HR475 Alabama 2012 Session

Summary

Session

Regular Session 2012

Title

House of Representatives, Special Order Calendar

Summary

This House resolution creates a special order calendar for the 29th legislative day, giving immediate priority to a list of Senate bills for consideration.

What This Bill Does

It designates the listed SB items as the special and paramount order of business, taking precedence over regular or unfinished business. It sets the agenda in the specified order so these bills are addressed on the 29th day. The included items cover education funding, college and academy funding, health insurance plan tweaks for public education employees, election and campaign finance reforms, public safety and governance changes, and various policy updates.

Who It Affects

• Public education students, teachers, and higher education institutions (through the education budget and appropriations for institutions like Lyman Ward Military Academy, Talladega College, and Tuskegee University) and changes to the Public Education Employees' Health Insurance Plan.
• Voters, public employees, and residents, through reforms to elections/campaign finance reporting, sheriff qualifications, civil action procedures, and other policy items listed in the special order calendar.

Key Provisions

• Establishes the special and paramount order of business for the 29th legislative day, making these items take precedence over regular or unfinished business.
• Prioritizes SB318 (Education budget), SB292 (Lyman Ward Military Academy appropriation), SB293 (Talladega College appropriation), SB303 (Tuskegee University appropriation).
• SB571 modifies the Third Party Prescription Program Act so it is not applicable to the Public Education Employees' Health Insurance Plan (amends Sec. 34-23-116).
• SB497 reforms elections and campaign finance reporting, including changes to reporting periods (Sec. 17-5-8).
• SB377 expands minimum sheriff qualifications.
• SB47 accelerates civil actions when damages are under $100,000; Supreme Court to implement rules.
• SB14 raises the minimum amount for competitive bids/contracts for higher education institutions (Sec. 41-16-20).
• SB266 affects youthful offender status hearings and related procedures (Sec. 15-19-1).
• SB101 prohibits inmates from possessing mobile devices; strengthens search access, penalties, and related contracts for detection (Sec. 16-60-110 and related).
• SB494 ensures Optometric Scholarship Awards funds do not revert at fiscal year-end (amends Sec. 34-22-61).
• SB499 reorganizes Athens State University governance, removing it from the State Board of Education, establishing a board of trustees, and related appointments (Sec. 16-60-110).
• SB464 expands firefighters' occupational disease definitions for state and municipal benefits.
• SB348 establishes the Alabama Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act.
• SB379 tightens beverage labeling requirements to prevent obscured/illegible labels and related penalties.
• SB76 revises suspension procedures for state employees.
• SB316 clarifies the sales tax exemption for vitamins/minerals/supplements when prescribed by health care providers.
• SB477 protects due process in environmental policy considerations.
• SB152 strengthens penalties for fraud in obtaining public assistance (crime defined).
• SB135 makes changes to the Court Reporting Board, including compensation and administration updates.

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