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• Uh, it's no secret that Alabama has had some struggling challenges with, uh, rural health care over the
• It'll be paid for by the three largest health insurers in Alabama.
• What will be added to their premiums when we include these extra mandates? I I love all that.
• What will be added to the consumer?
• But, you know, we're adding another, in my opinion, hefty obligation to this in the fiscal note.

Bills: SB9, HB400, SB9, HB400

Keywords: Alabama Athletic Commission, Attorney General, criminal penalties, unarmed combat, regulation, boxing, mixed martial arts, civil fines, dental insurance, benefit rollover, healthcare, insurance policy, annual maximum, smoking ban, vaping, public health, indoor air quality, clean air, ambulance services, health insurance

Bills: SB137

Keywords: sewer, wastewater, public service commission, PSC, utility regulation, private utility, regulated utility, affiliated system, consolidation, rate jurisdiction, rate setting, wastewater management entity, common ownership, control, Jefferson County Board of Health, local constitutional amendment, public utilities, Alabama Code Title 37, Alabama Code Title 22, certification

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• . >> He's busy in our committee today.
• And if you think about what is the mission of the Military Stability Commission, to make Alabama the
• Military-friendly protects our military assets from moving out of the state of Alabama.
• Is there any more business before this committee? >> Mr.
• business before this committee? business before this committee?

Bills: HB292, HB307, SB33, HB292, HB307, SB33

Keywords: economic development, incentives, transparency, compliance, Alabama Jobs Act, speedy trial, visiting judge, court administration, public interest, criminal justice, SB33, marriage, premarital class, conflict resolution, marriage license reform, probate judge, Administrative Office of Courts, AOC, domestic violence, intimate partner violence

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• This is a bill that works with the Alabama State Board of Public Accountancy.
• We are adding that back so that we are still evaluating the master's degree.
• It makes the rules align with the North Alabama Registry of Midwife rules.
• Isn't that the North Alabama Registry of Finhere that was? >> Yes. Okay.
• Any further business for the committee to consider for the good of the people of the state of Alabama

Bills: HB59, HB128, HB59, HB128

Keywords: early voting, electoral participation, voting centers, Alabama elections, absentee ballot, HB128, Alabama Board of Nursing, Sunset Law, sunset review, nursing board, nurse licensure, registered nurse, RN, licensed practical nurse, LPN, advanced practice nursing, certified registered nurse anesthetist, CRNA, consumer member, board appointments

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• This changes the makeup of the board of trustees of the University of South Alabama.
• Committee members, I really like the energy that we are putting out today. Let's keep it up.
• One thing that the Alabama Association of Counties did request that we add in the...
• They requested that, and so we added that into the bills. Yeah.
• Chairman, committee.

Bills: HB442, HB459, HB90, HB91, HB461, HB481

Keywords: codification, Code of Alabama 1975, cumulative supplement, replacement volume, technical corrections, code cleanup, state code update, local laws, Secretary of State, Code Commissioner, Thomson Reuters, boating violation, scrivener's error, typographical correction, clerical correction, legislative housekeeping, 2024 Regular Session, 2025 session statutes, county local laws, official code publication

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• From committee members, if you'll hold your questions till the end.
• Chair Blackshere, Vice Chair Wit, and members of the committee.
• We provide essential services to people in Alabama.
• I'm with the Alabama Securities Commission.
• So, right now in Alabama, we don't care how you register with us.

Bills: HB297

Keywords: cash transactions, money transmission, regulatory compliance, criminal penalties, Alabama Securities Commission, 1136, house, all

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• Thank you, Chairman, and thank you, committee.
• Good morning, committee. He’s a troublemaker.
• Welcome to the committee. Thank you for being here.
• Our first recommendation is to establish the Alabama Veterans Resource... establish the Alabama Veterans
• Currently, the Alabama... program in Alabama.

Bills: SB241, HB304, HB295, HB361

Keywords: criminal enterprise, database, law enforcement, crime management, Alabama law, impoundment, driver licenses, vehicle redemption, local identification cards, HB295, Alabama National Guard, military punishment, non-judicial punishment, Article 15, court-martial, special court-martial, disciplinary measures, commanding officer, Adjutant General, Governor

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• The Senate Transportation Committee will reconvene.
• That's the ad valorem increase since that was brought up. Right. So thank you, Mr. Ryan. Thank you.
• Or the committee substitute.
• Or the committee substitute.
• And I think there's a committee substitute. And there is a committee substitute.

Bills: SB39, SB2129, SB2141, SB2246, SB2323, SB2439, SB2722

Keywords: commercial motor vehicle, truck liability, motor carrier, trucking, civil liability, respondeat superior, negligent entrustment, negligent maintenance, negligent loading, negligent repair, bifurcated trial, exemplary damages, punitive damages, personal injury, collision, employer liability, vicarious liability, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, Texas tort reform, commercial truck accident

Summary: The Senate Transportation Committee reconvened on SB 2722, as substituted by Senator Bettencourt, which would redirect a portion of Harris County Toll Road Authority surplus revenues to the City of Houston and impose audit and tax-rate penalty provisions. Houston Police Chief Noe Diaz and Fire Chief Thomas Munoz testified in support, arguing that Houston bears a large share of toll-road public safety burdens, citing thousands of police and fire responses on toll-road property and the need for compensation for emergency services. Bill King, testifying neutrally, said the toll authority generates large excess revenues and urged stronger oversight and clearer controls on how the money is spent. Opponents, including Harris County officials, business and neighborhood representatives, and toll-road critics, argued the bill would divert transportation dollars, create a precedent for taking toll revenues for general municipal use, and could worsen project delivery and incentives; several also questioned the accuracy and interpretation of the revenue figures and the lack of comparable audit requirements for the city. The committee took extensive testimony but left SB 2722 pending without a vote. The committee then heard SB 2129, which would increase fines for motorists who disregard railroad crossing gates or flaggers, and SB 2323, which would redact railroad crew members’ personal information from public accident reports. Both bills were presented as safety measures, with railroad labor testimony in support, and both were left pending after brief public testimony. The committee also heard SB 2141, a Zaffirini bill concerning specialty license plates for judges, with the substitute aimed at reducing security risks by changing how judges are identified on plates; it too was left pending. Finally, the committee heard SB 2439, another Zaffirini bill, described as a TDLR cleanup measure related to ATV and off-highway vehicle safety certification. The bill would abolish the current training and certification program, which supporters said was burdensome and underused given the small number of approved instructors statewide. With no significant opposition on the record, the committee closed testimony and left SB 2439 pending as well.

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• So the first thing this bill is changing is it from an advisory commission to a management committee.
• What is the significance of changing it from an advisory commission to a management committee?
• But right now, because the committee is just advisory, we don't feel that it is specific to what the
• What happens if the advisory committee wants to do one thing and the governor wants to do another?
• well, I don't like that the advisory—well, they're just an advisory committee, so I'm going to do whatever

Bills: SB238, HJR1, SM21, SM22

Keywords: Governor's Residence, management committee, government administration, New Mexico, advisory, commission, general services, nominating committees, boards of regents, student representation, political party registration, New Mexico constitution, overdose prevention centers, harm reduction, drug overdose, opioid crisis, substance use disorder, public health, addiction treatment, naloxone

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• We'll reconvene the Workforce Development Committee. If the clerk would please take the roll.
• Committee will provide the update.
• So it's a time-limited committee. And we talked about that. ...of the licensing standards.
• So it's a time-limited committee. And we talked about that in the last meeting.
• What are the thoughts of the committee? I think we can go forward with the amended version.

Bills: HB1119

Keywords: child care, childcare, day care, daycare, early childhood education, child care licensing, provider licensing, child care regulations, administrative rules, Department of Health and Human Services, HHS, licensing advisory committee, child care providers, group child care, preschool programs, child to provider ratios, square footage requirements, staff training, certification requirements, child care funding

Summary: The Workforce Development Committee reconvened to consider House Bill 1119 with amendment version 02005. Senator Hogan explained that the amendment removed a section requiring the Department of Human Services to respond to legislative management, in order to make the bill feel more like a program evaluation than an audit and to avoid placing an unreasonable burden on the executive branch. The amendment also clarified that the Child Care Advisory Committee would provide an update and that the committee would dissolve after the rewrite of licensing standards, making it a time-limited body. Committee members discussed the bill as a novel approach to forming a group to study an issue and then disbanding after reporting back. Senator Larson noted the concept was similar to broader performance-review ideas, and Senator Hogan said the Legislative Council program evaluation effort was parallel to, but separate from, other performance-review proposals. The committee then voted 4-0-1 to adopt the amendment. Afterward, the committee moved to give House Bill 1119, as amended, a do pass recommendation. That motion also passed on a roll call vote, and the committee adjourned.

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• Chairman, members of the committee.
• Chairman, members of the committee.
• The Sabin Center is the West Alabama STEM hub, and the Central East Alabama STEM hub is the McWane Center
• So we have the North Alabama STEM that.
• > the central East Alabama STEM hub is the central East Alabama STEM hub is the Mcuane<00:16:52.399

Bills: HB130, HB190, HB123, HB250, HB130, HB190, HB123, HB250

Keywords: HB130, Alabama Board of Licensure for Professional Geologists, Sunset Law, sunset review, licensure board, professional geologists, geology, geologist licensing, board appointments, congressional district representation, gubernatorial appointments, state boards and commissions, professional licensing, regulatory board, Alabama Code 34-41-4, environmental engineering, geotechnical engineering, mining industry, petroleum industry, geological sciences

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• Chair and committee.
• Chairman, committee... Mr.
• Okay, so, uh the Alabama...
• committee.
• I believe in... committee.

Bills: SB156, SB134, SB108, SB47, SB88, SB89, SB106, SB18, SB9, HB38, HB54

Keywords: habitual felony offender, resentencing, Alabama Department of Corrections, victim notification, criminal justice reform, life sentences, parole eligibility, pardon, parole, law enforcement, GPS monitoring, data sharing, mail theft, stolen mail, criminal penalties, personally identifying information, felony, misdemeanor, SB47, Alabama

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• It removes references to the Accelerate Alabama strategic economic development plan and aligns relevant
• Committee, HB528 has to do with unconscionable prices during a declared emergency.

Bills: HB435

Keywords: manufactured homes, certificate of title, Alabama Department of Revenue, homeowner, vehicle registration, 923, senate, all

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• And this meeting of the Children and Senior Advocacy Committee is open for business.
• Thank you, Madam Chair, committee members. I appreciate you meeting.
• We've got a great child advocacy center in Mobile, but I've never heard of the Alabama Network of Children's
• , or will this be... get individual funding, or will this be collective funding from the state of Alabama

Bills: HB493

Keywords: child advocacy centers, certification, funding allocation, Alabama Network, forensic evaluation, children's welfare, 1136, house, all

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• But, uh, this addresses issues that committee members... address issues that committee members had last
• Several committee members were asking what that entails. It is already existing code.
• What we added to address concerns from last week. We'll start on line 75. It states...
• And once again, if the committee would come back, we need to take this out, we can take it out.
• Several committee members had questions, so we'll add that just to clarify.

Bills: HB493

Keywords: child advocacy centers, certification, funding allocation, Alabama Network, forensic evaluation, children's welfare, 1136, house, all

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• I spoke to most of you last year on this committee.
• Any questions or comments from the committee? ...from the committee? Senator: Mr.
• Let me just tell you, I'm willing to support it to get our committee...
• Committee: Aye. Chair: All opposed? Committee: No.
• Committee: Aye. [Laughter]

Bills: SB207, SB72

Keywords: cotton, agriculture, levy, assessment, referendum, Alabama law, medical cannabis, cannabis license, integrated facility license, Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission, AMCC, medical marijuana, dispensary, cultivation, processing, license appeal, administrative hearing, judicial review, consultant selection, license denial

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• Alabama like 22 other states have.
• The only difference is it added a different... ... difference is it added a different section for Section
• Thank you, committee members.
• I hear from judges and other committees that I'm on... judges and other committees that I'm on, that
• Say yes to get the bill out of committee with some reservations. out of committee with some reservations

Bills: SB76, SB35, SB116, SB119, SB118, SB129, SB32, SB31, SB115, SB75, HB27, HB40

Keywords: jury duty, nursing mothers, exemption, legal rights, parental responsibilities, sexual extortion, criminal law, felony, threat, blackmail, SB116, machine gun conversion devices, switches, pistol conversion device, auto sear, firearm accessories, machine gun, automatic weapon, semiautomatic pistol, gun control

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• This is a very, very narrow—we are not striving to change franchise law in Alabama, and I made very careful
• In committee. All right. Next bill, SB 166. Senator Figures. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
• Chairman, and members of the committee. Thank you. SB 187. Senator Gavan.
• Chairman, and members of the committee. Chairman, and members of the committee.
• Quick committee. Thank y'all. >> All right. Quick committee. Thank y'all. >> All right.

Bills: SB138, SB166, SB117

Keywords: franchise, franchisor, franchisee, religious freedom, religious accommodation, sincerely held belief, Sunday closing, Sabbath, day of worship, contract law, commercial contracts, renewal, amendment, brand standards, small business, business hours, civil penalties, injunctive relief, attorney fees, Alabama

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• Oh, there's an amendment that we need to be added. That amendment.
• Well, I'm just throwing out to the committee for comment.
• A few short years ago, I was not on the committee and you were.
• Representative Alman has proposed if the committee is inclined to... proposed if the committee is inclined
• I renew my motion to send this to some committee.

Bills: HB265, HB146, SB254, HB202, HB3, HB42, SB18

Keywords: resisting arrest, penalties, criminal justice, law enforcement, public safety, youthful offender, capital murder, victims' rights, immunity, civil liability, use of force, recruitment, illegal alien, enhanced sentencing, criminal offenses, minor victims, felonies, Alabama legislature, bail reform, cash deposit

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• Let's call the State Government Committee to order.
• Uh, 559 is the first of its kind in the state of Alabama.
• Chairman and committee. >> Thank you, Mr. Chairman and committee.
• Uh, I've been committee uh commission.
• <00:13:21.040> to then the executive branch was added to then the executive branch was added

Bills: HB530, HB559, SB317, HB568, HB530, HB559, SB317, HB568

Keywords: tax exemption, Kidz Eatz, sales tax, non-profit, local government, loitering, mask mandate, public safety, school policy, college regulations, law enforcement, Alabama Innovation Corporation, board of directors, staggered terms, economic development, entrepreneurship, voting rights, restoration, pardons, Parole Board