Alabama House Bills

Covington County; sheriff authorized to sell certain abandoned, unclaimed, or stolen property and firearms, auction and disposition of funds provided, constitutional amendment

Fair Campaign Practices Act; authorize notifications of civil penalties by electronic mail in lieu of certified mail in certain circumstances

Montgomery County; judge of probate, fundraising activities authorized

Montgomery County; judge of probate, authorized to register wills

Incarceration; to provide required time periods in the administration of the Lawrence County Community Corrections and Court Services Fund

Roger David Perkins, commended

Tuscaloosa County; county employees, probationary period required for new employees, part-time employees authorized

Crimes and offenses; bail jumping in the third degree, established

Juvenile proceedings; court required to notify local superintendent of education or private K-12 school principal of charging or adjudicating an enrolled student delinquent for committing certain criminal offenses

Omega Psi Phi Day, recognized

Montgomery County; judge of probate, credit card use authorized

Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority Day, recognized

National Guard; duties of Legal Services Office positions revised and further provide for

Wilcox County; ad valorem taxes, additional tax established

Vital statistics; date of disposition on death certificates prohibited

Alabama Commission on Higher Education, ReEngage Alabama Grant Program, minimum age of adult learner decreased, eligibility requirements revised.

Paul H. Reynolds, commended

Taxation; to eliminate the sales tax on food over a four year period

Daphne Girls Wrestling Team, congratulated

Board of Registrars; background checks required, authorize pay during emergencies, qualification for compensation during holidays and emergencies specified

Dr. Michael Oliver, celebrated

Human trafficking; crime of human trafficking in the first degree, minimum sentence imposed for subjecting victim to sexual servitude

Tourism; creates a grant program for boosting state tourism economies affected by global trade disruptions and foreign travel slowdowns; creates a competitive grant program to fund tourism-related infrastructure projects; creates international and domestic marketing campaigns; establishes the Tourism Sector Economic Monitoring Council

Alabama Math and Science Teacher Education Program (AMSTEP), renamed the Loan Assistance in Support of Educators in Alabama (LASEA) Program; providing loan assistance in acute educator shortage programs as determined by the Alabama Commission on Higher Education in consultation with the State Department of Education and the Alabama Commission on the Evaluation of Services

Henry Loyd Ivey, honored

250th Anniversary of the United States, celebrated

Public K-12 education; Bill of Rights in the Classroom Act, publication of standardized version by State Department of Education required, display of the Bill of Rights in classrooms and on local board of education websites required, reporting process and remedies for noncompliance provided

Income Taxes; to provide a one-time refundable income tax credit to qualified taxpayers

Beginning Farmer and Succession Continuity Act established; income tax credit, fund, and loan guarantee program created.

Water and sewer commissioner boards; local government approval to sell or develop certain real property required