Location
Birthday
- August 7, 1970 48
Contact
- 11 South Union Street, Suite 734
- Montgomery, AL 36130-4600
- 334-261-0893
Education
- Graduated, Command and General Staff College, Fort Lee Quartermaster School & Center, 2009
- Graduated, Combined Arms Service Staff School, Fort Lee Quartermaster School & Center, 2002
- Graduated, Quartermaster Officer Advanced Course, Fort Lee Quartermaster School & Center, 2001
- JD, Faulkner University Thomas Goode Jones School of Law, 1995-1998
- BA, Public Administration, Auburn University, 1994
- Graduated, Quartermaster Officer Basic Course, Fort Lee Quartermaster School & Center, 1993
Political History
- Candidate, Alabama State Senate, District 27, 2018
- Senator, Alabama State Senate, District 27, 2010-present
Job Professions
- Chief of Staff, Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, 2007-2009
- Bilateral Affairs Officer, Defense Attachu00e9 Office, United States Embassy in Bucharest, Romania, 2005-2007
- Attorney, Tom Whatley Law, 1999-present
- Lieutenant Colonel and Battalion Commander, Alabama Army National Guard, 1988-present
- Former Public Service Commissioner, State of Alabama
Committee History
- Former Chair, Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry Committee, Alabama State Senate
- Former Member, Judiciary Committee, Alabama State Senate
- Former Member, Finance and Taxation Education Committee, Alabama State Senate
- Former Member, Health and Human Services Committee, Alabama State Senate
- Former Member, Permanent Joint Legislative Committee on Energy Policy, Alabama State Senate
- Former Member, Alabama Judicial System Study Commission, Alabama State Senate
Organization History
- Member, Lee County Cattlemanu0092s Association, present
- Member, Auburn United Methodist Church, present
- Member, Opelika Kiwanis Club, present
- Member, Alabama Bar Association, 1999-present
Tweets by sentomwhatley
Alabama Job Creation and Military Stability Commission, membership, to include Commissioner of Dept. of Veterans Affairs, Sec. 31-14-3 am'd.
Real estate sold for payment of taxes, recovery actions by owner and actions for possession by tax purchaser, further provided for, tax lien by tax purchaser, authorized, Act 2018-494, 2018 Reg. Sess., repealed; Secs. 40-10-82, 40-10-120 am'd.
State Treasury, Education Retirees' Trust Fund, created, cost-of-living adjustments, to provide funding by lottery if one is authorized
Lee Co., boards of registrars, increase maximum number of days board may meet each year, Sec. 17-3-8 am'd.
Small farm wineries, authorize to sell to consumers or distribute to retailers
Judicial circuits and districts, reallocate the number of circuit judges and district judges every 20 years based on population, Secs. 12-11-2, 12-12-1 am'd.
Education, National Guard, to limit amount of private tuition reimbursed to eligible guard members, Secs. 31-10-20 to 31-10-25, inclusive, repealed; Secs. 31-10-2, 31-10-3, 31-10-4.1 am'd.
Lyman Ward Military Academy, appropriation
Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Patient Safety Act, Alabama Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Bd created, licensing of limited x-ray machine operators, magnetic resonance technologist, nuclear medicine technologist, radiation therapist, radiographer, and radiologist assistants, provided
Taxation, tax credit, authorized for the cost of acquisition and construction of a qualified storm shelter
Sex education, public K-12 school, content and course materials revised, Sec. 16-40A-2 am'd.
Lee Co., additional circuit judge, conditioned on funding for compensation and benefits by county commission, election
Veterans, provide a waiver for a three year period of all regulatory fees associated with new veteran-owned businesses, Alabama Entrepreneurial Military Veteran Act
Expungement of criminal records, authorized for youthful offenders, Sec. 15-27-2.1 added
Lee Co., four-way stops, solicitation, prohibited, civil penalties for violations
Driving under the influence, ignition interlock devices, other alcohol monitoring device approved by the court, Secs. 32-5A-191, 32-5A-191.4 am'd.
Veterans, Emergency Missing Veteran Alert Program, created, ALEA to implement program, rulemaking authority, activation and deactivation of an alert procedures
National Guard benefits, increase survivor and education benefits, Secs. 31-3-2, 31-6-4, 31-12-1, 31-12-2 am'd.
Optometrists, practice of optometry defined, Secs. 34-22-1, 34-22-42 am'd.
Vending machines, sale of corn in, authorized, inspection by Agriculture and Industries Dept, required
Dogs, used for agricultural work, exempt from local leash laws, exception
Alabama Council of Chapters - Military Officers Association of America, and its affiliated local chapters located in Alabama, exempt from state, county, and municipal sales and use tax
Alcoholic beverages, Sunday sales, authorize the governing body of a wet municipality, by ordinance, permit and regulate the sale of, under certain conditions, Sec. 28-3A-25 am'd.
Education, Kyle Graddy Act, administration of single dose autoinjectable epinephrine on K-12 school campuses by students and pursuant to anaphylaxis preparedness program provided, Secs. 16-1-39, 16-1-48 am'd
Water authorities; regulation by Public Service Commission for certain authorities authorized.
Veterans, provide start up fee exemption for new veteran-owned businesses for two-year period, new language, Alabama Entrepreneurial Veteran Soldier Act
Alcoholic beverages, governing bodies of wet counties and wet municipalities authorized to regulate and permit Sunday sales and draft beer, Secs. 28-3A-23, 28-3A-25 am'd.
Education Retirees' Trust Fund for Cost-of-Living Allowances, creation in State Treasury, investment of funds
Motor vehicles, administrative driver license, suspension, Sec. 32-5A-304 am'd.
Vending machines, sale of corn in, authorized, inspection by Agriculture and Industries Dept, required
Taxation, income tax credit, created for businesses involved with construction relating to national border security
Division of Conservation and Natural Resources, created, Ag. and Industries Dept., Secs. 2-2-8, 9-2-14, 9-2-15 am'd.
Education, Kyle Graddy Act, administration of single dose autoinjectable epinephrine on K-12 school campuses by students and pursuant to anaphylaxis preparedness program provided, Secs. 16-1-39, 16-1-48 am'd
Sex education, public K-12 school, content and course materials revised, Sec. 16-40A-2 am'd.
Controlled substances; controlled substances schedules; statutory schedules repealed; schedules of the State Board of Health to be the official controlled substances list; Secs. 20-2-23, 20-2-25, 20-2-27, 20-2-29, 20-2-31 repealed; Secs. 20-2-20, 20-2-32 am'd.
Food service establishments, grease traps required to be secured and locked, civil fines
Sales and use taxes, exemption for sale of fruit and agricultural products further provided for, all sales tax exemptions incorporated in use tax, Secs. 40-23-4, 40-23-62 am'd.
Dogs, used for agricultural work, exempt from local leash laws, exception
Motor vehicles, law enforcement agency, driver's licenses, suspension of, time frame for specified, Secs. 13A-12-290, 32-5A-195 am'd.
Probate judge, appointment of special judge by Chief Justice upon suspension, removal, or disqualification of sitting judge, Sec. 12-13-37 am'd.
Income, business privilege tax credit, for sales/rent of agricultural assets to beginning farmers
Lee Co., additional circuit judge, conditioned on funding for compensation and benefits by county commission, election
Expungement of criminal records, authorized for youthful offenders, Sec. 15-27-2.1 added
Courts, municipal, transfer of cases to district court, participation in pretrial diversion programs of district ct, conditions
Motor vehicles, following too closely, exemption provided for, truck platoons under certain conditions, Dept. of Transportation authorized to adopt rules, Secs. 32-1-1.1, 32-5A-89 am'd.
Bass, William R., commended
Bass, William R., commended