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Bill J. Dukes: Bill J. Dukes was a Democrat from Decatur, AL. Bill J. Dukes died on December 18, 2014 at the age of 9.
SB162 Alabama 2023 Session: Alabama Bill SB162 concerning Relating to the Alabama State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners; to amend Section 34-29-67, Code of Alabama 1975, to increase the daily stipend for board members; and to authorize the board to increase the amount of the daily stipend at its discretion by rule.
SB59 Alabama 2023 Session: Alabama Bill SB59 concerning Relating to disclosure of certain personal information; to prohibit public agencies from collecting, disclosing, or releasing certain personal information about members of, volunteers for, and financial and nonfinancial donors to nonprofit organizations, except as required by law; and to provide civil and criminal penalties for violation of these prohibitions; and in connection therewith would have as its purpose or effect the requirement of a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of Section 111.05 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022.
HB296 Alabama 2023 Session: Alabama Bill HB296 concerning Relating to the United States Armed Forces; to include the United States Space Force in all collective references to the United States Armed Forces.
HB210 Alabama 2023 Session: Alabama Bill HB210 concerning Relating to mandatory motor vehicle liability insurance; to amend Section 32-7A-5, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide an exception to allow an individual on active military duty, whose motor vehicle is registered in Alabama but who, as a result of his or her military assignment, is required to reside in another state, to satisfy the requirement for mandatory motor vehicle liability insurance by purchasing liability coverage in the state where residing on active military duty or assignment in an amount equal to or greater than the minimum amount required in Alabama.
HB207 Alabama 2023 Session: Alabama Bill HB207 concerning Relating to the Alabama Sunset Law; to continue the existence and functioning of the Alabama Board of Examiners of Landscape Architects until October 1, 2027.
HB135 Alabama 2023 Session: Alabama Bill HB135 concerning Relating to Tallapoosa County, to revise the salary of the sheriff.
HB60 Alabama 2023 Session: Alabama Bill HB60 concerning Relating to the Alabama Department of Insurance; to amend Sections 27-7-5, 27-7-14.1, 27-9A-6, 27-9A-8, 27-9A-9, 27-9A-11, 27-25-4.1, and 27-25-4.3, Code of Alabama 1975, to delete the requirement for insurance producers, independent adjusters, apprentice independent adjusters, and title insurance agents to complete a prelicensing course of study approved by the Commissioner of Insurance prior to licensure by the department; and to eliminate the issuance of new service representative licenses prospectively and to authorize a current licensee to renew his or her license.
SB197 Alabama 2023 Session: Alabama Bill SB197 concerning Relating to state agencies; to require state agencies to take certain measures to prevent fraud before paying benefits to recipients.
SB143 Alabama 2023 Session: Alabama Bill SB143 concerning Relating to crimes and offenses; to add Article 12, commencing with Section 13A-6-260, to Chapter 6 of Title 13A to the Code of Alabama 1975, to identify gang members, to enhance penalties for any criminal activity that benefits, promotes, or furthers the interest of a gang, and to establish mandatory consecutive penalties for any firearm possession in certain circumstances; to amend Section 12-15-204, Code of Alabama 1975, to require any juvenile 16 years of age or older to be tried as an adult for any gang related criminal activity; and in connection therewith would have as its purpose or effect the requirement of a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of Section 111.05 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022.
SB108 Alabama 2023 Session: Alabama Bill SB108 concerning Relating to public contracts; to amend Sections 41-16-50, 41-16-51, 41-16-52, 41-16-53, 41-16-54, and 41-16-55, Code of Alabama 1975, to increase the threshold dollar amount for which competitive bidding is generally required for certain state and local public awarding authorities, with exceptions; to provide a legislative method for the increase of the threshold dollar amount; and in connection therewith would have as its purpose or effect the requirement of a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of Section 111.05 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022.
SB94 Alabama 2023 Session: Alabama Bill SB94 concerning Relating to juvenile probation services; to amend Section 12-5A-13 of the Code of Alabama 1975, to include Shelby County in the counties where juvenile court services are under the control of the state court system and the Administrative Office of Courts.
SB73 Alabama 2023 Session: Alabama Bill SB73 concerning Relating to electric bicycles; to amend Section 32-5A-267, Code of Alabama 1975, to further provide minimum age requirements for the operation of certain electric bicycles; and to require the use of helmets during the operation of electric bicycles; and in connection therewith would have as its purpose or effect the requirement of a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of Section 111.05 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022.
SB17 Alabama 2023 Session: Alabama Bill SB17 concerning Relating to the United States Armed Forces; to include the United States Space Force in all collective references to the United States Armed Forces.
SB14 Alabama 2023 Session: Alabama Bill SB14 concerning Relating to marital and domestic relations; to amend Section 30-5-5, Code of Alabama 1975, to further provide for exemption from court costs and fees for certain actions related to protection orders.
SB3 Alabama 2023 Session: Alabama Bill SB3 concerning To alter, rearrange, and extend the boundary lines and corporate limits of the City of Bay Minette in Baldwin County.
HB301 Alabama 2023 Session: Alabama Bill HB301 concerning Relating to firearms; to amend Section 13A-11-84, Code of Alabama 1975; to establish a list of criminal offenses deemed felonies dangerous to human life; to provide enhanced criminal penalties for the possession, brandishing, or discharge of a firearm during the commission of a felony dangerous to human life; to provide prohibitions on the possession of a firearm by certain individuals released on bond or personal recognizance for certain underlying criminal offenses; to prohibit the possession of a firearm by certain individuals convicted of a felony dangerous to human life under certain conditions; to provide criminal penalties for a violation; to make; and in connection therewith would have as its purpose or effect the requirement of a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of Section 111.05 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022.
HB266 Alabama 2023 Session: Alabama Bill HB266 concerning Act 2022-427, 2022 Regular Session, now appearing as Sections 43-8-213 and 43-8-215, Code of Alabama 1975, is amended to read as follows:
HB257 Alabama 2023 Session: Alabama Bill HB257 concerning Relating to economic development; to add Article 2D, commencing with Section 41-10-47.01, to Chapter 10 of Title 41, Code of Alabama 1975; to authorize the State Industrial Development Authority to make site assessment grants and site development grants to certain companies; to provide for the criteria that must be met for grant approval; to provide for changes to criteria based on economic conditions; to limit the funding that may be received by any site under the grant program; to create the Alabama Site Development Fund and provide for its management; to amend Section 41-10-27.2, Code of Alabama 1975, providing for an annual appropriation to the State Industrial Development Authority, to authorize the appropriation to be expended on the grant program created herein; and to exempt the State Industrial Development Authority and certain economic development organizations from certain state laws.
HB240 Alabama 2023 Session: Alabama Bill HB240 concerning Relating to economic development; to add Section 40-18-379.1 to the Code of Alabama 1975, to require the Department of Commerce to publish certain information regarding economic development incentives awarded under the Alabama Jobs Act.

SB226 Alabama 2023 Session: Alabama Bill SB226 concerning Relating to consent to medical treatment; to amend Sections 22-8-4 and 22-8-6, Code of Alabama 1975; to provide that a minor who is married or divorced may consent to certain medical treatment; and to provide that a pregnant minor may not consent to certain pregnancy-related treatment.
SB225 Alabama 2023 Session: Alabama Bill SB225 concerning Relating to the Department of Corrections; to allow a Department of Corrections law enforcement officer to assist any law enforcement agency with public safety.
SB224 Alabama 2023 Session: Alabama Bill SB224 concerning Relating to crimes and offenses; to amend Section 13A-6-111, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide for the age of a child for the crime of transmitting obscene material to a child by computer; to amend Section 13A-6-240, Code of Alabama 1975, to establish jurisdiction for a violation of distributing a private image; to amend Section 13A-13-3, Code of Alabama 1975, to further provide for the crime of incest; and in connection therewith would have as its purpose or effect the requirement of a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of Section 111.05 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022.
SB223 Alabama 2023 Session: Alabama Bill SB223 concerning Relating to criminal procedure; to amend Section 15-25-39, Code of Alabama 1975, to further provide for the definitions of the Child Physical and Sexual Abuse Victim Protection Act.
SB222 Alabama 2023 Session: Alabama Bill SB222 concerning Relating to the Legislature; to amend Section 29-1-4, 29-2-41, 29-2-41.2, 29-2-80, 29-2-81, 29-2-83, 29-2-201, 29-4-70, 29-5A-22, 29-5A-46, 29-6-1, 29-6-2, 29-6-3, 29-6-7, 41-5A-16, 41-9-370, and 41-9-374, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide further for the date the Legislature convenes during the first year of a regular session; to provide additional time for the Contract Review Committee to review a contract and provide further for certain types of professional contracts; to provide further for property owned by the Legislative Council; to provide contingencies if a vacancy occurs in the Office of the Lieutenant Governor; to provide further for the role of the Code Commissioner and duties of the Legislative Council and Legislative Services Agency; to revise membership of the Joint Legislative Committee on Finances and Budgets; to provide further for tax expenditure reports made by the Legislative Fiscal Officer; to revise when members of the Legislative Committee on Public Accounts are elected; to repeal 29-5A-24 and 29-6-6, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to obsolete duties of the Legislative Reference Service and the Legislative Council; to repeal Sections 17-16-50 through 17-16-53, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the contested election of a legislator; and to delete obsolete language and make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style.
SB221 Alabama 2023 Session: Alabama Bill SB221 concerning Relating to the State Board of Genetic Counseling; to amend Sections 34-13A-3 and 34-13A-10, Code of Alabama 1975, to authorize the board to conduct regular meetings by electronic means; and to authorize the board to make grants to develop training and continuing education programs for genetic counselors.
SB220 Alabama 2023 Session: Alabama Bill SB220 concerning Relating to pharmacists; to amend Section 27-45A-7, Code of Alabama 1975; to authorize a pharmacist to decline to fill a prescription if the pharmacist will be reimbursed for the drug in an amount that is less than the pharmacist's acquisition cost; and to prohibit a pharmacist from being restricted from discussing matters relating to a pharmacy claim with a patient.
SB219 Alabama 2023 Session: Alabama Bill SB219 concerning Relating to building codes; to authorize the use of certain refrigerants and refrigerant-equipped products that are in compliance with the National Clean Air Act.
SB218 Alabama 2023 Session: Alabama Bill SB218 concerning Relating to Pike County; to establish an additional voting center in the county.
SB217 Alabama 2023 Session: Alabama Bill SB217 concerning Relating to underserved communities; to amend Sections 41-23-150, 41-23-151, 41-23-152, and 41-23-153, Code of Alabama 1975, to change the name of the Healthy Food Financing Fund; to further provide for the types of facilities where monies can be used; to further provide for the ways monies can be used; and to limit the sources of funding available under the program.
SB216 Alabama 2023 Session: Alabama Bill SB216 concerning Relating to sentencing; the amend Sections 13A-5-46 and 13A-5-47, Code of Alabama 1975, to require a unanimous vote of a jury to impose a death sentence in a capital murder case; to require a majority vote of a jury to impose a sentence of life imprisonment without parole; to add Sections 13A-5-46.1 and 13A-5-47.2 to the Code of Alabama 1975, to provide for resentencing for certain defendants sentenced for capital murder; to repeal Section 13A-5-47.1, Code of Alabama 1975; and to make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style.
SB215 Alabama 2023 Session: Alabama Bill SB215 concerning Relating to building codes; to create the Healthier Homes Construction Practices Act; to authorize counties and municipalities to adopt procedures for the installation and activation of temporary-permanent electricity or temporary-permanent gas under certain conditions; and to provide certain requirements for the activation.
SB214 Alabama 2023 Session: Alabama Bill SB214 concerning Relating to motor vehicles; to amend Section 32-6-65, Code of Alabama 1975, to confirm that centralized motor vehicle registration is specifically prohibited and it is the legislature's intent that motor vehicle registration shall remain at the county level with no centralized motor vehicle registration system provided by any state agency; to provide for retroactive effect; and to make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style.
SB213 Alabama 2023 Session: Alabama Bill SB213 concerning Relating to the Alabama Bail Reform Act of 1993; to amend Sections 15-13-107, 15-13-111, 15-13-114, 15-13-118, 15-13-125, 15-13-128, 15-13-131, 15-13-132, 15-13-134, 15-13-136, 15-13-137, 15-13-138, 15-13-139, 15-13-140, 15-13-141, 15-13-145, 15-13-159, 15-13-160, and 15-13-164, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide for the acceptance of certain filing fees by the sheriff or jailer; to further define cash bail and property bail; to provide further for the arrest and delivery of a defendant to jail by a surety with no court costs to be entered on the surety; to provide that a surety not be charged for a bondsman's process or for a certified copy of a bond; to require the license number of the bondsman or recovery on a bondsman's process form; to allow a surety to sign for a forfeiture with the clerk of the ordering court; to increase the time frame for which the ordering court has jurisdiction over a forfeiture action; to authorize a bail bondsman to file motions, answers, and notices relating to a defendant who is out on bond with that bondsman; to increase the time frames for providing notice and conducting hearings in conditional forfeiture proceedings; to remove the requirement that a conditional judgment to set aside be made absolute for the entire sum; to provide further for instances when a court may set aside forfeiture and may not release a defendant on judicial public bail; to provide further for eligibility for judicial public bail; to provide further for the amount of new corporate surety bonds and escrow agreements required in counties with populations of 200,000 or more; to provide further for criminal penalties for certain unlawful behavior; to make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style; and in connection therewith would have as its purpose or effect the requirement of a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of Section 111.05 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022.
SB212 Alabama 2023 Session: Alabama Bill SB212 concerning To enact the Pregnancy Resource Act; Relating to income tax; to provide a state income tax credit to individuals and businesses that make contributions to eligible charitable organizations that operate as a pregnancy center or residential maternity facility; and to specify the obligations of the Department of Revenue in implementing the act.
SB211 Alabama 2023 Session: Alabama Bill SB211 concerning Relating to two-year and four-year public institutions of higher education; to amend Section 16-1-52, Code of Alabama 1975, to prohibit a biological male from participating on an athletic team or sport designated for females; to prohibit a biological female from participating on an athletic team or sport designated for males; to prohibit adverse action against a public K-12 school or public two-year or four-year institution of higher education for complying with this act; to prohibit adverse action or retaliation against a student who reports a violation of this act; and to provide a remedy for any student who suffers harm as a result of a violation of this act.
HB343 Alabama 2023 Session: Alabama Bill HB343 concerning Relating to sales tax; to amend Section 40-23-4, as amended by Acts 2022-291, 2022-293, and 2022-373, 2022 Regular Session, Code of Alabama 1975, to revise the sales tax exemption for certain aircraft parts, components, and systems; to remove the provisions regarding military and transport aircraft; and to remove the provision that aircraft must be registered in another state.
HB342 Alabama 2023 Session: Alabama Bill HB342 concerning Relating to alternative teacher preparation programs and teacher certification; to amend Section 2 of Act 2022-239, 2022 Regular Session, now appearing as Section 16-23-3.1, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide additional requirements for programs.
HB341 Alabama 2023 Session: Alabama Bill HB341 concerning Relating to Morgan County; to amend Section 45-52-233.02, Code of Alabama 1975, to further provide for the maintenance of abandoned and stolen personal property by the sheriff; to add Sections 45-52-233.04 through 45-52-233.09, inclusive, to the Code of Alabama 1975, to authorize the sheriff to sell certain abandoned, stolen, and unclaimed property at public auction; to provide for the auction and for the disposition of proceeds; to authorize the sheriff to sell or destroy certain, stolen, or unclaimed firearms; and to make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style.
HB340 Alabama 2023 Session: Alabama Bill HB340 concerning To authorize the Sheriff of Morgan County to establish procedures to make limited purchases using a credit card or debit card provided the proper procedures are followed.

Alabama Needs Common Core Standards, Not More Bureaucratic Obstacles

By Clete Wetli on March 24, 2019 | Opinion

Marsh and his conservative legislator cronies are doing their best to politicize education rather than improve it. Instead of letting educators make informed decisions and do their jobs, Marsh and company seem more interested in forcing public schools to offer Bible classes and to reinsert outdated education standards that are decades old.

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CARE Act – Alabama’s Medical Marijuana Legalization Bill

By Brent Wilson on March 22, 2019

UPDATE: The bill described in this article has been replaced with a substitute bill. You can view the new bill here.

Follow our latest updates on the CARE Act…

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Del Marsh’s New Enthusiasm for Common Core Repeal Pays Off

By Matthew Tyson on March 21, 2019

On Thursday, March 21, the Alabama State Senate passed SB 119 – a bill that would repeal the Alabama College and Career Ready Standards, also known as Common Core. The final vote was

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Del Marsh’s Bill To Help Fund Trump’s Wall Could Have Taxpayers Propping Up General Fund Instead

By Brent Wilson on March 20, 2019

Senator Del Marsh (R – Anniston) wants to let Alabama taxpayers help build President Trump’s border wall via SB 22.

Marsh’s bill would allow taxpayers to check a box on their tax…

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Dauphin Island Could Soon Have Entertainment Districts

By Brent Wilson on March 20, 2019

HB 244 has been signed by Governor Kay Ivey

Dauphin Island may soon be allowed to create up to three entertainment districts if a bill filed by Chip Brown…

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Alabama Lottery 2019 – Everything You Need To Know

By Brent Wilson on March 20, 2019

The Alabama Lottery bill will not be voted on in 2019.

The Alabama Lottery debate is officially back. In the 2019 Legislative Regular Session, Alabama lawmakers will have at least…

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Alabama Needs To Decriminalize Marijuana Possession

By Clete Wetli on March 18, 2019 | Opinion

H.B. 96 is a major first step in reforming harsh sentencing laws that have had a devastating impact on our state. It would certainly relieve pressure on our overburdened courts and judges. Passing H.B. 96 would be a great bipartisan win for our state.

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Alabama Lottery Bill To Be Introduced Tomorrow

By Matthew Tyson on March 18, 2019

The people of Alabama may soon have a chance to vote on a lottery.

Senator Jim McClendon (R, Springville), who represents District 11, plans to submit two bills when the Senate convenes on…

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Term Limit Legislation Filed In Alabama

By Brent Wilson on March 15, 2019

Alabama State Representative David Wheeler wants to make sure that he and other Representatives don’t get too comfortable in their elected positions. Wheeler filed HB 67 which would amend the Alabama Constitution and…

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Alabama HB 96 Would Treat One Ounce of Marijuana As Simple Fine

By Brent Wilson on March 14, 2019

Representative Laura Hall wants to change Alabama’s marijuana laws. Hall has introduced HB 96 which will change what defines unlawful possession of marijuana in the first degree and second degree while also creating…

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