officers under act

Sponsor: Paul Lee

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

Sponsor: Russell Bedsole

Mrs. Cheryl Miller, Commending

Sponsor: Corley Ellis

Miles College Lady Bears Basketball Team, commending

Sponsor: Travis Hendrix

John Minter, commended

Sponsor: Debbie Wood

Labor organizations, employer's eligibility for economic development incentives conditioned upon employer refraining from certain practices relating to labor organizations, oversight provided

Sponsor: Scott Stadthagen

Department of Insurance, remove from Sunset process

Sponsor: Corley Ellis

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

Sponsor: Ben Robbins

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

Sponsor: Allen Treadaway

Calvin Elder, death mourned

Sponsor: Patrick Sellers

April Proclaimed National Donate Life Month, recognized

Sponsor: Jamie Kiel

Jefferson County, additional residential building permit fee levied, distribution to the North Alabama Homebuilding Academy

Sponsor: Mike Shaw

Firearms hold agreements

Sponsor: Lance Bell

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

Sponsor: Tim Melson

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

Chief Buddy Crabtree, highway named

Sponsor: Nathaniel Ledbetter

The Honor Foundation and Retired Lieutenant Commander Richard Clifford, commended

Sponsor: Kerry Underwood

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

Sheriff Heath Jackson, Alabama Legislative Meritorious Service Award recipient, commended

Sponsor: Russell Bedsole

SPECIAL ORDER CALENDAR

Sponsor: J.T. Waggoner

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

Sponsor: Russell Bedsole

Child labor, to eliminate the eligibility to work form.

Sponsor: Susan DuBose

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

Sponsor: Russell Bedsole

SPECIAL ORDER CALENDAR

State holidays; to add Juneteenth as a state holiday.

Sponsor: Juandalynn Givan

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

Sponsor: Tracy Estes

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

Sponsor: Phillip Pettus

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

Sponsor: Lance Bell

Charles Colston, Sr., Mourning The Death

Sponsor: Patrick Sellers

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

Sponsor: Mack Butler

Deputy Christopher Todd, Alabama Legislative Meritorious Service Award recipient, commended

Sponsor: Russell Bedsole

Elections; revise dates for submissions to qualify on ballot

Sponsor: Merika Coleman-Evans

Charles "Cecil" Guyton, Jr., Death Mourned

Sponsor: Rolanda Hollis

Apostle Cleveland Smith, death mourned

Sponsor: Barbara Drummond

Prohibit "balance billing" by ground ambulances

Sponsor: Bobby Singleton

SPECIAL ORDER CALENDAR

Sponsor: J.T. Waggoner

Dr. Cynthia Sellers-Simon, Mourning the Death

Sponsor: Pebblin Warren

State entities, encouraged to hire and advance individuals with disabilities

Sponsor: Ben Robbins

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

Sponsor: Timothy Wadsworth

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

James Alvin "Jim" Littleton, death mourned

Sponsor: Artis McCampbell

Emma Robinson, 110th Birthday, commended

Sponsor: Ben Robbins

Chris Dendy, death mourned

Sponsor: Andrew Jones

Great Alabama 650 Race Winners, commended

Sponsor: Ginny Shaver

Ronald Reagan Day, recognized

Sponsor: J.T. Waggoner

Dr. Sharon Malone, Commending

Sponsor: Adline Clarke

Adam Russell and Marc Gann, bridge named

Sponsor: Ben Robbins

Alabama's 2023 Export Record, Commending

Sponsor: J.T. Waggoner

Jimmy Jones, commended

Sponsor: Chris Sells

Agent Billy Clardy III Memorial Mile, named

Sponsor: Rex Reynolds

Sex offenders; restricted employment and volunteer positions further provided for

Sponsor: Kerry Underwood

Snead State Community College Basketball Team, commending

Sponsor: Brock Colvin

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

Sponsor: J.T. Waggoner

Baldwin County, raise per diem for Board of Equalization members

Sponsor: Jennifer Fidler

Robert D. "Bobby " Timmons, Mourning The Death

Sponsor: Pebblin Warren

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

Sponsor: Chris Pringle

Beau Thomas Clark, death mourned

Sponsor: Scott Stadthagen

Limestone County; quarries; certain blasting operations prohibited.

Sponsor: Parker Moore

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

Sponsor: Rodger Smitherman

Fair Campaign Practices Act; definitions of electioneering communications, expenditures, and political action committee revised; reporting requirements for electioneering communications revised

Sponsor: Rodger Smitherman

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

Sponsor: William Beasley

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

Sponsor: Donna Givens

Guardianships, bill of rights for adults with guardians

Sponsor: Cynthia Almond

Sheriffs, authorizes fundraising events

Sponsor: William Beasley

Motor vehicles, child passenger restraint systems, use further provided

Sponsor: Ron Bolton

Establishing the Board of Medical Scholarship Awards Fund

Sponsor: Donnie Chesteen

Baldwin County, increases service of process fees

Sponsor: Frances Holk-Jones

Board of Nursing, technical change of term "nurse educator" to "advanced practice nurse" in the Alabama Loan-Repayment Program for Advanced Practice Nursing

Sponsor: April Weaver

Occupational Licensing Boards, consideration of criminal conviction when licensing restricted

Sponsor: Rodger Smitherman

Principal Perry Updike, commended

Sponsor: Alan Baker

SPECIAL ORDER CALENDAR

SPECIAL ORDER CALENDAR

Sponsor: J.T. Waggoner

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

Sponsor: Ben Robbins

Deuce Komradz, commended

Sponsor: Anthony Daniels

Sales and use tax, simplified sellers use tax, municipalities, distribution to be adjusted based on population adjusted for annexations annually based on report of U.S. Secretary of Commerce

Sponsor: David Sessions

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

Sponsor: Allen Treadaway

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

Sponsor: Ron Bolton

Consumer protection; distributors of material harmful to children required to use age-verification procedures

Sponsor: Arnold Mooney

Prohibit "balance billing" by ground ambulances

Sponsor: Ed Oliver

SPECIAL ORDER CALENDAR

Wounded Warriors, honored

Sponsor: Brock Colvin

The Honor Foundation and Retired Lieutenant Commander Richard Clifford, commended

Sponsor: Kerry Underwood

Public institutions of higher education, Hunger-Free Campus designation created and provided for, Alabama Commission on Higher Education required to adopt rules

Sponsor: Cynthia Almond

To provide further for the practice of landscape architecture

Sponsor: Parker Moore

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

Sponsor: Cynthia Almond

Distressed Institutions of Higher Education Revolving Loan Program amended, loan qualifications revised, administering agency changed

Sponsor: J.T. Waggoner

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

Sponsor: Reed Ingram

Municipalities, zoning board of adjustment, appeals, procedures

Sponsor: Cynthia Almond

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

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

Insurance, internal citations to the Code of Alabama corrected

Sponsor: Corley Ellis

Consumer protection, further provides for data breaches

Sponsor: Chris Sells

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

Gabe Hixenbaugh, DII Wrestling State Champion, commended

Sponsor: Russell Bedsole

House joint rule amended; fiscal note to identify bills that will increase certain combined local expenditures in order to implement

Sponsor: Joe Lovvorn

Appropriations, FY 2024 supplemental appropriation from the Education Trust Fund to the State Department of Education

Sponsor: Rodger Smitherman

Municipal courts; reporting requirements of driving under the influence convictions established; penalties established

Sponsor: David Faulkner

SPECIAL ORDER CALENDAR

Tuscaloosa County, special fund to be used to match federal funds for eastern bypass, constitutional amendment

Sponsor: Gerald Allen

Luther P. Hallmark, commended

Sponsor: Artis McCampbell

Baldwin County, transfers certain licensing duties from revenue commissioner to new License Coordinator

Sponsor: Donna Givens

Absentee voting; prohibit assistance in preparation of; exceptions provided

Sponsor: Garlan Gudger

Sallie Bell Ephraim McMIllan, death mourned

Sponsor: Kenneth Paschal

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

Sponsor: Marcus Paramore

Baldwin County, transfers certain licensing duties from revenue commissioner to new License Coordinator

Sponsor: Donna Givens

SPECIAL ORDER CALENDAR

Sponsor: J.T. Waggoner

James Lee Splawn, death mourned

Sponsor: James Lomax

Affirming Israel as a Sovereign Nation

Sponsor: Arthur Orr

Proclaiming Space Day in Alabama

Sponsor: Greg Reed

Finis St. John IV, commended

Sponsor: Randall Shedd

Jimmy Jones, Hall of Fame

Sponsor: Chris Sells

Glenwood Lady Gators Basketball Team, commended

Sponsor: Chris Blackshear

Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, recognized

Sponsor: David Faulkner

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

Sponsor: Brett Easterbrook

Monsignor Theodore H. Hay, 100th birthday, celebrated

Sponsor: Frances Holk-Jones

SPECIAL ORDER CALENDAR

Miles College 126th Founders Day, Celebrating

Sponsor: Patrick Sellers

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

Sponsor: Vivian Figures

Mrs. Patricia Haddock Woller, Death Mourned

Sponsor: Parker Moore

SPECIAL ORDER CALENDAR

Sponsor: J.T. Waggoner

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

Sponsor: David Sessions

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

Aubrey Evans, commended

Sponsor: Nathaniel Ledbetter

Mrs. Mollie MacLeroy Bearden, Commrnding

Sponsor: Barbara Boyd

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

Sponsor: Jay Hovey

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

Sponsor: Gerald Allen

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

Sponsor: Tim Melson

Interstate compact; dentists

Sponsor: Sam Jones

In vitro fertilization; civil and criminal immunity for death or damage to an embryo provided to persons when providing or receiving services related to IVF

Sponsor: Tim Melson

SPECIAL ORDER CALENDAR

Indigent defense, provides for membership & review process of adv. boards, provides for comp. of attorneys

Sponsor: Rodger Smitherman

Sex offenders; restricted employment and volunteer positions further provided for

Sponsor: Will Barfoot

Limestone County; rock quarries; certain blasting operations prohibited.

Sponsor: Parker Moore

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

Chris Dendy, death mourned

Sponsor: Ginny Shaver

Ambers Hanson, commended

Sponsor: Chad Robertson

Tuskegee Airmen, celebrated

Sponsor: Pebblin Warren

Walker Percy Badham III, death mourned

Sponsor: David Faulkner

SPECIAL ORDER CALENDAR

COMMENDING MR. WILL REICHARD

Sponsor: Leigh Hulsey

Raymond Gregg Hodges, death mourned

Sponsor: Randall Shedd

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

Sponsor: David Faulkner

Tuskegee Airmen, celebrated

Sponsor: Pebblin Warren

Willie Frank Brown, Jr. - Mourning The Death

Sponsor: Craig Lipscomb

SPECIAL ORDER CALENDAR

Sponsor: J.T. Waggoner

Baldwin County, County Commission, chair elected countywide, salary, remaining commissioner, districts, referendum

Sponsor: Chris Elliott

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

Sponsor: Mary Moore

Dam safety, elective procedures provided for state-owned dams

Sponsor: Clyde Chambliss

Digital assets, regulates digital asset operations

Sponsor: Merika Coleman-Evans

SPECIAL ORDER CALENDAR

To exempt food pantries in Cullman County from sales and use tax

Sponsor: Garlan Gudger

Crimes of moral turpitude, certain crimes removed from the list of offenses that are considered crimes of moral turpitude

Sponsor: Linda Coleman-Madison

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

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

Sponsor: Kirk Hatcher

Ruby Merle Stringfellow, bridge named

Sponsor: Jack Williams

George Clark, commended

Sponsor: Arthur Orr

Pryce Holcombe, commended

Sponsor: Tim Melson

Sixth Avenue Baptist Church, commended

Sponsor: Anthony Daniels

Jackie Graham, commended

Sponsor: Arthur Orr

The National Conference of State Legislators, commended

Sponsor: Greg Reed

Fanconi Anemia Awareness Month, recognized

Sponsor: Donnie Chesteen

Bobby E. Hill,, death mourned

Sponsor: Curtis Travis

Department of Insurance, remove from Sunset process

Sponsor: Wes Kitchens

Board of Pharmacy, compounding pharmacies, number of pharmacy techs reg by board rule

Sponsor: Phillip Rigsby

Jerry Hayes, commending

Sponsor: Andy Whitt

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

Sponsor: Ben Harrison

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

Sponsor: Thomas Jackson

Constitutional Amendment; to vest school land located in Walker County in the Franklin County Board of Education

Sponsor: Jamie Kiel

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

Sponsor: Ben Harrison

Belle Casey, commended

Sponsor: Susan DuBose

SPECIAL ORDER CALENDAR

Sponsor: J.T. Waggoner

Mrs. Georgia Mae Lanier, death mourned

Sponsor: Laura Hall

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

Sponsor: Thomas Jackson

Insurance, internal citations to the Code of Alabama corrected

Sponsor: Shay Shelnutt

Baldwin County, proposed local constitutional amendment to authorize and regulate certain charitable raffles, traditional paper bingo, and similar charitable games in the county.

Sponsor: Donna Givens

Alton Woodard, commended

Sponsor: Ontario Tillman

Herbert Palmer, Jr., death mourned

Sponsor: Juandalynn Givan

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

Sponsor: Barbara Drummond

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

Sponsor: Allen Treadaway

SPECIAL ORDER CALENDAR

Sponsor: J.T. Waggoner

County commission; limitation of liability regarding use of public funds, provided

Sponsor: Troy Stubbs

Digital assets, regulates digital asset operations

Sponsor: Mike Shaw

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

Sponsor: Juandalynn Givan

Absentee voting; to allow a voter who is disabled, blind, or unable to read to designate an individual to deliver the voter's application for an absentee ballot and absentee ballot to the absentee election manager

Sponsor: Adline Clarke

Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, recognized

Sponsor: David Faulkner

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

Sponsor: Prince Chestnut

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

Sponsor: J.T. Waggoner

Stomping Out ALS Day, recognized

Sponsor: Susan DuBose

Elections, election officials, high school students authorized to work as precinct election officials

Sponsor: John Rogers

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

Sponsor: Troy Stubbs

Edgewood Academy Varsity Volleyball Team, commended

Sponsor: Troy Stubbs

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

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

Charlie Foster, death mourned

Sponsor: Patrice McClammy

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

Sponsor: Craig Lipscomb

Gladys Motley Norman, death mourned

Sponsor: Juandalynn Givan

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

Tobacco products, heated tobacco product definition added.

Sponsor: Tim Melson

SPECIAL ORDER CALENDAR

Sponsor: J.T. Waggoner

Alabama School of Healthcare Sciences Bill, program created

Sponsor: Bobby Singleton

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

Sponsor: James Lomax

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

Sponsor: Linda Coleman-Madison

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

Sponsor: Gerald Allen

Judge of Probate Earlean Isaac, commended

Sponsor: Curtis Travis

SPECIAL ORDER CALENDAR

Sponsor: J.T. Waggoner

Youthful Offender status, to prohibit a judge from granting youthful offender status to any person who is 16 years of age or older and charged with murder.

Sponsor: Phillip Pettus

Blount County, taxation of tobacco, vapor, and alternative nicotine products, constitutional amendment

Sponsor: David Standridge

FY25 State Employees' COLA

Sponsor: Laura Hall

SPECIAL ORDER CALENDAR

Sponsor: J.T. Waggoner

Establishing the Board of Medical Scholarship Awards Fund

Sponsor: Randall Shedd

Sensitivity training for law enforcement officers

Sponsor: Rodger Smitherman

Hoover High School Indoor Track Program, commended

Sponsor: Leigh Hulsey

Alabama Uniform Commercial Real Estate Receivership Act, created, process for appointment of receiver for disputes relating to commercial real estate provided

Sponsor: Rodger Smitherman

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

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

Sponsor: Arthur Orr

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.

Sponsor: Rex Reynolds

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

Sponsor: Steve Clouse

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

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

Sponsor: J.T. Waggoner

Abortion, rape and incest exceptions, provided

Sponsor: Anthony Daniels

Abortion, provision providing misdemeanor to induce abortion, repealed

Sponsor: Christopher England

Firearms, to provide for do-not-sell list

Sponsor: Phillip Ensler

Animals; dog and cat sales tax, dog and cat fund created; animal control officer training, sterilizations of dogs and cats, disposition of seized dogs and cats further provided for.

Sponsor: Steve Clouse

Legislature, committee appointed to escort governor to joint session

Sponsor: Chris Pringle

High School athletics, right to compensation for name, image, and likeness

Sponsor: Jeremy Gray

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

Death penalty, resentencing if not a unanimous verdict

Sponsor: Christopher England

Governor, committee appointed to notify that Legislature is in session

Sponsor: Chris Pringle

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

Sponsor: Tracy Estes

Gunnar Henderson, commended

Sponsor: Prince Chestnut

Legislature; legislative sessions divided into two periods; deadline for passing budget bills imposed; Governor veto procedures revised; constitutional amendment

Sponsor: Jim Hill

Real estate commission; real estate brokers, companies, salespersons; training, qualifications licensure; penalties for certain licensee conduct; required disclosures, prohibited conduct

Sponsor: Rolanda Hollis

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

Sponsor: Phillip Ensler

Firearms, penalty for failure to inform when in possession and questioned

Sponsor: Christopher England

St. Clair County, further provides for license tag fees

Sponsor: Jim Hill

Crimes & offenses, changes age of a child for offenses involving obscene materials

Sponsor: April Weaver

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

Income tax, tax credit for voluntary cash contributions to pregnancy center or residential maternity facility

Sponsor: Gerald Allen

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

Sponsor: Phillip Pettus

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

Sponsor: Sam Givhan

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

Sponsor: Merika Coleman-Evans

Red Flag Protective Order Act, established; to provide for the issuance of ex parte red flag protective orders and one-year red flag protective orders

Sponsor: Phillip Ensler

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

Easton Fothergill, commended

Sponsor: Arnold Mooney

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

Sponsor: Juandalynn Givan

Ronald Hicks, death mourned

Sponsor: Patrick Sellers

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

Sponsor: Christopher England

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

Sponsor: Juandalynn Givan

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

Sponsor: Chris Pringle

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

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

Sponsor: Kenyatte Hassell

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

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

Face mask mandates; governmental entities and State Health Officer, prohibited from imposing; exceptions, provided

Sponsor: Brock Colvin

Civil procedure; statute of limitations for civil actions involving certain sex offenses further provided for

Sponsor: Merika Coleman-Evans

Firearms, bump stocks prohibited

Sponsor: Juandalynn Givan

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

Mental Health Awareness Month, designating

Alabama Code of Military Justice

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

Polygraph Examiners Board; polygraph device defined; computer voice stress analysis exempted

United States Government, urges to disassociate with World Health Organization

County Boards of Equalization; to revise the nomination procedures for boards of equalization in certain counties

Precious Metal Bullion, exchange excludes net gain from gross income, grants net capital loss deduction from gross income

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

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

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

Pike County, further provides for sales and use taxes

Cullman County Legislative Delegation Fund; expenditures of fund to be based on proportion of population each member represent in county

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

City of Jacksonville, Board of Education, election date revised

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

Brewton, annexation

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

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

Pike County, further provides for City of Troy Investment Trust Fund

Corrections Department; rename Investigation and Intelligence Division; add correctional canine classifications to state law enforcement

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

Fred Hunter, retirement, commended

Interstate compact; dieticians

Alcoholic Beverages Control Board; ability to own its warehouses authorized

Appropriations, supplemental appropriations from the Opioid Treatment and Abatement Fund for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023

Animals, disposal methods for dead further provided

Sheriff, to authorize use of credit card or debit card

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

Walker County, judge of probate salary

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

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

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

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

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.