This bill would be known as the TJ Atchison Spinal Cord Injury Research Act.
This bill would provide Legislative findings.
This bill would create the Spinal Cord Injury Research Program to promote spinal cord research in Alabama with a focus on discovering a cure for spinal cord injuries.
This bill would appoint the director within the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of Alabama at Birmingham to be responsible for administering and awarding grants for spinal cord injury research.
This bill would provide funding for the program by imposing additional fees for certain traffic offenses.
Pending third reading on day 24 Favorable from Judiciary
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Judiciary
Engrossed
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 413
Keahey motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 412
Keahey Amendment Offered
Keahey motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 411
Judiciary first Substitute Offered
Third Reading Passed
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar with 1 substitute and
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary
Source: Alabama Legislature