SR121 Alabama 2010 Session

Summary

Session

Regular Session 2010

Title

Senate, Special Order Calendar

Summary

SR121 sets the Senate’s special order calendar for the Twenty-First Legislative Day, making a long list of specific bills the priority business to be considered before other matters.

What This Bill Does

It designates the listed bills as the special, paramount, and continuing order of business for that day, effectively taking precedence over all other items. The included bills cover a wide range of topics, such as education policy, kinship guardianship subsidies, fish labeling, criminal and civil law changes, health and licensing, alcohol and beverage rules, transportation, and local government finance. The resolution itself does not enact policy; it only determines which bills will be considered first on that day.

Who It Affects

• Senate members and state agencies involved in these bills, who must follow the designated order of consideration.
• Various groups in Alabama who would be affected by the listed bills, including teachers and education employees; kinship guardians and guardianship program participants; restaurant patrons and suppliers; utility workers; trademark holders and consumers; individuals seeking expungement of records; mental health providers and patients; beer and brewpub/brewery industry participants; county officials; motorists and law enforcement; and other stakeholders corresponding to the topics of the listed bills.

Key Provisions

• Provision 1: Declares a special order calendar and designates the following bills as the priority business for the Twenty-First Legislative Day.
• Provision 2: HB37 – Changes to teacher certification and dismissal rules for felony/sex offenses involving a child; modifies Teacher Tenure Law, Teacher Accountability Act, and Fair Dismissal Act (specific sections amended/added).
• Provision 3: SB480 – Establishes kinship guardianship subsidy program and procedures, clarifying legal authority of kinship guardians; amends multiple kinship-related sections.
• Provision 4: SB284 – Requires country-of-origin labeling or disclosures by restaurants for fish, with health/safety policy determinations and amendments to several 22-20A sections.
• Provision 5: HB368 – Adds utility workers to protected class; defines utility worker; amends 13A-6-21 and related acts.
• Provision 6: SB432 – Updates trademarks registration, protection, renewal, and civil remedies; amends multiple sections in Article 8.
• Provision 7: SB178 – Expungement process for certain felonies/misdemeanors under specified conditions; outlines procedures.
• Provision 8: SB342 – Licensure rules for mental health care or treatment, with an exception for non-clinical religious treatment; amends 22-50-17.
• Provision 9: SB328 – Changes to alcohol laws allowing beer manufacturers to sell on-premises; Brewpub Act updated to Brewery Modernization Act (affecting several liquor code sections).
• Provision 10: HB495 – Allows Montgomery County revenue commissioner to participate in Employees' Retirement System in lieu of supernumerary program; constitutional amendment.
• Provision 11: SB481 – Adjusts attorney fees for Medical Examiners, State Board of Medical Examiners, and Medical Licensure Commission (amends 34-24-380 and 34-24-381).
• Provision 12: SB168 – Updates penalties for domestic violence protection orders and reorganizes related provisions, including renumbering to 13A-6-150.
• Provision 13: SB289 – Authorizes mutual aid agreements with federally recognized Indian tribes for emergency management.
• Provision 14: HB376 – Establishes Trails Commission within the Economic and Community Affairs Department to promote the Alabama Trails System.
• Provision 15: SB172 – Requires motorists to move over or slow down for Department of Transportation vehicles under certain conditions; adds penalties.
• Provision 16: SB270 – Introduces electronic uniform non-traffic citation process and related court notice procedures.
• Provision 17: HB397 – Redefines Corridor X/I-22 speed limit considerations; treats it as interstate for maximum speed purposes.
• Provision 18: HB247 – Updates Prescription Drug Monitoring Program rules, including meetings via electronic/proxy, and out-of-state access; authorizes using fees for database operations.
• Provision 19: SB290 – Modifies Alabama Student Grant Program by removing nonprofit accreditation requirement for participating institutions.
• Provision 20: SB446 – Corrects confidentiality rules for complaint/investigation files in the Counseling Board of Examiners In; adjusts related provisions.
• Provision 21: SB174 – Revisions to how counties/county entities’ expense claims against state agencies are approved, requiring State Board of Adjustment procedures under the Administrative Procedure Act.
• Provision 22: SB451 – Addresses constitutional provisions related to private corporations, railroads, and canals; amends/repeals specific sections of Article XII.

AI-generated summary using openai/gpt-5-nano on Feb 25, 2026. May contain errors — refer to the official bill text for accuracy.

Subjects

Resolutions, Legislative