HR578 Alabama 2010 Session

Summary

Session

Regular Session 2010

Title

House of Representatives, Special Order Calendar

Summary

HR578 sets a special order calendar for the 20th legislative day that limits debate to 10 minutes per listed bill and makes these bills the priority for that day.

What This Bill Does

If adopted, the listed bills become the special and paramount business for the 20th day, taking precedence over regular or pending matters. Each listed bill may receive only up to 10 minutes of consideration; if a bill does not pass within that time, it automatically returns to its position on the regular order calendar. These bills are not eligible for carryover motions to extend consideration on a later date.

Who It Affects

• Members of the Alabama House of Representatives who will preside over and vote on the listed bills on the 20th day under a strict 10-minute limit.
• People and organizations affected by the topics of the listed bills (e.g., state employees and retirees, boxing/MMA participants, handicapped parking users, eye care providers and patients, municipalities, women and girls in the criminal justice system, timber industry workers, taxpayers, dental patients, and others) who would be affected if those bills become law.

Key Provisions

• Adoption of this resolution makes the specified business the special and paramount order of business for the 20th legislative day, taking precedence over the regular order or any unfinished business.
• Consideration of the listed bills is limited to a total of 10 minutes per bill on that day.
• Any listed bill that fails to pass within the 10-minute limit automatically reverts to its position on the regular order calendar and cannot be carried over.
• The listed bills are not subject to motions to carry over temporarily or otherwise.
• The following bills are included on the special order calendar: SB292, SB327, HB570, HB323, HB319, HB334, HB369, HB504, HB393, HB519, HB405, SB97, HB437, HB475, HB522, HB538.

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Subjects

Resolution, Legislative