Loading chat...

AL HB308

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/18/2025

Primary Sponsor

Jim Carns

Click for details

Origin

House of Representatives

2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Amends Section 17-4-1, Code of Alabama 1975, to add an exception to the requirement that judges of probate publish registered voter lists before primary elections.

  • Publication of the voter list is no longer required if the cost of publication would exceed $40,000.

  • Maintains existing requirements for voter list certification by the state voter registration system and allows voters 10 days to request additions of inadvertently omitted names.

  • Allows county commissions to publish voter lists as preprinted advertising supplements at the newspaper's lowest national insertion rates, with minimum nine-point type size on standard newsprint paper.

  • Becomes effective October 1, 2025.

Legislative Description

Elections, required publication of registered voters, exception provided

Elections, Voting, & Campaigns

Last Action

Pending House Constitution, Campaigns and Elections

2/18/2025

Committee Referrals

Constitution, Campaigns and Elections2/18/2025

Full Bill Text

No bill text available