Danny Crawford

Homestead exemptions, extending to unremarried widow or widower

Vessel Registration; amends boater registration fees and their distribution

Agriculture; amount which may be assessed on cotton sales increased

Food enrichment; certain ingredients required for corn masa and products

Sportfish Restoration Program, 75th Anniversary, commemorated

Taxation, exemption for agricultural fencing

Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission; primary responsibility over regulation, licensing, and enforcement of cannabis cultivation authorized

Alabama Farm Center created, vested with powers and privileges, deemed economic development organization

Limestone County, coroner salary, appointed deputies, salary approved by county commission, effective next term

Agricultural Equipment Manufacturers for Right-to-Repair Initiatives, recognized

Agricultural Equipment Manufacturers for Right-to-Repair Initiatives, recognized

To amend Section 17-3-8, Code of Alabama 1975, as last amended by Act 2022-112 of the 2022 Regular Session, relating to meeting days of boards of registrars; to increase the number of working days that the Limestone County Board of Registrars may meet each week.

Relating to Limestone County; to establish a service of process fee for the service or attempted service of documents by the Limestone County Sheriff's Office in the civil division of the circuit and district courts; to establish a fingerprint fee for fingerprinting certain persons and a local background check fee; to ratify and confirm fingerprint fees and local background check fees collected prior to the effective date of this act; and to provide for a booking fee to be imposed on each person booked into the Limestone County Jail and subsequently convicted of a crime, the collection of the fees, and for the distribution of the revenues derived from the fees.

Relating to livestock; to amend Section 3-5-2, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide that no municipal governing body may adopt or continue in effect any ordinance, rule, resolution, or directive that prohibits a person from permitting their livestock or animals to run at large on the premises of another or public land which does not require the same mens rea as state law; and to make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style.

Relating to guardians ad litem; to amend Section 15-12-21, Code of Alabama 1975; to increase the compensation for an attorney appointed to serve as a guardian ad litem in certain juvenile cases.

Relating to sales tax exemptions; to amend Section 40-23-4, Code of Alabama 1975, as last amended by Acts 2022-199, 2022-291, 2022-293, and 2022-373, 2022 Regular Session, to exempt from sales tax the gross proceeds from the sale of materials to be used as fencing in agriculture livestock applications.

ENCOURAGING THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS AND NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL TO FORMALLY REVIEW THE "STATUS OF FORCES AGREEMENT" BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND JAPAN; TO OFFICIALLY EXAMINE THE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING THE INVESTIGATION AND TRIAL OF NAVY LIEUTENANT RIDGE ALKONIS; AND TO ENSURE THAT AMERICAN SERVICE MEMBERS ARE BEING PROPERLY TREATED AND ADEQUATELY PROTECTED WHILE SERVING IN JAPAN.

Public education, prohibits teaching of divisive concepts relating to race and sex, prohibits classification of students based on race, penalties

Limestone Co., ad valorem taxes, senior property tax appraisal, person 65 or older, valuation frozen under certain conditions, const. amend.

Agriculture and Industries, Commissioner, salary set beginning the next term of office, Sec. 2-2-5 am'd.

Foresters, assigns responsibility for naming successor members of State Board of Registration for Foresters to the Division of the Society of American Foresters and any other organization meeting certain criteria, Sec. 34-12-30 am'd.

Foresters, State Board of Registered, requirement that members of the board are required to be a member of the Society of American Foresters, eliminated, Sec. 34-12-31 am'd.

Hunting, feral swine and coyote hunting at night permitted with an appropriate license under certain circumstances, Sec. 9-11-235 am'd.

Grandparent visitation, family law, grandparents entitled to visitation of grandchild if parents die or divorce, presumption is that visitation with grandparent is in best interest of child, Sec. 30-3-4.2 am'd.

Public waterways, Alabama State Reservoir Management Development Program established, award of grants, add'l registration fees, technical revisions, Secs. 33-5-6, 33-5-10, 33-5-17 am'd.

Newby, James M. Jr., death mourned

Hobbs, Jessie Howard, III., death mourned

Limestone Co., churches, deadly physical force, use in self-defense or defense of others, const. amend.

Revenue Dept, income tax refunds, set off debt collection, public institutions of higher education as claimant agencies under certain conditions, Sec. 40-18-100 am'd.

Municipalities, business license tax on gross receipts, gross receipts not to include any other taxes on gasoline or motor fuels, Sec. 11-51-90.1 am'd.

Hunting, authorize the taking of whitetail deer or feral swine by means of bait, when baiting privilege license is purchased, under certain conditions, Sec. 9-11-244 am'd.

Limestone Co., churches, deadly physical force, use in self-defense or defense of others, const. amend.

Soil and water conservation districts, to grant immunity from civil action related to the loan or renting of equipment by district supervisors and employees, Sec. 9-8-25 am'd.

Agriculture, to provide that lab grown meat may not be labeled for sale as "meat" or a "meat product", Sec. 2-17-10 am'd.

Limestone Co., solicitor's fee, distribution further provided for, minimum amount further provided, Sec. 45-42-81.01 am'd.

Motor vehicles, oversized vehicle permits, annual commercial wrecker emergency tow permit, provided, Sec. 32-9-29 am'd.

County Superintendent of Education, prohibition against additional employment removed, Sec. 16-9-12 am'd.

Limestone Co., revenue commissioner and license commissioner, budget funded from ad valorem taxes, Act 2006-343, 2006 Reg. Sess., am'd; Sec. 45-2-201.01 am'd.

Ad valorem taxes, co. commission authorized to abate taxes for Class III property taxed at current use when converted to other taxable use for projects under Ala. Jobs Act, consent of municipality if in corporate limits, Sec. 40-7-25.4 added

Community development districts, add'l type authorized, marina on lake, sale of alcoholic beverages for on-premises, Secs. 35-8B-1, 35-8B-2, 35-8B-3 am'd.

County Superintendent of Education, prohibition against additional employment removed, Sec. 16-9-12 am'd.

Community development districts, add'l type authorized, marina on lake, sale of alcoholic beverages for on-premises and off-premises consumption, Secs. 35-8B-1, 35-8B-3 am'd.

Taxation, sales and use tax, certain tax-exempt public water and sewer authorities, districts, boards, and systems eligible as government entities for certificates of exemptions from the Dept. of Revenue, Sec. 40-9-14.1 am'd.

Infants, use of baby boxes for parents to anonymously deliver infants to hospital, emergency medical services providers, or fire dept. without liability and with immunity from child abandonment statutes, Secs. 26-25-1, 26-25-3, 26-25-4 am'd.

Sexual offenses, provide for enhanced punishment of indecent exposure where victim is a child and include indecent exposure as offense under enticing a child for immoral purposes, Secs. 13A-6-68, 13A-6-69, 15-19-7 am'd.

Ardmore High School, 100th Anniversary, commended

Ruf, Ashlyn, commended

Horton, Judge James E., Jr, urging Congress to approve a postage stamp in his honor

County Superintendent of Education, prohibition against additional employment removed, Sec. 16-9-12 am'd.

Taxation, certain public water, sewer, gas electric, and fire protection authorities, boards, and systems eligible as government entities for state and local sales and use tax exemptions, Sec. 40-9-14.1 am'd.

Athens, alcoholic beverages, city council authorized to permit Sunday sales

City of Athens, corp. limits alt.

Defamation, showing of actual malice required, Sec. 13A-11-163 am'd.

Gill, Jimmy Wayne, death mourned

House Rule 65 amended relating to providing a Limestone Co. Legislative Committee as a Standing Committee