Alabama Senate Bills

Jury duty; exemption for nursing mothers

Crimes and offenses, crimes of concealing an illegal alien and human smuggling established, process for determining if a detainee is an illegal alien established

Health care providers; prohibit enforcement of contractual terms that restrict sharing cost information to patients and consumers

Veterans benefits; parameters imposed on businesses advising clients on making claims for benefits; violations a deceptive trade practice

Consent to medical treatment; age at which minor may consent to medical treatment revised, exceptions further provided for

Development of recommendations for the enhancement of rural Alabama through the Alabama Growth Alliance and the Alabama Rural Roadmap initiative, encouraged

Expungement; hearing requirement further provided for

Property; governmental body authorized to allow condemned abandoned state road to revert back to original landowner once deemed unusable

Navigable and non-navigable waters; operating motor vehicles on submerged lands prohibited, subject to exceptions; criminal penalties provided

Crimes and offenses; crime of mail theft, established; penalties, provided

Voting, statewide voter registration database, identifying voter address changes, Electronic Registration Information Center removed as verification database; Secretary of State authorized to update lists using other databases

Alabama Justice Information Center, reporting requirements, further provided

William Howard Mays, Jr., honored

Judge David Breland, death mourned

Morgan County Education Retirees Association, commended

A Day of Hope, recognized

SkillsUSA State Competition Competitors, commended

Adoption, Minor Adoption Code and Adult Adoption Code revised, procedures related to investigations, service of notice, and revocation of consent further provided for, duties of Department of Human Resources further provided for

Conservation and natural resources, scope of licenses further provided for

Property; to authorize limited liability company officers to take acknowledgments and proof of conveyances under certain circumstances

Geneva County, section providing for compensation of superintendent of education, repealed

Madison County, compensation of the sheriff further provided for

Madison County, boundary lines and corporate limits of the City of New Hope further provided for

Town of Saint Florian in Lauderdale County, corporate limits altered

Alabama Drycleaning Response Trust Fund Board, requirement that the Alabama Department of Environmental Management prevent involvement of other units of government in contamination problems deleted; required minimum balance in Alabama Drycleaning Environmental Response Trust Fund reduced from one million to two hundred fifty thousand dollars

Alabama Innovation Corporation, staggered terms for board of directors provided

ABC Board; establishing a new license for an educational tourism distillery

Alabama 21st Century Authority, use of available funds further provided for

Alcoholic beverage licenses; to license storage of alcoholic beverages to dispense at special events, including government venues

Public highways; procedure for issuance of permit for access to state rights-of-way on public highways, further provided

Lee County; county engineer, functions, duties, and responsibilities, further provided

Powering Growth Act established, Alabama Energy Infrastructure Bank and the Strategic Energy Procurement Fund established under the State Industrial Development Authority to assist in obtaining equipment and providing financing for qualified energy infrastructure projects

Public K-12 education, instruction on success sequence required, State Board of Education to develop model curriculum and adopt rules

Barbour County, qualifications and training of sheriff further provided for

Alabama Teacher Paperwork Streamlining Act, State Department of Education required to develop unified digital platform for consolidating and sharing documentation relating to the Alabama Literacy Act, Alabama Numeracy Act, Individualized Education Programs, and other educational programs

Alabama State House; Legislative Council authorized to contract for demolition of existing building when new state house constructed; disposition of property and materials in building prior to demolition authorized

Municipalities, natural and manufactured gas utilities, certain fees and charges in connection with the use public streets and places restricted

Mobile County; amend definition of municipal tax lien to authorize the inclusion of certain weed liens on a tax bill under certain circumstances; deem municipality as prevailing party in certain bid auctions resulting in a tie; authorize municipality to enter property to make repairs under certain circumstances; and authorize tax collecting official to sell a tax lien under certain circumstances.

Massage Therapy Licensing Board temporarily under Board of Nursing; authorize Executive Director of the Board of Nursing, or designee to perform certain functions; define and provide for emergency order; clarify status of practice with a temporary permit; provide for annual meeting; require a majority vote to discipline licensee; provide further for the qualifications for licensing and the contents of an application; outcall massage therapy services and inspections of massage therapy establishments; to authorize the board, by rule, to establish and collect reasonable fees; to provide further for investigations, discipline, and fingerprinting of licensees and applicants for licensing; and to provide further for massage therapy schools.

Theft of employee retirement benefits, crime created

Crimes and offenses, establishment, development, management, and maintenance of Alabama Criminal Enterprise Database provided for

Regional Mental Health Authority Boards; to revise membership and qualifications

Alabama Ad Valorem Advisory Committee, membership revised

Employees' Retirement System; retired firemedics, return to work without suspension of retirement allowance

Public K-12 education; local superintendent of education, or designee, to be point person to communicate with local law enforcement on behalf of school district for school bus safety issues including alleged crimes and violations

Move on When Ready; program established to allow qualifying high school junior and seniors to enroll full time at eligible community college, course approval provided for, Move on When Ready Fund created, Alabama Community College System required to administer

Consumer protection; filter requirements on Internet enabled devices, penalties for violation

Alabama Film Office renamed, Entertainment Industry Incentive Act of 2009 amended, maximum expenditure threshold eligible for rebates increased, annual cap increased, unspent incentives carried forward

Business taxes, requires annual reports from counties and municipalities, provides for causes of action, and revises the jurisdiction of the Alabama Tax Tribunal

Convicted felons; restrictions on obtaining occupational licenses by convicted felons revised; certificate of employability for convicted felons created; immunity to employers provided

Immigration, requires law enforcement agencies to collect and submit fingerprints and DNA from illegal aliens in custody

Agriculture authorities; authorized to terminate or move easements via eminent domain

Driver licenses; use of foreign national driver licenses as photo identification for voting prohibited

Coach Safely Act; procedures and penalties for noncompliant youth athletic associations, provided

Certain municipal water works boards reconstituted, operating procedures further provided for

Lee County; Lee County Revenue Commissioner authorized to perform duties of selling and redeeming land for taxes

Community development districts, annexation of a district into a municipality authorized

Jefferson County, filling of vacancies on county commission and election dates further provided for

The Cook Museum of Natural Science, commended

Alabama Center for the Arts, commended