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• And so we've done what we can with an Alabama solution.
• we've done what we can with an Alabama we've done what we can with an Alabama solution.<00:11:13.200
• Alabama Correctional Industries is not just a work program.
• If you look to the second slide after the introduction, at the map of Alabama, uh, some time ago, the
• Birth certificates, we've begun ordering birth certificates through the Alabama Department of Public

Keywords: 924, joint, all

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• Resolution the clerk will read the resolution HR 277 by Ashby recognizing February 18 2025 as Alabama
• Members, today as Alabama Cushata Tribe their day at the state capitol as the oldest native tribe with
• The Alabama Cushata Tribe has deep roots and takes great pride in its contribution. and culture of Texas
• I'm honored today to welcome a number of prominent members of the Alabama Kshatriya tribe that are up
• Tribal Council, Donnis Batiste. the principal chief, and Herbert Johnson, Jr., the second chief of the Alabama

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• HR 277 by Ashby recognizing February 18, 2025 as Alabama Coushatta Tribe of Texas Day at State Capitol
• Members, today is Alabama Coushatta Tribe, uh, their day at the state Capitol, as the oldest native tribe
• with a reservation in our Lone Star State, the Alabama Coushatta Tribe has deep roots and takes great
• I'm honored today to welcome a number of prominent members of the Alabama Coushatta tribe that are up
• tribal council, Donnis Batiste, the principal chief, and Herbert Johnson Jr. the second chief of the Alabama

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• Has worked all over Mississippi and Alabama. Good to see you, Jeff. [applause] Welcome, gentlemen.
• Has worked all over<00:10:14.079> Mississippi<00:10:14.480> and<00:10:14.720> Alabama
• <00:10:16.079> Good<00:10:16.240> to over Mississippi and Alabama.
• Good to over Mississippi and Alabama. Good to see<00:10:16.480> you,<00:10:16.720> Jeff.

Keywords: MS House Floor - 13 February, 2026; 9:00 AM, 925, all

Summary: The House opened with a guest-led prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, then confirmed a quorum and dispensed with reading the journal. There were no select committee reports, and standing committee reports were noted as being on the calendar. The chamber also welcomed visitors, including Florence Middle School student council members, school administrators and teachers, and longtime sports writer Jeff Bird. On the calendar, the House considered motions to reconsider and tabled House Bills 1441 and 1442. The rules calendar then took up House Resolutions 4 through 14 in a block, and the House gave them final passage. Immediate release was requested and granted for those resolutions. During announcements, a member changed a prior vote on House Bill 1314 from nay to yea. Members also offered memorials for Jerry Montgomery and Dr. Mary Washington of Humphreys County. The Speaker thanked members for a productive week, and the House adopted a motion to adjourn until 4:00 p.m. Monday.

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• legislature's swift action could have severely limited the ability of clinics in Alabama to continue
• legislature's swift action could have severely limited the ability of clinics in Alabama to continue
• Because eventually this will affect everybody, not just the women and the families in Alabama.
• The Majority Leader mentioned an Alabama case.
• And so in recognition of that, and in light of the Alabama Supreme Court’s decision, which effectively

Bills: AB52, AB76, AB163, AB388, AB483

Keywords: health insurance, claims process, insurance regulation, admin penalties, healthcare access, cannabis, cannabis establishment, medical cannabis, adult-use cannabis, advertising regulations, packaging requirements, unlicensed cannabis activities, state prosecution, confidentiality, Cannabis Compliance Board, disciplinary proceedings, mental health, counseling, interstate practice, telehealth

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• represent their fellow citizens in this legislative session. citizens in this latest session of the Alabama
• The next one is JD Floyd from the University of South Alabama. Cameron from Alabama.
• The Speaker's reception is tonight from 4:30 to 5:30 in the Alabama State Capitol in the historic Speaker's

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• , and Alabama pays their corrections officers starting at $30 per hour, I believe.
• So do you think this is enough to compete with a state like Alabama?
• I ain't trying to compare us to Alabama, but it seems like it's still not enough. Am I wrong?
• I'm sorry, I watched The Alabama Solution.
• like they're getting down in Alabama mistreating those people.

Bills: S0054, S0156, S0296, S0298

Keywords: cognitive function, psychotropic drugs, violent offenders, autopsy procedures, medical records, school safety, public records, open government, sunshine law, victims of dating violence, domestic violence, address confidentiality program, confidential address, voter registration, voting records, elections, supervisor of elections, Department of State, Attorney General, privacy

Summary: The committee first heard a presentation on the Governor’s fiscal year 2026-27 public safety budget, which totals about $8.2 billion within a $117.4 billion overall state budget. Caitlin Dawkins of the Governor’s Office of Policy and Budget outlined funding and reductions across the public safety silo, including the Department of Corrections, Juvenile Justice, FDLE, Legal Affairs, the courts, and related entities. Agency heads then presented their requests, with FDLE seeking funding for fentanyl enforcement, career offender registry staffing, alert system upgrades, alcohol testing equipment, officer mental health, criminal alien detection, and statutory staffing needs; DJJ requesting money for the Florida Scholars Academy, uniforms, residential contract rate increases, a new Broward detention center, and facility maintenance; and DOC requesting major funding for correctional officer pay increases, 500 additional FTE, facility construction and maintenance, communications and security technology, offender information system modernization, inmate health care, pharmaceuticals, and food service. Members discussed staffing shortages, prison conditions, immigration enforcement, public records burdens, mental health and substance use treatment, and the need for continued investment in corrections. A member of the public also testified about poor conditions in some prisons, including clothing, food, medical care, and maintenance issues. The committee then considered and passed CS/SB 156, the Jason Rayner Act, which would clarify that a person may not resist a law enforcement officer with violence when the officer is performing official duties and would increase penalties in cases involving violence against officers. The bill sponsor described the case of Officer Jason Rayner and said the measure was intended to prevent defendants from using claims about unlawful detention or arrest to justify violence. An amendment conforming the bill’s language was adopted, and the bill was reported favorably after support was noted from several law enforcement and municipal groups. Next, the committee passed CS/SB 54, which addresses use of substances affecting cognitive function. An amendment narrowed the medical-records language to records relevant to investigations of violent offenders and clarified privacy protections. The bill was then reported favorably. The committee also passed CS/SB 296, the Haven Act, which would direct a study of a secure web-based alert system for domestic violence victims so they can contact 911 without alerting an abuser, and would expand the Address Confidentiality Program to include dating violence victims. Testimony from survivors and advocates emphasized the danger victims face when trying to leave abusive situations. Finally, the committee passed CS/SB 298, the public-records companion bill, which extends confidentiality protections for participants in the Address Confidentiality Program to dating violence victims as well. All three bills were reported favorably, and the committee adjourned after no further business.

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• You know, in rural Alabama that's not a big choice a lot of times.
• Uh, they often times will reach out, such as to the Alabama Association of School Boards, as an entity
• Uh, they often times will reach out, such as to the Alabama Association of School Boards, as an entity
• Uh, they often times will reach out, such as to the Alabama Association of School Boards, as an entity
• Uh, they often times will reach out, such as to the Alabama Association of School Boards, as an entity

Bills: HB180

Keywords: education, county superintendent, appointed, elected officials, Conecuh County, local control, 1136, house, all

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• <00:23:37.120> If the Alabama story is based. If the Alabama story is based.
• Um, Angie Hayden on behalf of Read Freely Alabama.
• Um, like this is not— Alabama which is not Alabama which is not >> I'm<00:39:50.640> going
• So, I'm doing my part for Alabama.
• So, I'm doing my part for Alabama.

Keywords: 924, joint, all

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• , and Alabama pays their corrections officers starting at $30 per hour, I believe.
• So do you think this is enough to compete with a state like Alabama?
• I ain't trying to compare us to Alabama, but it seems like it's still not enough. Am I wrong?
• I'm sorry, I watched the Alabama solution.
• getting down in Alabama mistreating those people.

Summary: The committee received a presentation on the Governor’s fiscal year 2026-2027 public safety budget, which totals $8.2 billion for the public safety silo and includes funding for the Departments of Law Enforcement, Juvenile Justice, and Corrections, along with courts and legal affairs. The Governor’s Office highlighted recurring reductions and vacancy eliminations, while agency heads outlined their major requests: FDLE sought funding for fentanyl enforcement, career offender registry staffing, alert-system upgrades, alcohol testing modernization, officer wellness, criminal intelligence, and immigration-related intelligence work; DJJ requested money for the Florida Scholars Academy, uniforms, residential services, a new Broward detention center, and facility maintenance; and DOC requested major increases for officer pay, additional staff, facility construction and maintenance, communications upgrades, inmate health care, pharmaceuticals, and food service. Members questioned FDLE about immigration enforcement and public records burdens, and DOC about staffing, capacity, mental health services, contraband, housing, and whether prison beds were being used for immigration detainees. Public testimony also urged better prison conditions and basic necessities for incarcerated people. The committee then took up and reported favorably CS/SB 156, the Jason Rayner Act, which would strengthen penalties and clarify that a person may not resist an officer with violence when the officer is performing official duties. An amendment conforming the bill to House language was adopted, and the bill passed with Senator Smith voting no. The committee also adopted an amendment and reported favorably CS/SB 54, which concerns use of substances affecting cognitive function and limits certain medical-record disclosures to information relevant to investigations of violent offenders; Senator Smith voted no on that measure as well. Next, the committee considered Senator Berman’s bills on domestic and dating violence. CS/SB 296 would direct a study of a secure web-based alert platform for victims, including a discreet phone-number/code system and geolocation support, and would expand the Address Confidentiality Program to dating-violence victims. The bill drew emotional support testimony from survivors and advocates describing the dangers victims face when trying to leave abusive situations, and it was reported favorably. Its companion, CS/SB 298, would extend public-records protections in the Address Confidentiality Program to dating-violence victims; it was also reported favorably. The committee then adjourned.

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• Maybe not all the way to where Alabama is.
• Maybe not all the way to where Alabama is.
• that from the Alabama stuff. Yeah. that from the Alabama stuff. Yeah.
• >> Well, you we can look at what Alabama >> Well, you we can look at what Alabama did
• But what Alabama, I think, providing?

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The task force approved the minutes from the previous meeting and then reviewed the structure and statutory requirements for its final report. Staff explained that the report must go to the commissioners of commerce, housing finance, and economic development, as well as relevant legislative leaders, and must include a summary of task force activities, adopted findings and recommendations, tort reform recommendations to reduce insurance costs, any draft legislation, and other necessary information. A draft report, likely excluding recommendations and draft legislation, is expected to be circulated before the first January meeting. Most of the meeting focused on the Fair Plan and whether it could be expanded to help homeowners associations, affordable housing, and common interest communities that are struggling to obtain coverage. Supporters said these groups are facing availability problems and often end up in the surplus lines market, which lacks the consumer protections of the admitted market. They argued the Fair Plan could serve as a third-market option with stronger protections and better access, especially for properties that are having difficulty getting quotes. Several members and witnesses raised concerns that the Fair Plan was never intended to be a broad affordability solution and warned against using it to artificially lower prices below risk-based levels. They said doing so could shift losses onto other policyholders through assessments and potentially weaken the broader insurance market. The Fair Plan administrator explained that any expansion would require substantial research, staffing, actuarial and underwriting expertise, reinsurance planning, IT changes, and likely assessments or other capitalization decisions, and that the plan would need to focus on a limited subset of properties rather than the entire market. No votes were taken on policy recommendations, and the discussion ended with agreement that more information and scoping work are needed before any formal recommendation is made.

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• And Alabama, particularly Montgomery, Alabama, they stood up when people across this country had a rightful
• I COME FROM ALABAMA. THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT.
• AND ALABAMA, PARTICULARLY MONTGOMERY ALABAMA, THEY STOOD UP WHEN PEOPLE ACROSS THIS COUNTRY HAD A RIGHTFUL
• Figures of Alabama for co-anchoring tonight's special order hour.
• Speaker, I want to first thank the Congressman from Alabama, Mr.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, February 24, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• It authorized the city of Alabama to create a weed abatement process just so they can better manage their
• authorized<00:01:59.040> the<00:01:59.280> city<00:01:59.360> of<00:01:59.520> Alabama
• It authorized the city of Alabama year.
• It authorized the city of Alabama to<00:02:00.479> create<00:02:00.799> a<00:02:00.960>

Bills: SB275, SB276

Keywords: entertainment districts, Alabaster, alcohol regulations, city council authority, open containers, weed nuisance, abatement procedures, city authority, public health, local government, 1136, house, all

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• I serve as the Vice Chancellor for Student Success at the Alabama Community College System.
• things that ... ...I think this is one of the things that we've done well in education in the state of Alabama
• Well, let me just say this: I know that we need workers in Alabama and we are all for workforce development
• that we've been working on for a long time: how do we turn dreams into realities across the state of Alabama

Bills: HB9, HB102, HB9

Keywords: three-cueing system, reading instruction, K-12 education, structured literacy, scientific strategies, dual enrollment, high school, community college, university, educational access, high school credit, 1136, house, all

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• Alabama seek recognition? Alabama seek recognition?
• the gentleman from Alabama. the gentleman from Alabama.
• Alabama is recognized. Alabama is recognized.
• gentleman from Alabama >> gentleman from Alabama >> request<01:30:11.199> the<01:
• Palmer, to suspend the Alabama, Mr.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, May 20, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• Alabama to be able to vote.
• <07:55:14.080> and including in my hometown of Alabama and including in my hometown of Alabama
• representation in the state of Alabama. representation in the state of Alabama.
• <08:27:55.200> They integrated schools. in Alabama. They integrated schools. in Alabama.
• > Carolina, In Louisiana, Alabama, South Carolina, In Louisiana, Alabama, South Carolina, and<

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, May 12, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• Members, this is a bill to address the accelerating shortage of court reporters.
• Graduate of Loyola New Orleans, and my bachelor's there, moved on to Montgomery, Alabama, where I went

Bills: HB9, HB177, HB181, HB202, HB225, HB398, HB459, HB540, HB906, HB1052, HB1057, HB1245

Keywords: HB 9, HB9, Act 527, Shreveport, Stuffed Shrimp Capital, state symbol, Louisiana symbols, municipal designation, honorary title, cultural designation, tourism, local pride, seafood, shrimp, stuffed shrimp, cuisine, city branding, Louisiana Revised Statutes 49:170.26, court reporter, official court reporter

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• Dear Lord, we want to do what we can for the children of Alabama to make sure that education in Alabama
• page two with the following: the executive director of engineering, the executive director of the Alabama
• three with the following: School of Cyber Technology and Engineering, the board of directors of the Alabama
• speak on it and bring some more clarity to it to this. and Engineering, the board of directors of the Alabama
• I talked to her and I was telling her that he can go um to Trenum and get his GPA up, transfer to Alabama

Keywords: 1136, house, all

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• I'm going to box it up and take it to North Alabama for our off week.
• It's not just one; this is a concern in West Alabama, South Alabama, Central Alabama, wherever.

Keywords: 923, senate, all

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• Representative Collins, commending the Winterboro High School girls basketball team for winning the 2026 Alabama
• SAR 85, Senator Bell, commending Senior Trooper Hunter Woodruff as recipient of the 2026 Alabama Legislative
• SGR 84, Senator Orr, encouraging Alabama specialty public high schools to form a consortium.

Keywords: 1136, house, all