{"id":81151,"date":"2025-02-11T03:51:17","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T03:51:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/alabama\/alabama-2025-legislative-report-week-one\/"},"modified":"2025-02-11T03:51:17","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T03:51:17","slug":"alabama-2025-legislative-report-week-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=81151","title":{"rendered":"Alabama 2025 Legislative Report: Week One"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">The Alabama Legislature convened for its annual Regular Session on Tuesday, February 4. As the annual Session is limited by law to 30 session days within a 105 calendar day period, the Session must conclude by May 19, 2025. The Legislature generally meets Tuesday through Thursday of each week. Both Houses convened in Session for Days 1, 2 and 3 of the Session. The Legislature will next convene for Day 4 on Tuesday, February 11 with the House convening at 1 p.m. and the Senate convening at 2 p.m.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\">374 bills, including the pre-filed, have been introduced to date.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s2\">DURING THE WEEK<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s2\">Governor Kay Ivey gave her annual State of the State address Tuesday evening announcing her \u201cPublic Safety\u201d agenda. She endorsed legislation aimed at increasing penalties for violent crimes, banning Glock switches, civil liability and criminal prosecution protections for law enforcement, expanding the denial of bail for a wider range of crime, and enhancing supervision of juveniles at a high risk or criminal recidivism.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p6\"><span class=\"s2\">The Alabama Republican Caucus announced their \u201cAlabama Values\u201d agenda for the legislative session including promoting policies that discourage illegal immigrants, banning taxpayer money from funding DEI programs, banning red flag laws, border protection, honest elections, public safety, and emphasis on the military and veterans, and public education.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p7\"><span class=\"s2\">The Alabama Democratic Caucus announced their \u201cForward for Freedom\u201d agenda, vowing to \u201cpush back on extremism.\u201d They plan to focus on repealing a law that allows concealed carry of handguns without a permit, passing a law against Glock switches which convert semiautomatic guns to automatic guns, repealing, at least in part, Alabama\u2019s abortion ban, decriminalizing recreational marijuana, and holding parents responsible if a child takes a gun to school.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p8\"><span class=\"s2\">The Senate unanimously elected Senator Garland Gudger as the new Senate President Pro-Tempore to replace former Senator Greg Reed. Senator Reed resigned in November to become the Senior Advisor for Workforce Transformation, and then Commissioner of the newly created Department of WorkforceDevelopment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p9\"><span class=\"s2\">Legislative Budget Hearings were held throughout the day Wednesday and Thursday. Kirk Fulford, Legislative Fiscal Officer, and Bill Poole, Finance Director detailed Alabama\u2019s financial condition and discussed the legislative budget proposals for Fiscal Year 2026 which begins October 1, 2025. Additionally, various state agencies gave presentations to the Budget Committees.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-6\" style=\"margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;\">\n<div class=\"zox-post-ad-wrap\"><span class=\"zox-ad-label\">Advertisement. Scroll to continue reading.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s2\">NOTABLE INTRODUCTIONS\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3 class=\"p14\"><span class=\"s2\">HOUSE\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p15\"><span class=\"s2\">HB1 by Rep. Brown: To assess a fee on certain seafood dealer licensees to be deposited into the Imported Seafood Safety Fund; to create the Imported Seafood Safety Fund to <\/span><span class=\"s2\">be used by the Alabama Department of Public Health to inspect imported\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s2\">seafood products for substances that are harmful to humans (House Ports,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s2\">Waterways and Intermodal Transit Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p15\"><span class=\"s2\">HB4 by Rep. Mooney: To further provide for the definition of \u201csexual conduct;\u201d to provide that criminal obscenity laws do not apply to college or university libraries or their employees <\/span><span class=\"s2\">or agents, but do apply to public libraries, public school libraries, and their\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s2\">employees or agents in certain circumstances (House Judiciary Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p15\"><span class=\"s2\">HB6 by Rep. Pettus: To prohibit political parties from disqualifying an individual from running for office based solely on receipt of contributions from a particular person or <\/span><span class=\"s2\">political action committee (House Constitution, Campaigns and Elections\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s2\">Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p15\"><span class=\"s2\">HB7 by Rep. Yarbrough: To allow state and local law enforcement agencies to enter into memorandums of understanding and agreements with federal agencies to enforce federal <\/span><span class=\"s2\">immigration laws (House Judiciary Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p15\"><span class=\"s2\">HB8 by Rep. Drummond: To revise the definition of \u201celectronic nicotine delivery system\u201d to include battery powered devices that deliver substances other than tobacco through the <\/span><span class=\"s2\">inhalation of vapor; to prohibit the distribution of tobacco, tobacco products,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s2\">electronic nicotine delivery systems, e-liquids, and alternative nicotine products\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s2\">through a vending machine; to require an annual permit fee for the distribution\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s2\">of those products (House Judiciary Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p15\"><span class=\"s2\">HB10 by Rep. Givan: To provide that during an ongoing active law enforcement investigation or prosecution, the disclosure of recordings made by a body-worn camera or <\/span><span class=\"s2\">dashboard camera may not be delayed unless the disclosure would substantially\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s2\">interfere with the investigation or prosecution; to require the agency to\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s2\">periodically reassess the withholding and notify the requestor of the status of the\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s2\">disclosure, including the specific basis for the withholding (House Public Safety\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s2\">and Homeland Security Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p19\"><span class=\"s2\">HB12 by Rep. Givan: To prohibit an individual from possessing a bump stock; to provide for criminal penalties (House Judiciary Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-6\" style=\"margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;\">\n<div class=\"zox-post-ad-wrap\"><span class=\"zox-ad-label\">Advertisement. Scroll to continue reading.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p15\"><span class=\"s2\">HB13 by Rep. Givan: To prohibit the sale or transfer of an assault weapon to any person under 18 years of age; to prohibit any person under 18 years of age from possessing an <\/span><span class=\"s2\">assault weapon (House Judiciary Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p15\"><span class=\"s2\">HB14 by Rep. Ingram: To authorize the Attorney General or the Governor to appoint an interim police chief of certain municipal police departments (House County and Municipal <\/span><span class=\"s2\">Government Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p15\"><span class=\"s2\">HB16 by Rep. Bolton: To make it a crime to give a false date of birth to a law enforcement officer in the course of the officer\u2019s official duties (House Public Safety and Homeland <\/span><span class=\"s2\">Security Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p15\"><span class=\"s2\">HB17 by Rep. Bolton: To create the Alabama Squat Truck Law; to prohibit the alteration of a motor vehicle in such a manner that the height of the front fender is raised four or more <\/span><span class=\"s2\">inches greater that the height of the accompanying rear fender (House Public\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s2\">Safety and Homeland Security Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p15\"><span class=\"s2\">HB23 by Rep. Hassell: To require a person to have a permit to legally carry an assault weapon in a vehicle or on his or her person; to require a person to have a permit to purchase <\/span><span class=\"s2\">or otherwise acquire an assault weapon (House Judiciary Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p15\"><span class=\"s2\">HB26 by Rep. Ensler: To prohibit persons from possessing a pistol with a part or combination of parts designed or intended to convert a pistol into a machine gun install on or <\/span><span class=\"s2\">attached to the pistol (House Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p15\"><span class=\"s2\">HB30 by Rep. Wood: To require the judge of probate of each county to conduct a post-election audit after every county and statewide general election to determine the accuracy of <\/span><span class=\"s2\">the originally reported results of the election (House Ways and Means General\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s2\">Fund Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-6\" style=\"margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;\">\n<div class=\"zox-post-ad-wrap\"><span class=\"zox-ad-label\">Advertisement. Scroll to continue reading.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p15\"><span class=\"s2\">HB31 by Rep. Clarke: To allow a voter who is disabled, blind, or unable to read or write to designate an individual to deliver the voter\u2019s application for an absentee ballot, and to <\/span><span class=\"s2\">deliver the absentee ballot to the absentee election manager (House\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s2\">Constitution, Campaigns and Elections Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p15\"><span class=\"s2\">HB34 by Rep. Bolton: To add giving a false date of birth to a law enforcement officer to the existing crime of giving a false name or address to a law enforcement officer, and to <\/span><span class=\"s2\">provide that a violation would be subject to the existing criminal penalties (House\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s2\">Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p15\"><span class=\"s2\">HB36 by Rep. England: To levy an additional simplified sellers use tax and provide for the distribution of the proceeds from the additional tax (House Ways and Means General Fund <\/span><span class=\"s2\">Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p15\"><span class=\"s2\">HB41 by Rep. Hammett: To further provide for certain criminal offenses related to gambling; to increase penalties, provide for forfeiture of certain gambling equipment and proceeds, <\/span><span class=\"s2\">and for the revocation of certain licenses and permits issued by the Alcoholic\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s2\">Beverage Control Board (House Economic Development and Tourism\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s2\">Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p15\"><span class=\"s2\">HB47 by Rep. Hill: A proposed Constitutional Amendment to provide that the Legislature, by general law, may authorize, license, tax and provide for the operation of traditional <\/span><span class=\"s2\">paper raffles and paper bingo conducted for noncommercial charitable purposes\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s2\">(House Economic Development and Tourism Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p19\"><span class=\"s2\">HB51 by Rep. Givan: To prohibit possession of bump stocks in Class 1 municipalities (Birmingham) (House Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p15\"><span class=\"s2\">HB58 by Rep. England: To establish a criminal penalty for failure to inform a law enforcement officer of one\u2019s possession of a concealed pistol or firearm under certain circumstances <\/span><span class=\"s2\">(House Judiciary Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-6\" style=\"margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;\">\n<div class=\"zox-post-ad-wrap\"><span class=\"zox-ad-label\">Advertisement. Scroll to continue reading.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p15\"><span class=\"s2\">HB59 by Rep. Jackson: To require each county to provide at least one early voting center to be open during the week immediately proceeding election day (House Constitution, <\/span><span class=\"s2\">Campaigns and Elections Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p15\"><span class=\"s2\">HB64 by Rep. Tillman: To add Election Day as a state holiday (House State Government Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p15\"><span class=\"s2\">HB65 by Rep. Sellers: To require the State Board of Education to adopt a model policy restricting the use of cell phones in public K-12 schools, and to require each local board of <\/span><span class=\"s2\">education to adopt a policy based on that model (House Education Policy\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s2\">Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p19\"><span class=\"s2\">HB69 by Rep. Givan: To provide prohibitions on the unlawful possession of a firearm or the unlawful transfer of a firearm in a Class 1 municipality (Birmingham)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p15\"><span class=\"s2\">HB71 by Rep. Clarke: To provide a process for early voting in certain elections, and to prescribe the number, location, and hours of operating of early voting centers in each county <\/span><span class=\"s2\">(House Constitution, Campaigns and Elections Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p15\"><span class=\"s2\">HB73 by Rep. Sellers: To prohibit the possession of a trigger activator in Jefferson County, and to establish civil penalties for a violation (House Jefferson County Legislation <\/span><span class=\"s2\">Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p15\"><span class=\"s2\">HB74 by Rep. Shirey: To exempt the gross proceeds from the sale of optical aids, including eyeglasses and contact lenses, from sales and use tax (House Ways and Means Education <\/span><span class=\"s2\">Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-6\" style=\"margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;\">\n<div class=\"zox-post-ad-wrap\"><span class=\"zox-ad-label\">Advertisement. Scroll to continue reading.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p15\"><span class=\"s2\">HB77 by Rep. Clarke: To allow a voter who is disabled, blind, or unable to read or write to designate an individual to deliver the voter\u2019s application for an absentee ballot, and to <\/span><span class=\"s2\">deliver the absentee ballot to the absentee election manager (House\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s2\">Constitution, Campaigns and Elections Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p15\"><span class=\"s2\">HB81 by Rep. Warren: To require the State Board of Education to adopt a model policy restricting the use of cell phones in public K-12 schools, and to require each local board of <\/span><span class=\"s2\">education to adopt a policy based on that model (House Education Policy\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s2\">Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p15\"><span class=\"s2\">HB91 by Rep. Clarke: To provide further powers to a county housing authority to manage housing projects and community facilities, including powers to participate in lawful forms <\/span><span class=\"s2\">of business organizations, make loans, create subsidiaries or other lawful\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s2\">business organizations, and enter into contracts (House State Government\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s2\">Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p15\"><span class=\"s2\">HB92 by Rep. Brown: To create the Alabama Seagrass Restoration Task Force and to provide for its membership and duties (House Ports, Waterways and Intermodal Transit <\/span><span class=\"s2\">Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p15\"><span class=\"s2\">HB101 by Rep. Shirey: To authorize the Sheriff of Mobile County to establish procedures for using a credit or debit card to make purchases (House Mobile County Legislation <\/span><span class=\"s2\">Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p15\"><span class=\"s2\">HB103 by Rep. Drummond: To provide firearm storage requirements, and to provide a criminal penalty for a violation of these requirements that result in a minor possessing the firearm <\/span><span class=\"s2\">under certain circumstances (House Public Safety and Homeland Security\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s2\">Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p15\"><span class=\"s2\">HB104 by Rep. Drummond: To provide that a Class 2 municipality (Mobile) may declare certain abandoned or discarded debris a nuisance and require its abatement or removal at the <\/span><span class=\"s2\">expense of the owner of ther property (House Mobile County Legislation\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s2\">Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-6\" style=\"margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;\">\n<div class=\"zox-post-ad-wrap\"><span class=\"zox-ad-label\">Advertisement. Scroll to continue reading.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p15\"><span class=\"s2\">HB107 by Rep. DuBose: To define man, woman, boy, girl, father, mother, male, female and sex for purposes of state law, to provide policy of the differences between sexes, to <\/span><span class=\"s2\">provide that state and local public entities may establish separate single-sex\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s2\">spaces or environments in certain circumstances, and to require the state or\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s2\">political subdivisions that collect vital statistics related to sex as male or female\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s2\">for certain purposes to identify each individual as either male or female at birth\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s2\">(House Judiciary Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p15\"><span class=\"s2\">HB133 by Rep. Ingram: To authorize the Board of Pardons and Paroles or other state agency to provide electronic monitoring to children in certain circumstances (House Public Safety <\/span><span class=\"s2\">and Homeland Security Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p15\"><span class=\"s2\">HB145 by Rep. Clarke: To authorize the governing body of a Class 2 municipality (Mobile) to establish a delegation agreement with the Alabama Department of Environmental <\/span><span class=\"s2\">Management to enforce the Alabama Scrap Tire Environmental Quality Act\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s2\">(House Mobile County Legislation Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p19\"><span class=\"s2\">HB150 by Rep. Ensler: To prohibit the transfer of a deadly weapon or ammunition to an intoxicated individual (House Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p15\"><span class=\"s2\">HB152 by Rep. Rafferty: To provide for a state sales and use tax exemption for purchases of certain baby supplies, bay formula, maternity clothing, and menstrual hygiene products, and <\/span><span class=\"s2\">to allow local governments to adopt exemptions (House Ways and Means\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s2\">Education Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p15\"><span class=\"s2\">HB155 by Rep. Hall: To specify that the State of Alabama shall observe as holidays all days designated as a holiday by the federal government (House State Government <\/span><span class=\"s2\">Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p15\"><span class=\"s2\">HB158 by Rep. Clouse: To provide for an annualized benefit increase procedure for the funding of future benefit increases to state and education retirees of the Employees\u2019 Retirement <\/span><span class=\"s2\">System and the Teachers\u2019 Retirement System in a manner that does not increase\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s2\">the unfunded liability of either system (House Fiscal Responsibility Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-6\" style=\"margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;\">\n<div class=\"zox-post-ad-wrap\"><span class=\"zox-ad-label\">Advertisement. Scroll to continue reading.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p15\"><span class=\"s2\">HB166 by Rep. Hulsey: To prohibit the use, operation, and possession of wireless communication devices on certain public school properties, to require local boards of education <\/span><span class=\"s2\">to adopt an Internet safety policy, and to require students to complete a social\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s2\">media safety course prior to entering the eighth grade (House Education Policy\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s2\">Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p16\"><span class=\"s2\">HB169 by Rep. Garrett: Education Trust Fund Budget (House Ways and Means Education Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p19\"><span class=\"s2\">HB170 by Rep. Garrett: Supplemental Appropriations from the Education Trust Fund totaling $524,276,588 (House Ways and Means Education Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p15\"><span class=\"s2\">HB176 by Rep. Shirey: To exempt the gross proceeds from the sale of optical aids, including eyeglasses and contact lenses, from sales and use tax (House Ways and Means Education <\/span><span class=\"s2\">Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p15\"><span class=\"s2\">HB178 by Rep. Gidley: To require each local board of education and public institution of higher education to display the Ten Commandments and a context statement in schools <\/span><span class=\"s2\">(House Education Policy Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p15\"><span class=\"s2\">HB179 by Rep. Gidley: To allow a public K-12 school or public charter school to accept a campus chaplain who meets certain requirements as a volunteer, to prohibit certain <\/span><span class=\"s2\">individuals from volunteering as a campus chaplain, and to allow each local\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s2\">board of education and the governing body of each public charter school to vote\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s2\">on whether to allow the volunteer services of a campus chaplain (House\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s2\">Education Policy Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p15\"><span class=\"s2\">HB186 by Rep. Reynolds: General Fund Budget (House Ways and Means General Fund Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-6\" style=\"margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;\">\n<div class=\"zox-post-ad-wrap\"><span class=\"zox-ad-label\">Advertisement. Scroll to continue reading.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p15\"><span class=\"s2\">HB187 by Rep. Hill: To allow funds allocated to the Sheriff\u2019s Office to be expended to support the function of his or her office (House Ways and Means General Fund Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p15\"><span class=\"s2\">HB188 by Rep. Treadaway: To establish a program to grant tuition money to dependents of law enforcement officers for use in participating public or private institutions of higher education <\/span><span class=\"s2\">in the State (House Ways and Means Education Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p19\"><span class=\"s2\">HB191 by Rep. Baker: To establish conditions for exemption of county or municipal sales and use tax (House County and Municipal Government Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p19\"><span class=\"s2\">HB196 by Rep. Wilcox: To further provide for the management of county juvenile detention facilities (House County and Municipal Government Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p15\"><span class=\"s2\">HB198 by Rep. Faulkner: To establish a shark alert system for Baldwin and Mobile Counties, to provide for the development, implementation, and operation of the alert system by the <\/span><span class=\"s2\">Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, and to set minimum\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s2\">conditions and requirements for a shark alert system (House Ways and Means\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s2\">General Fund Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p15\"><span class=\"s2\">HB199 by Rep. Hendrix: To authorize the Board of Pardons and Paroles or other state agency to provide electronic monitoring to children released from custody in certain circumstances <\/span><span class=\"s2\">(House Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p15\"><span class=\"s2\">HB202 by Rep. Reynolds: To establish immunity for law enforcement officers from civil liability and criminal prosecution, and to provide exceptions (House Judiciary Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-6\" style=\"margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;\">\n<div class=\"zox-post-ad-wrap\"><span class=\"zox-ad-label\">Advertisement. Scroll to continue reading.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p15\"><span class=\"s2\">HB206 by Rep. M. Moore: To prohibit the possession, sale or transfer of an assault weapon subject to certain exceptions, and to require a person who possesses an assault weapon to <\/span><span class=\"s2\">take specified actions (House Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p19\"><span class=\"s2\">HB209 by Rep. DuBose: To provide an exemption from jury service for nursing mothers (House Judiciary Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p15\"><span class=\"s2\">HB212 by Rep. Kirkland: To require persons engaging in the business of cutting or uprooting aquatic plants in public waters to use certain methods to remove this plant matter (House <\/span><span class=\"s2\">Agriculture and Forestry Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p15\"><span class=\"s2\">HB231 by Rep. Ingram: A proposed Constitutional Amendment to require local boards of education to adopt policies requiring each public K-12 school to recite <i>The Pledge of\u00a0<\/i><\/span><span class=\"s2\"><i>Allegiance <\/i>to the U.S. flag and a prayer consistent with Judeo-Christian values\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s2\">at the commencement of each school day, to require the State Superintendent\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s2\">to withhold state funding allocated to certain offending local board of education,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s2\">and to authorize the Legislature to further reduce funding upon continued\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s2\">violations (House State Government Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p15\"><span class=\"s2\">HB235 by Rep. Faulkner: To require social media platforms to verify the age of new users and to prohibit individuals under 16 years of age from creating a new account (House Children <\/span><span class=\"s2\">and Senior Advocacy Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p14\"><span class=\"s2\">SENATE\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p23\"><span class=\"s2\">SB2 by Sen. Gudger: To revise the definition of \u201celectronic nicotine delivery system\u201d to include battery powered devices that deliver substances other than tobacco through the <\/span><span class=\"s2\">inhalation of vapor; to prohibit the distribution of tobacco, tobacco products,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s2\">electronic nicotine delivery systems, e-liquids, and alternative nicotine products\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s2\">through a vending machine; to require an annual permit fee for the distribution\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s2\">of those products (Senate Children and Youth Health Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p23\"><span class=\"s2\">SB3 by Sen. Barfoot: To authorize the Attorney General or the Governor to appoint an interim police chief of certain municipal police departments (Senate Judiciary Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-6\" style=\"margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;\">\n<div class=\"zox-post-ad-wrap\"><span class=\"zox-ad-label\">Advertisement. Scroll to continue reading.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p23\"><span class=\"s2\">SB5 by Sen. Elliott: To further provide for the composition of the Board of Trustees of the Department of Archives and History and to further provide for the filling <\/span><span class=\"s2\">vacancies on the board (Senate County and Municipal Government Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p23\"><span class=\"s2\">SB10 by Sen. Allen: To rename the Alabama Clean Indoor Air Act to the Vivian Davis Figures Clean Indoor Air Act and to prohibit the smoking of electronic nicotine delivery systems <\/span><span class=\"s2\">in the same manner as the smoking of tobacco products is prohibited (Senate\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s2\">Healthcare Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p23\"><span class=\"s2\">SB12 by Sen. Elliott: To prohibit a state or local agency from conditioning the issuance of a license or permit on the person first obtaining a difference license or permit from <\/span><span class=\"s2\">another state or local agency (Senate County and Municipal Government\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s2\">Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p23\"><span class=\"s2\">SB13 by Sen. Allen: A proposed Constitutional Amendment to require local boards of education to adopt policies requiring each K-12 public school to broadcast or sanction the <\/span><span class=\"s2\">performance of the first stanza of <i>The Star Spangled Banner <\/i>at least once per\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s2\">week during school hours (Senate Education Policy Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p23\"><span class=\"s2\">SB16 by Sen. Coleman: To prohibit the use of certain techniques by law enforcement officers and to require law enforcement agencies to adopt certain policies and procedures <\/span><span class=\"s2\">(Senate Judiciary Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p24\"><span class=\"s2\">SB20 by Sen. Coleman: To provide that it is unlawful for a law enforcement officer to use a taser on an individual who is restrained (Senate Judiciary Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p24\"><span class=\"s2\">SB24 by Sen. Coleman: To further provide for the release of certain law enforcement recordings and to provide for an appeal process (Senate Judiciary Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-6\" style=\"margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;\">\n<div class=\"zox-post-ad-wrap\"><span class=\"zox-ad-label\">Advertisement. Scroll to continue reading.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p25\"><span class=\"s2\">SB29 by Sen. Elliott: To require state and local governmental bodies in certain circumstances to approve or deny licenses and permits within a proscribed time frame and if a <\/span><span class=\"s2\">government body fails to do so, deem the license or permit approved (Senate\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s2\">County and Municipal Government Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p24\"><span class=\"s2\">SB30 by Sen. Smitherman: To establish firearm storage requirements and to establish criminal penalties for violations (Senate Judiciary Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p23\"><span class=\"s2\">SB31 by Sen. Smitherman: To prohibit the knowing possession of a machine gun, the frame or receiver of such a weapon, a part or parts intended to convert a firearm into a machine <\/span><span class=\"s2\">gun, and parts from which a machine gun may be assembled (Senate Judiciary\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s2\">Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p23\"><span class=\"s2\">SB32 by Sen. Smitherman: To create the definition of machinegun, and to provide for mandatory enhanced sentences for a person who causes the death of another by means of a <\/span><span class=\"s2\">machinegun or causes an injury by means of a machinegun (Senate Judiciary\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s2\">Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p23\"><span class=\"s2\">SB33 by Sen. Smitherman: To require couples seeking to enter into a marriage to complete a premarital conflict resolution class before the marriage may be recorded (Senate Judiciary <\/span><span class=\"s2\">Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p23\"><span class=\"s2\">SB34 by Sen. Smitherman: To require instruction in violence prevention, conflict resolution, and mediation before graduation from high school (Senate Education Policy Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p23\"><span class=\"s2\">SB36 by Sen. Kitchens: To provide further for who is subject to state competitive bid laws, to provide further for electronic bid submissions, to provide further for the procedures for <\/span><span class=\"s2\">protesting certain competitive bid contracts, and to revise requirements for\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s2\">disclosure statement forms (Senate County and Municipal Government\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s2\">Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-6\" style=\"margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;\">\n<div class=\"zox-post-ad-wrap\"><span class=\"zox-ad-label\">Advertisement. Scroll to continue reading.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p23\"><span class=\"s2\">SB43 by Sen. Melson: To bar enforcement of contractual provisions between health insurers and health care providers and pharmacists which forbid or penalize disclosure of information <\/span><span class=\"s2\">to patients about the cost and availability or treatment or drugs (Senate Banking\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s2\">and Insurance Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p23\"><span class=\"s2\">SB46 by Sen. Sessions: To authorize the governing body of a Class 2 municipality (Mobile) to establish a delegation agreement with the Alabama Department of Environmental <\/span><span class=\"s2\">Management to enforce the Alabama Scrap Tire Environmental Quality Act\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s2\">(Senate Mobile County Legislation Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p23\"><span class=\"s2\">SB74 by Sen. Weaver: To require the State Board of Education to create a cyber safety education program, to provide parameters for the curriculum of the program and the <\/span><span class=\"s2\">training or instructors, and to require the state board to adopt rules and local\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s2\">boards of education to implement the program (Senate Education Policy <\/span><span class=\"s2\">Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p24\"><span class=\"s2\">SB76 by Sen. Weaver: To provide an exemption from jury service for nursing mothers (Senate Judiciary Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p23\"><span class=\"s2\">SB92 by Sen. Chesteen: To prohibit the use, operation, and possession of wireless communication devices on certain public school properties, to require local boards of education <\/span><span class=\"s2\">to adopt an Internet safety policy, and to require students to complete a social\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s2\">media safety course prior to entering the eighth grade (Senate Education Policy\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s2\">Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p23\"><span class=\"s2\">SB107 by Sen. Sessions: To provide for the recalculation of the distribution of the proceeds to municipalities as a result of annexation, deannexation, or incorporation (Senate <\/span><span class=\"s2\">Finance and Taxation General Fund Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p24\"><span class=\"s2\">SB112 by Sen. Orr: Education Trust Fund Budget (Senate Finance and Taxation Education Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-6\" style=\"margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;\">\n<div class=\"zox-post-ad-wrap\"><span class=\"zox-ad-label\">Advertisement. Scroll to continue reading.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p23\"><span class=\"s2\">SB113 by Sen. Orr: Supplemental Appropriations from the Education Trust Fund totaling $524,276,588 (Senate Finance and Taxation Education Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p23\"><span class=\"s2\">SB116 by Sen. Barfoot: To prohibit persons from possessing a part or combination of parts designed or intended to convert a pistol into a machine gun (Senate Judiciary Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p23\"><span class=\"s2\">SB117 by Sen. Barfoot: To authorize certain municipalities to enter into memorandums of understanding with sheriffs regarding traffic enforcement (Senate Judiciary Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p23\"><span class=\"s2\">SB118 by Sen Barfoot: A proposed Constitutional Amendment to provide for additional offenses that would allow a judge to deny bail under certain circumstances (Senate Judiciary <\/span><span class=\"s2\">Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p23\"><span class=\"s2\">SB119 by Sen. Barfoot: To further provide for the list of persons prohibited from possessing a firearm, and to increase the penalty for the offense of discharging a firearm into an <\/span><span class=\"s2\">occupied dwelling, building or other designated space (Senate Judiciary\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s2\">Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p23\"><span class=\"s2\">SB129 by Sen. Bell: To establish immunity for law enforcement officers from civil liability and criminal prosecution, and to provide exceptions to such immunities (Senate Judiciary <\/span><span class=\"s2\">Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p23\"><span class=\"s2\">SB131 by Sen. Livingston: To provide for the standardization of certain building codes in the state, and to authorize certain coastal counties and municipalities to adopt supplemental <\/span><span class=\"s2\">coastal building codes (Senate County and Municipal Government Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-6\" style=\"margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;\">\n<div class=\"zox-post-ad-wrap\"><span class=\"zox-ad-label\">Advertisement. Scroll to continue reading.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s2\">NOTABLE FLOOR ACTION THIS WEEK\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3 class=\"p14\"><span class=\"s2\">HOUSE FLOOR\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p12\"><span class=\"s2\">The House passed several Sunset bills aimed at continuing various state agencies\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s2\">including the Board of Podiatry, the Home Builders Licensure Board, the Board\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s2\">of Chiropractic Examiners, the Board of Physical Therapy, and the Board of\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s2\">Midwifery.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p14\"><span class=\"s2\">SENATE FLOOR\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p23\"><span class=\"s2\">SB4 by Sen. Elliott: To authorize certain public entities to contract with a nonpublic K-12 school to provide school resource officers in certain circumstances, and to require public <\/span><span class=\"s2\">entities to charge the nonpublic school for the full cost of employing any school\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s2\">resource officer.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p23\"><span class=\"s2\">SB78 by Sen. Weaver: To prohibit the possession or use of certain inhalants and other chemical compounds, including butyl nitrite, nitrous oxide, or amyl nitrite, except under <\/span><span class=\"s2\">certain circumstances.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p23\"><span class=\"s2\">SB79 by Sen. Weaver: To define man, woman, boy, girl, father, mother, male, female and sex for purposes of state law, to provide policy of the differences between sexes, to <\/span><span class=\"s2\">provide that state and local public entities may establish separate single-sex\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s2\">spaces or environments in certain circumstances, and to require the state or\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s2\">political subdivisions that collect vital statistics related to sex as male or female\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s2\">for certain purposes to identify each individual as either male or female at birth\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s2\">(As substituted).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s2\">NOTABLE COMMITTEE ACTION THIS WEEK\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3 class=\"p14\"><span class=\"s2\">HOUSE COMMITTEES\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p19\"><span class=\"s2\">HB2 by Rep. Brown: To require written consent of a parent or legal guardian for any minor to receive a vaccination, with exceptions (House Judiciary Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p15\"><span class=\"s2\">HB93 by Rep. Brown: To exempt all property used by the Alabama State Port Authority from the state personal property inventory and audit requirements (House State Government <\/span><span class=\"s2\">Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p14\"><span class=\"s2\">SENATE COMMITTEES\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p23\"><span class=\"s2\">SB6 by Sen. Elliott: To further provide for the appointment of county and municipal library boards and to provide reporting requirements (Senate County and Municipal <\/span><span class=\"s2\">Government Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-6\" style=\"margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;\">\n<div class=\"zox-post-ad-wrap\"><span class=\"zox-ad-label\">Advertisement. Scroll to continue reading.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p23\"><span class=\"s2\">SB53 by Sen. Kitchens: To require an administrator of a state, county, or municipal jail, or his or her designee, to attempt to determine whether an individual arrested and detained <\/span><span class=\"s2\">in the jail is an illegal alien, and to establish the crimes of concealing an illegal\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s2\">alien and human smuggling (Senate County and Municipal Government\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s2\">Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p23\"><span class=\"s2\">SB63 by Sen. Bell: To require law enforcement agencies to collect fingerprints and DNA from any illegal alien in the agency\u2019s custody and submit the fingerprints and DNA for <\/span><span class=\"s2\">testing or cataloging (Senate County and Municipal Government Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p23\"><span class=\"s2\">SB77 by Sen. Weaver: To require money transmission businesses to collect on outgoing international electronic wire transfers a fee and percentage, and provide that the fees <\/span><span class=\"s2\">collected be periodically deposited into the Sheriffs\u2019 Immigration Enforcement\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s2\">and Detainer Fund (Senate County and Municipal Government Committee).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 -->\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Alabama Legislature convened for its annual Regular Session on Tuesday, February 4. As the annual Session is limited by law to 30 session days within a 105 calendar day period, the Session must conclude by May 19, 2025. The Legislature generally meets Tuesday through Thursday of each week. 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