HR234 Alabama 2012 Session

Updated Feb 27, 2026

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Summary

Primary Sponsor: Blaine Galliher
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2012
Title: House Rule 6, amended, and adding House Rule 12.1, regarding resolutions
Summary: This bill changes how House resolutions are handled and creates a standardized process for issuing official certificates of recognition, condolence, and other acknowledgments.
What This Bill Does
It amends Rule 6 to require the Rules Committee’s report on resolutions to be read by title and properly disposed of, and it allows joint resolutions of congratulations, commendations, condolences, and sympathy to be debated briefly and voted on en masse. It adds Rule 12.1, requiring official acknowledgments to be issued as certificates prepared by the Office of Member Services. It also lets the Legislative Council decide how many copies of each certificate should be produced.

Who It Affects
Members of the Alabama House of Representatives: changes to how resolutions are debated and voted on (some resolutions may be voted on en masse).
Office of Member Services: responsible for preparing the certificates used for official acknowledgments.
House members acting through the Legislative Council: determine the number of certificate copies produced.
Recipients of resolutions (people or groups receiving congratulations, commendations, condolences, etc.): will receive formal certificates as official acknowledgments.

Key Provisions
Rule 6(8) amended: the Rules Committee’s report on resolutions is read by title and properly disposed of; joint resolutions of congratulations, commendations, condolences, and sympathy are subject to limited debate and may be voted on en masse.
New Rule 12.1 added: official acknowledgments of commendation, condolence, congratulation, recognition, and sympathy shall be done by certificates prepared by the Office of Member Services.
The number of copies of each certificate is to be determined by the House members of the Legislative Council.

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