HR242 Summary

• Mourns the death of former State Representative Mary Stephens Zoghby of Mobile, Alabama, who died on April 12, 2025, at age 86.

• Honors her service in the Alabama House of Representatives from 1978 to 1994, during which she ran on a desegregation platform.

• Recognizes her 1985 sponsorship of legislation restructuring Mobile's government from a three-commissioner system to a mayor/council form with balanced budget requirements, known as the "Zoghby Act," which resolved decades of voter suppression litigation.

• Acknowledges her post-political service as Resource Development Director and Executive Director of Boys and Girls Clubs of South Alabama for 20 years, and her work on boards including AltaPointe Health Systems, Catholic Social Services, and the Children's Policy Council.

• Extends condolences to her family and notes her legacy in the Mobile community, where she was recognized as Mobile's First Lady in 1986 and Mobilian of the Year in 1996.