Rex Reynolds

ALEA; wiretapping; interpreters authorized; extend law indefinitely

Emergency medical transport providers, assessment period extended

Supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025

Appropriations from State General Fund for executive, legislative, and judicial agencies of the State, other functions of government, debt service, and capital outlay for fiscal year ending September 30, 2026

Law enforcement officers; civil and criminal immunity from liability, further provided

Appropriations, supplemental appropriations from the Opioid Treatment and Abatement Fund for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025

Relating to the Tax Incentive Reform Act; to authorize a public industrial authority to grant abatements for international headquarters of publicly traded companies

Larry Barnett, death mourned

Sheriff Joe Patterson, honored

Sheriff Joe Patterson, honored

Sheriff Joe Patterson, honored

Cathy Stender, commended

Supplemental appropriations from State General Fund to specified agencies for fiscal year ending September 30, 2024.

Appropriations from State General Fund for executive, legislative, and judicial agencies of the State, other functions of government, debt service, and capital outlay for fiscal year ending September 30, 2025.

Supplemental appropriation of federal funds from the American Rescue Plan Act - State Small Business Credit Initiative Fund to the Department of Finance for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024.

Emergency medical transport providers, assessment period extended

FY24 Alabama Building Renovation Finance Authority Bill

Appropriations, supplemental appropriations from the Opioid Treatment and Abatement Fund for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023

Joint Session on April 18, 2024, Law Enforcement Medal of Honor

Oversight Commission on Alabama Opioid Settlement Funds, membership revised, Act 2023-383, HJR 204, amended and reenacted

Agent Billy Clardy III Memorial Mile, named

To make appropriations for the ordinary expenses of the executive, legislative, and judicial agencies of the State, for other functions of government, for debt service, and for capital outlay for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024.

To make supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023: from the Veterans' Assistance Fund to the Department of Veterans' Affairs in the amount of $10,000,000, and from the State General Fund to various agencies and entities a total amount of $207,623,865; and to amend Section 2C of Act 2022-270 to clarify the conditions for release of the conditional appropriation to the Department of Corrections and to reallocate the conditional appropriation to the Corrections Capital Improvement Fund, if those conditions are not met.

Relating to the Alabama Sunset Law; to continue the existence and functioning of the Alabama Board of Massage Therapy until October 1, 2024, with certain modifications: To amend Sections 34-43-6, 34-43-9, 34-43-11, 34-43-14, 34-43-15, 34-43-20, and 34-43-21, Code of Alabama 1975, as amended by Act 2022-408, 2022 Regular Session; to require representation on the board from each Congressional District; to require meetings to be recorded, upon request; to require the publication of proposed rules and related proceedings on the board website; and to cap certain fees charged by the board.

Relating to the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline; to require the Department of Mental Health to develop, administer, and adopt rules relating to Alabama's Crisis System of Care; to create the Alabama 988 Crisis Care Fund; to provide for the collection and use of a statewide surcharge on certain communication service connections; to create the 988 Commission to provide oversight to the fund; and to protect certain communication service providers from certain liability.

Relating to the Employees' Retirement System; to amend Section 36-27-8.2, Code of Alabama 1975, to temporarily permit certain retired individuals performing duties as school resource officers or as correctional officers to serve without suspension of his or her retirement allowance.

To make supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023, from the Opioid Treatment and Abatement Fund to the entities and for the purposes herein in the amount of $10,000,000.

RECOGNIZING THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ALABAMA STATE GAMES.

COMMENDING MISS CHRISTINE JOHNSON FOR WINNING THE 2023 AMERICAN LEGION DEPARTMENT OF ALABAMA ORATORICAL COMPETITION.

Convening of joint session for the purpose of presenting the Legislative Medal of Honor for Law Enforcement Officers.

CREATING THE OVERSIGHT COMMISSION ON ALABAMA OPIOID SETTLEMENT FUNDS.

COMMENDING MISS CHRISTINE JOHNSON FOR WINNING THE 2023 AMERICAN LEGION DEPARTMENT OF ALABAMA ORATORICAL COMPETITION.

COMMENDING HAZEL GREEN HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM FOR WINNING THE 2023 ALABAMA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION CLASS 6A STATE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT.

COMMENDING TROOPER CHARLES MAY FOR BEING NOMINATED FOR THE 2023 ALABAMA LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY LIFE SAVING MEDAL.

COMMENDING CORPORAL DERRICK RIEGO FOR BEING NOMINATED FOR THE 2023 ALABAMA LEGISLATIVE MEDAL OF HONOR FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT.

COMMENDING DEPUTY JACOB BOENING FOR BEING NOMINATED FOR THE 2023 ALABAMA LEGISLATIVE MEDAL OF HONOR FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT.

COMMENDING DEPUTY JERRY BINGMAN FOR BEING NOMINATED FOR THE 2023 ALABAMA LEGISLATIVE MEDAL OF HONOR FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT.

COMMENDING DEPUTY KEL ROBERTS FOR BEING NOMINATED FOR THE 2023 ALABAMA LEGISLATIVE MEDAL OF HONOR FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT.

COMMENDING DEPUTY CHRIS POOLE AS A RECIPIENT FOR THE 2023 ALABAMA LEGISLATIVE MEDAL OF HONOR FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT.

COMMENDING SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER DEPUTY DARRIUS BLACK FOR BEING NOMINATED FOR THE 2023 MEDAL OF HONOR FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT.

COMMENDING DEPUTY BRAD JOHNSON AS A RECIPIENT FOR THE 2023 ALABAMA LEGISLATIVE MEDAL OF HONOR FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT.

MOURNING THE DEATH OF DR. TIMOTHY RAY JONES.

To make supplemental appropriations from the American Rescue Plan Act - Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023.

To make a supplemental appropriation from the State General Fund to the Alabama Trust Fund in the amount of $59,997,772 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023.

COMMENDING TAYLOR STEWART ON EXCEPTIONAL ATHLETIC ACHIEVEMENTS.

Drug trafficking, wiretapping by ALEA, interception of wire, oral, or electronic communications, Attorney General authorized to apply for court order for intercept and to apply for intercept orders, disclosure of recorded communications, penalties for violations, Secs. 20-2A-1 to 20-2A-15, inclusive, added

Plumbers and gas fitters, journeyman plumber replaced with a residential plumber as a member of the board, expand examination options for a journeyman plumber or gas fitter, definitions, Secs. 34-37-1, 34-37-3, 34-37-6 am'd.

Teachers' Retirement System and Employees' Retirement System, to revise temporarily the eligibility and compensation of retirees for participating in either system after retirement, Secs. 16-25-25.2, 36-27-8.3 added; Secs. 16-25-26, 36-27-8.2 am'd.

Veterans Affairs Dept., board member eligibility updated, definitions, rename service manager as veteran service officer and district service commissioner as district manager, appointment of an executive director to oversee operation of state veterans homes, provided, Sec. 31-5-12 repealed; Secs. 31-5-1 to 31-5-11, inclusive, 31-5-13, 31-5-14, 31-5A-1 to 31-5A-11, inclusive, am'd.

Madison Co., county commission, chair, salary, effective term beginning January 2025.

Lieutenant Governor, Alabama Council on Law Enforcement Policy, created, powers and duties provided

Mental illness, individuals in need of care for mental illness, establishes consistency in process of commitment of individuals with mental illnesses, Sec. 22-52-10.11 added; Sec. 22-52-1.1, 22-52-10.2, 22-52-91 am'd.

Hazel Green High School girls' basketball team, commended

McMurry, Mark, commended

Crimes and offenses, crimes motivated by race, color, religion, national origin, ethnicity, or physical or mental disability, to include employment as a law enforcement officer within the protected class, Sec. 13A-5-13 am'd.

Airport authorities, sales and use tax exemption, issuance of certificate of exemptions by Revenue Dept., Secs. 40-9-14.1, 40-9-60 am'd.

Taxation, to update the disbursement of certain license taxes and registration fees, Sec. 40-12-270 am'd.

Law enforcement officers, requiring officers to have not less than 16 hours of crisis intervention training

ALEA, felony drug trafficking wiretapping, interception of wire, oral, or electronic communications, Attorney General to authorize to apply for court order for intercept and to apply for intercept orders, disclosure of recorded communications, penalties for violations, Secs. 20-2A-1 to 20-2A-15, inclusive, added; Sec. 15-5-40 am'd

Municipalities, authorized to use electronic records and signatures in the conduct of its affairs, Secs. 8-1A-17, 8-1A-18 am'd.

Sheriffs, term of office, to commence following election, technical revisions to term of county commissioner, Sec. 36-3-4 am'd.

Real Estate Commission, sunset law review, continued until Oct 1, 2023.

Home Builders Licensure Board, sunset law review, continued until Oct 1, 2025.

Polygraph Examiners, Board of, sunset law review, continued until Oct 1, 2023.

Nursing, Board of, sunset law review, continued until Oct 1, 2025.

Midwifery, State Board of, sunset law review, continued until Oct 1, 2025.

West, Jennifer, commended

Pool, Sergeant Braxton, honored

Davidson, Dorothy, commended

Spillers, David, commended

ALEA, felony drug trafficking wiretapping, interception of wire, oral, or electronic communications, Attorney General to authorize to apply for court order for intercept and to apply for intercept orders, disclosure of recorded communications, penalties for violations, Secs. 20-2A-1 to 20-2A-15, inclusive, added; Sec. 15-5-40 am'd

Crimes and offenses, crimes motivated by race, color, religion, national origin, ethnicity, or physical or mental disability, to include employment as a law enforcement officer within the protected class, Sec. 13A-5-13 am'd.

Municipalities, authorized to use electronic records and signatures in the conduct of its affairs, Secs. 8-1A-17, 8-1A-18 am'd.

Peace officers and firefighters, injury or death benefits, certain wildland firefighters eligible, Peace Officers' and Firefighters' Death Benefit Fund, created, conditional appropriation, Sec. 36-30-6.1 added; Secs. 36-30-1, 36-30-6 am'd.

Retirement System, stress bill, use of hazardous duty time to calculate years of service for inservice death benefits for firefighters, law enforcement, and correctional officers, Secs. 16-25-14, 36-27-16 am'd.

Law enforcement officers, requiring officers to have not less than 16 hours of crisis intervention training

Taxation, to update the dispursement of certain license taxes and registration fees, Sec. 40-12-270 am'd.

Airport authorities, sales and use tax exemption, issuance of certificate of exemptions by Revenue Dept., Secs. 40-9-14.1, 40-9-60 am'd.

Massage Therapy, Board of, Sunset Law review, continued until October 1, 2023.

Bar Examiners, Board of, Sunset Law review, continued until October 1, 2023.

Polygraph Examiners, Board of, Sunset Law review, continued until October 1, 2020.

Wiretapping, interception of wire, oral, or electronic communications, Attorney General authorized to apply for court order for intercept and to appy for intercept orders, disclosure of recorded communications, penalties for violations, Secs. 20-2A-1 to 20-2A-15, inclusive, added; Sec. 15-5-40 am'd.

Taxation, Operation Green Team Foundation, exempt from state, county, and municipal sales and use taxes

Children, to expand and clarify requirements for membership of child advocacy centers in the Alabama Network of Children's Advocacy Centers, Sec. 26-16-70 am'd.

Juveniles, dependency hearing, allow statements to be entered into evidence in cases if they were made by a child under the age of 12 during a forensic interview and pertain to allegations of abuse against the child, Secs. 12-15-301, 12-15-310 am'd.

Class 3 municipalities, electric foot scooters, regulation by ordinance subject to provisions of this act, penalties

License plates, emergency medical services providers, distinctive license plates provided for, Sec. 32-6-281 added

Macon Co., sheriff, operating a jail store and a telephone and messaging system for co. jail

Retirement, retirees of Employee Retriement System and Teachers' Retirement System receiving allowance, max annual compensation increased, Secs. 16-25-26, 36-27-8.2 am'd.

Children, to expand and clarify requirements for membership of child advocacy centers in the Alabama Network of Children's Advocacy Centers, Sec. 26-16-70 am'd.

Apollo 11 launch, 50th anniversary, recognized

Huntsville Fire Fighters Association, 50th anniversary, commended

Futvoye, Alan W., outstanding professional achievement, commended

Hazel Green High School Girls Basketball Team, commended